A 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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71225 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462011 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
11 Aug 2026, 18:05
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:smuellerdd:libkcapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71225 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462011 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hardened Images Redhat Smuellerdd Smuellerdd libkcapi Redhat openshift Container Platform |
05 Aug 2026, 13:24
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-08-05 13:24
Updated : 2026-08-11 18:05
NVD link : CVE-2026-71225
Mitre link : CVE-2026-71225
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-71225
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
- openshift_container_platform
- hardened_images
smuellerdd
- libkcapi
CWE
CWE-330
Use of Insufficiently Random Values
