High 7.8Published May 20, 2026

CVE-2026-41054Missing exit out of permission check in haveged could lead to root exploit

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:40 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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`.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-305
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: suse
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Jun 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

SUSE Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest suse:container_suse_sle_micro_rancher_5.3_latest (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest suse:container_suse_sle_micro_rancher_5.4_latest (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest suse:container_suse_sle_micro_5.5_latest (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_byos (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_byos_azure (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2 suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_byos_ec2 (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_byos_gce (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_hardened (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_hardened_byos (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure suse:image_sles15_sp4_sap_hardened_byos_azure (from the name)	from ? before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1	CNA record
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References

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-41054
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/1
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00005.html

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