CVE-2025-47221
Keyfactor SignServer before 7.3.1 has Incorrect Access Control, issue 2 of 3.
An arbitrary file write was found in Keyfactor SignServer versions prior to 7.3.2. The properties ARCHIVETODISK_FILENAME-PATTERN, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_BASE, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_PATTERN can be set to any path, even ones that will point to files that already exist. This vulnerability gives a user with admin access the possibility to write files in arbitrary directories in the server file system and potentially overwrite files accessible by the local user JBoss.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An arbitrary file write was found in Keyfactor SignServer versions prior to 7.3.2. The properties ARCHIVETODISK_FILENAME-PATTERN, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_BASE, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_PATTERN can be set to any path, even ones that will point to files that already exist. This vulnerability gives a user with admin access the possibility to write files in arbitrary directories in the server file system and potentially overwrite files accessible by the local user JBoss.
- Record
CVE-2025-47221- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-175378
An arbitrary file write was found in Keyfactor SignServer versions prior to 7.3.2. The properties ARCHIVETODISK_FILENAME-PATTERN, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_BASE, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_PATTERN can be set to any path, even ones that will point to files that already exist. This vulnerability gives a user with admin access the possibility to write files in arbitrary directories in the server file system and potentially overwrite files accessible by the local user JBoss.
- Record
EUVD-2025-175378- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-29m9-646j-c7p3
Keyfactor SignServer before 7.3.1 has Incorrect Access Control, issue 2 of 3.
Keyfactor SignServer before 7.3.1 has Incorrect Access Control, issue 2 of 3.
- Record
GHSA-29m9-646j-c7p3- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An arbitrary file write was found in Keyfactor SignServer versions prior to 7.3.2. The properties ARCHIVETODISK_FILENAME-PATTERN, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_BASE, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_PATTERN can be set to any path, even ones that will point to files that already exist. This vulnerability gives a user with admin access the possibility to write files in arbitrary directories in the server file system and potentially overwrite files accessible by the local user JBoss.
- Record
CVE-2025-47221- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSV
An arbitrary file write was found in Keyfactor SignServer versions prior to 7.3.2. The properties ARCHIVETODISK_FILENAME-PATTERN, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_BASE, ARCHIVETODISK_PATH_PATTERN can be set to any path, even ones that will point to files that already exist. This vulnerability gives a user with admin access the possibility to write files in arbitrary directories in the server file system and potentially overwrite files accessible by the local user JBoss.
- Record
CVE-2025-47221- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-47221 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Keyfactor Signserver, published November 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
support.keyfactor.com
docs.keyfactor.com/signserver/latest/signserver-7-3-release-notes
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47221
github.com/advisories/GHSA-29m9-646j-c7p3