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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2026-26104

Udisks: missing authorization check allows unprivileged users to back up luks headers via udisks d-bus api

Description

A flaw was found in the udisks storage management daemon that allows unprivileged users to back up LUKS encryption headers without authorization. The issue occurs because a privileged D-Bus method responsible for exporting encryption metadata does not perform a policy check. As a result, sensitive cryptographic metadata can be read and written to attacker-controlled locations. This weakens the confidentiality guarantees of encrypted storage volumes.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

  • 0:2.10.90-6.el10_1.1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:2.10.90-5.el10_0.2 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: unaffected

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