CVE-2026-109970
Received
Received - Intake
Clevis PKCS#11 PIN Exposure via World-Readable File
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-109970, 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-luks-pkcs11-askpin script writes the PKCS#11 token PIN in plaintext to a file without setting restrictive permissions. Under the default process umask, the file is world-readable. Additionally, the PIN file is not reliably cleaned up if the decryption script exits early, leaving the PIN accessible indefinitely.
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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-538 | The product places sensitive information into files or directories that are accessible to actors who are allowed to have access to the files, but not to the sensitive information. |
