Record summary

CVE-2026-71225 has a selected CVSS score of 6.5 (medium).

Description

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableNo
Technical impactPartial

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Aug 5, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Browse Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10libkcapi

Default status: affected

CVE ListVersion data not supplied

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Browse Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8libkcapi

Default status: affected

CVE ListVersion data not supplied

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Browse Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9libkcapi

Default status: affected

CVE ListVersion data not supplied

Red Hat Hardened Images

Browse Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Imageslibkcapi

Default status: affected

CVE ListVersion data not supplied

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Browse Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4rhcos

Default status: affected

CVE ListVersion data not supplied

Default status: unaffected

CVE List0.10.1 to < 1.5.1affected

References

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