CVE-2026-71225

NameCVE-2026-71225
DescriptionA 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.
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Debian Bugs1143974

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libkcapi (PTS)bullseye1.2.1-1vulnerable
forky, sid, bookworm, trixie1.4.0-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libkcapisource(unstable)(unfixed)1143974

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462011

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