{"id":"CVE-2026-109969","title":"A flaw was found in the clevis PKCS#11 pin","summary":"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 …","severity":"medium","cvss":4.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-306"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T10:17:51.910","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109969","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109969","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550361","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-109969.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109969"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109969"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T10:25:41.199Z","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","affected":["enterprise_linux 10","enterprise_linux 7","enterprise_linux 8","enterprise_linux 9"],"slug":"CVE-2026-109969","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-10-14 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-109969.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":25.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}