Upstream information

CVE-2026-71225 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in libkcapi. When performing one-shot symmetric cipher operations on large inputs (over 64 KiB) in stateful modes such as Counter (CTR) or Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), the library improperly reuses the Initialization Vector (IV) for each internal data chunk. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by making an application that uses libkcapi process specially crafted large inputs. This can lead to a significant weakening of data confidentiality, as the repeated IV use can expose relationships in encrypted plaintext, and may also affect data integrity by causing incorrect cryptographic processing.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 6.5 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 8.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1274050 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 libkcapi Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 libkcapi Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libkcapi Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 libkcapi Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 libkcapi Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 libkcapi Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 libkcapi Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Aug 6 15:34:08 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Aug 7 13:37:55 2026