CVE-2026-71225

EUVD-2026-53336
A flaw was found in libkcapi. When performing one-shot symmetric cipher operations on large inputs (over 64 KiB) in stateful modes such as Counter (CTR) or Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), the library improperly reuses the Initialization Vector (IV) for each internal data chunk. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by making an application that uses libkcapi process specially crafted large inputs. This can lead to a significant weakening of data confidentiality, as the repeated IV use can expose relationships in encrypted plaintext, and may also affect data integrity by causing incorrect cryptographic processing.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 26.33%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
redhathardened_images
-
redhatopenshift_container_platform
4.0
smuellerddlibkcapi
0.10.1 ≤
𝑥
< 1.5.1
redhatenterprise_linux
8.0
redhatenterprise_linux
9.0
redhatenterprise_linux
10.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
libkcapi
bookworm
postponed
forky
vulnerable
sid
1.5.1-1
fixed
trixie
postponed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
libkcapi
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
Red Hat logo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
libkcapi
RHEL 8
0:1.4.0-3.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
0:1.4.0-3.el9_8
fixed
libkcapi-hmaccalc
RHEL 8
0:1.4.0-3.el8_10
fixed
RHEL 9
0:1.4.0-3.el9_8
fixed
Azure Linux logo
Azure Linux Releases
Azure Package
Release
libkcapi
Azure Linux 3.0
0:1.5.1-1.azl3
fixed