CVE-2021-40855 (GCVE-0-2021-40855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-21 15:33 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:51
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Summary
The EU Technical Specifications for Digital COVID Certificates before 1.1 mishandle certificate governance. A non-production public key certificate could have been used in production.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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