Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-8158-1

USN-8158-1: Dogtag PKI vulnerability

Publication date

8 April 2026

Overview

Dogtag PKI could allow unintended access to network resources.

Releases

20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS

Packages

dogtag-pki - Enterprise-class Certificate Authority

Details

Fraser Tweedale and Geetika Kapoor discovered that Dogtag PKI could renew a
certificate without proper authentication. An attacker could possibly use
this to repeatedly renew a compromised certificate and maintain
unauthorized access to a system or resource.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
20.04 LTS focal	dogtag-pki – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	libsymkey-java – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	libsymkey-jni – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-base – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-base-java – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-ca – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-console – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-kra – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-ocsp – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-server – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-tks – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-tools – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-tps – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	pki-tps-client – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
	python3-pki-base – 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic	dogtag-pki – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	libsymkey-java – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	libsymkey-jni – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-base – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-base-java – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-ca – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-console – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-kra – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-ocsp – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-server – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-tks – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-tools – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-tps – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	pki-tps-client – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1
	python3-pki-base – 10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1

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References

CVE-2021-20179

CVE-2021-20179