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CVE-2026-109971

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (4.7)—
Severity4.7Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.13 %higher than 2% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score
4.7
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.13 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
2
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

El PIN del token PKCS#11 se pasa como argumento a pkcs11-tool y es visible para cualquier usuario local vía listado de procesos o /proc (AV:L, UI:N).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Update SoftwareActive Directory ConfigurationUser TrainingThreat Intelligence ProgramRestrict File and Directory PermissionsPrivileged Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Redhat — ClevisAI

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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