Arbitrary certificate revocation via duplicate uploads
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Authorization bypass in Netflix Lemur before 1.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to revoke managed certificates via crafted duplicate uploads. POST /api/1/certificates/upload accepts caller-supplied authority and certificate identifiers without enforcing AuthorityPermission or duplicate certificate identity checks, and PUT /api/1/certificates//revoke authorizes only the selected Lemur row instead of every row for the same CA-side certificate. Any non-read-only account or stolen token with that access can revoke certificates it does not own, including deployed certificates, causing TLS outages across affected endpoints.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Netflix Lemur before 1.9.3 allows remote authenticated users to revoke managed certificates via crafted duplicate uploads. POST /api/1/certificates/upload accepts caller-supplied authority and certificate identifiers without enforcing AuthorityPermission or duplicate certificate identity checks, and PUT /api/1/certificates//revoke authorizes only the selected Lemur row instead of every row for the same CA-side certificate. Any non-read-only account or stolen token with that access can revoke certificates it does not own, including deployed certificates, causing TLS outages across affected endpoints.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-71417
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Netflix
- Product
- Lemur
- Classifications
- CWE-639, T1499
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.9.3
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