CVE-2026-71225

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
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)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:smuellerdd:libkcapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

11 Aug 2026, 18:05

Type Values Removed Values Added
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71225 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71225 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462011 - () 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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openshift_container_platform
  • hardened_images

smuellerdd

  • libkcapi
CWE
CWE-330

Use of Insufficiently Random Values