CVE-2026-41054
Missing exit out of permission check in haveged could lead to root exploit
02 Description
Missing exit out of permission check in haveged could lead to root exploit
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 7.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-20 08:56Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-06-05 11:06Z4 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-16
- Assigning CNA
- suse
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-305Authentication Bypass by Primary WeaknessBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d26f44d6cb59effa4e8296d50d2abf850e40e7905386f4ec26e512180a9125ac
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-41054
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/3
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/4
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/5
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/20/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/17
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/1
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00005.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.14-1+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.19-12+deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.19-12+deb13u1build0.25.10.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.19-14ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.14-1ubuntu1+esm1~22.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- haveged Fixed in 1.9.14-1ubuntu2+esm1~24.04.1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.