๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-109971

MEDIUM 4.7

Clevis: clevis: pkcs#11 token pin exposed on command line via pkcs11-tool

CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A flaw was found in the clevis PKCS#11 pin. The clevis-decrypt-pkcs11 script passes the PKCS#11 token PIN as a command-line argument to pkcs11-tool, making it visible to any local user through process listing or the /proc filesystem.

CWE CWE-214
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Oct 14, 2026
Last Updated Oct 14, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109971 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550363

Credits

This issue was discovered by Sergio Correia (Red Hat).