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CVE-2026-109970 json

Clevis: clevis: pkcs#11 token pin written to world-readable file

published 26d ago modified 4d ago also EUVD-2026-100955

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • clevis Debian 14 24-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109970

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-109970 updated cvss 4.7

clevis: clevis: PKCS#11 token PIN written to world-readable file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 clevis-luks, clevis-dracut, clevis-systemd, clevis-udisks2, clevis 23-2.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 clevis-luks, clevis-dracut, clevis-systemd, clevis-udisks2, clevis 23-2.el10
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 clevis-luks, clevis-dracut, clevis-systemd, clevis-udisks2, clevis 23-2.el10, clevis-pin-pkcs11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 clevis 23-2.el10
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • 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
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

References

Sources

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