CVE-2025-66406

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 92% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
5.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Prior to 0.29.0, there is an improper authorization check for SSH certificate revocation. This affects deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.0.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(medium)
EPSS
3.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 3, 2025

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (1)

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/smallstep/certificates—0.29.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-66406?
CVE-2025-66406 is a medium vulnerability published on December 3, 2025. Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Prior to 0.29.0, there is an improper authorization check for SSH certificate revocation. This affects deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.29.0.
When was CVE-2025-66406 disclosed?
CVE-2025-66406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 3, 2025, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-66406 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-66406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-66406?
CVE-2025-66406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-66406?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-66406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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