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🛡️ CVE-2026-71227 — enterprise-linux

🟡 CVSS 5.1 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-835 NVD
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Description

A flaw was found in libkcapi. A local attacker can influence an application that uses the Asynchronous Input/Output (AIO) interface. By reusing an AIO-enabled handle after a prior completion error, the _kcapi_aio_read_all() function can enter a non-terminating wait loop. This can lead to a persistent denial of service, making the affected application or thread unresponsive.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-71227 is classified as CWE-835: Infinite Loop. A loop condition can never become false for some inputs, hanging the process.

Affected software

CVE-2026-71227 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • hardened-images
  • libkcapi (from 0.12.0 up to 1.5.1)
  • openshift-container-platform

Timeline and source

Published on 5 August 2026 and last revised on 19 August 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-835: Infinite Loop) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-835
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
hardened-images
libkcapi 0.12.0 1.5.1
openshift-container-platform

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