Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Clevis Product by Red Hat
CVE-2026-109968

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-109968?

A security issue was identified in Red Hat's Clevis PKCS#11 plugin where the clevis-pkcs11-afunix-socket-unlock daemon logs LUKS disk encryption passphrases in plaintext to a log file. This log file is created with insufficient permissions, making it readable by anyone on the system. Consequently, an attacker with local access can easily retrieve sensitive passphrase information, which can lead to unauthorized access to encrypted data.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109968
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462394
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was discovered by Sergio Correia (Red Hat).
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