CVE-2026-33753 PUBLISHED

Improper Certificate Validation in rfc3161-client

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 08.04.2026 Updated: 08.04.2026

rfc3161-client is a Python library implementing the Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP) described in RFC 3161. Prior to 1.0.6, an Authorization Bypass vulnerability in rfc3161-client's signature verification allows any attacker to impersonate a trusted TimeStamping Authority (TSA). By exploiting a logic flaw in how the library extracts the leaf certificate from an unordered PKCS#7 bag of certificates, an attacker can append a spoofed certificate matching the target common_name and Extended Key Usage (EKU) requirements. This tricks the library into verifying these authorization rules against the forged certificate while validating the cryptographic signature against an actual trusted TSA (such as FreeTSA), thereby bypassing the intended TSA authorization pinning entirely. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.2

Product Status

Vendor trailofbits
Product rfc3161-client
Versions
  • Version < 1.0.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation CWE