CVE-2026-71225
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.
EPSS 0.33% · 26.3th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Timeline
- Aug 5, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 5, 2026 CVE Published
- Aug 5, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 6, 2026 Security Advisory
- Aug 7, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2026 EPSS Score
- Aug 27, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 1, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 15, 2026 EPSS Score
- Sep 15, 2026 Distribution Patch