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🛡️ CVE-2026-41054 on Debian — haveged

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

In src/havegecmd.c, the socket_handler function performs a credential check on the abstract UNIX socket (\0/sys/entropy/haveged). However, while it detects if the connecting user is not root (cred.uid != 0) and prepares a negative acknowledgement (ASCII_NAK), it fails to stop execution. The code proceeds to the switch statement, allowing any local unprivileged user to execute privileged commands such as MAGIC_CHROOT.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-41054 as tracked by Debian, for the package haveged. The fix is available in version 1.9.21-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41054 is classified as CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness. The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41054 is recorded against 1 package.

  • haveged (fixed in 1.9.21-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 May 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-41054 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
haveged — 1.9.21-1

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