CVE-2025-54799

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Published 2025-08-06 · Modified 2026-02-04

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Let's Encrypt client and ACME library written in Go (Lego). In versions 4.25.1 and below, the github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/acme/api package (thus the lego library and the lego cli as well) don't enforce HTTPS when talking to CAs as an ACME client. Unlike the http-01 challenge which solves an ACME challenge over unencrypted HTTP, the ACME protocol requires HTTPS when a client communicates with the CA to performs ACME functions. However, the library fails to enforce HTTPS both in the original discover URL (configured by the library user) and in the subsequent addresses returned by the CAs in the directory and order objects. If users input HTTP URLs or CAs misconfigure endpoints, protocol operations occur over HTTP instead of HTTPS. This compromises privacy by exposing request/response details like account and request identifiers to network attackers. This was fixed in version 4.25.2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	affected
debian	sid	affected
debian	trixie	affected

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/go-acme/lego	`<=4.25.1`
Go	github.com/go-acme/lego/v3	`<=4.25.1`
Go	github.com/go-acme/lego/v4	`<4.25.2`	`4.25.2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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