Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-41054

High
Microsoft: not affectedMSmacOS: not affectedMacLinux: not affectedLnxMobile: not affectedMobNetwork: not affectedNetApplication: not affectedAppOther: affectedOth

Published: 20 May 2026

Published
20 May 2026
Modified
20 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0001 1.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41054 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness (CWE-305) vulnerability in Suse (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 1.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NVD 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**.…

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The code proceeds to the `switch` statement, allowing any local unprivileged user to execute privileged commands such as `MAGIC_CHROOT`.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-305

Affected Products

Suse
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

References