Clevis: clevis: pkcs#11 token pin exposed on command line via pkcs11-tool
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.
CVE-2026-109971
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-109971
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
"packageName": "clevis",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
"packageName": "clevis",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
"packageName": "clevis",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
"packageName": "clevis",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "affected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-109971
Source reference:
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Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #21744 · Revision 1
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