Red Hat Enterprise Linux/OpenShift Container Platform afunix-socket-unlock permission
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform. This affects an unknown part of the component afunix-socket-unlock. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-109969. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform (affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component afunix-socket-unlock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A flaw was found in the clevis PKCS#11 pin. The clevis-pkcs11-afunix-socket-unlock daemon creates AF_UNIX sockets without explicit permission restrictions or peer credential verification. Under a permissive process umask, any local user can connect to the control socket and inject arbitrary device/key pairs, or connect to the data socket to receive LUKS passphrases.
The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-109969 since 10/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 4.7
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Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/13/2026 CVE reserved10/14/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/14/2026 VulDB entry created
10/14/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-109969 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-109969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-419784
Entry
Created: 10/14/2026 12:24Changes: 10/14/2026 12:24 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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