Description
An issue was discovered in Keyfactor EJBCA 9. When an administrator is removed from its administrator role while having a valid TLS session, EJBCA may, in certain circumstances, cache authentication for longer than the configured maximum time (default: 30 seconds), which results in the former administrator retaining access that they should no longer have.
Published: 2026-10-30
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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Title Keyfactor EJBCA Prolonged Authentication Cache Allows Privileged Access

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:45:00 +0000

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Title Prolonged Administrator Access via Cached TLS Session in Keyfactor EJBCA 9
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-613
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Prolonged Administrator Access via Cached TLS Session in Keyfactor EJBCA 9
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Keyfactor
Keyfactor ejbca
Vendors & Products Keyfactor
Keyfactor ejbca

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in Keyfactor EJBCA 9. When an administrator is removed from its administrator role while having a valid TLS session, EJBCA may, in certain circumstances, cache authentication for longer than the configured maximum time (default: 30 seconds), which results in the former administrator retaining access that they should no longer have.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T02:02:25.339Z

Reserved: 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-49602

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T02:01:37.125Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-30T17:17:11.740

Modified: 2026-11-04T02:17:13.653

Link: CVE-2025-49602

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-04T11:00:15Z

Weaknesses