CVE-2026-109969
Received
Received - Intake
clevis PKCS#11 pin AF_UNIX socket privilege escalation
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-109969, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-14
Last updated on: 2026-10-14
Assigner: redhat-SADP
Description
Description
A flaw was found in the clevis PKCS#11 pin. The clevis-pkcs11-afunix-socket-unlock daemon creates AF_UNIX sockets without explicit permission restrictions or peer credential verification. Under a permissive process umask, any local user can connect to the control socket and inject arbitrary device/key pairs, or connect to the data socket to receive LUKS passphrases.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Red | Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 * |
| Red | Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 * |
| Red | Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 * |
| Red | Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-306 | The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. |
