CVE-2026-109969

Public on 2026-10-14
Modified on 2026-10-16
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core clevis Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core dracut Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 dracut Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview dracut Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core systemd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 systemd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview systemd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core udisks2 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 udisks2 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview udisks2 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N