A flaw was found in the udisks storage management daemon that exposes a privileged D-Bus API for restoring LUKS encryption headers without proper authorization checks. The issue allows a local unprivileged user to instruct the root-owned udisks daemon to overwrite encryption metadata on block devices. This can permanently invalidate encryption keys and render encrypted volumes inaccessible. Successful exploitation results in a denial-of-service condition through irreversible data loss.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade udisks2-lvm2Upgrade libudisks2-develUpgrade udisks2-iscsiUpgrade udisks2Upgrade libudisks2Upgrade udisks2-lsm | Mar 3, 2026 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade libudisks2Upgrade udisks2-lsm-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-lsmUpgrade udisks2Upgrade udisks2-iscsiUpgrade libudisks2-develUpgrade udisks2-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-debugsourceUpgrade udisks2-lvm2-debuginfoUpgrade libudisks2-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-lvm2Upgrade udisks2-iscsi-debuginfo | Mar 3, 2026 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade udisks2-lsmUpgrade libudisks2Upgrade libudisks2-develUpgrade udisks2-iscsi-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-debugsourceUpgrade udisks2Upgrade udisks2-lvm2Upgrade udisks2-iscsiUpgrade libudisks2-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-lsm-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-lvm2-debuginfoUpgrade udisks2-debuginfo | Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 |
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