A flaw was found in the udisks storage management daemon that exposes a privileged D-Bus API for restoring LUKS encryption headers without proper authorization checks. The issue allows a local unprivileged user to instruct the root-owned udisks daemon to overwrite encryption metadata on block devices. This can permanently invalidate encryption keys and render encrypted volumes inaccessible. Successful exploitation results in a denial-of-service condition through irreversible data loss.
References
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3476 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26103 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433719 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/security/advisories/GHSA-c75h-phf8-ccjm |
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26103 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2433719 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:udisks:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2026-02-25 11:16
Updated : 2026-03-13 19:54
NVD link : CVE-2026-26103
Mitre link : CVE-2026-26103
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-26103
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
freedesktop
- udisks
CWE
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
