Red Hat Security Advisory: luksmeta security update
LUKSMeta is a simple library for storing metadata in the LUKSv1 header. The luksmeta package is a dependency of the clevis and tang packages, together providing the Network Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Security Fix(es): * luksmeta: Data corruption when handling LUKS1 partitions with luksmeta (CVE-2025-11568) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-11568 is a vulnerability in the luksmeta library that results in data corruption when processing LUKS1 encrypted partitions. Luksmeta is used to store metadata in the LUKSv1 header and is a dependency for clevis and tang, components of Network Bound Disk Encryption in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as moderate severity and issued a security advisory (RHSA-2026:18824) with an update to fix the problem. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause data corruption on LUKS1 encrypted partitions when luksmeta handles metadata. This could lead to loss or alteration of encrypted data. The issue affects systems using luksmeta as part of the Network Bound Disk Encryption stack in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for luksmeta in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:18824 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. The update is available for multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 9. Applying this update mitigates the risk of data corruption caused by this vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory: luksmeta security update
Description
LUKSMeta is a simple library for storing metadata in the LUKSv1 header. The luksmeta package is a dependency of the clevis and tang packages, together providing the Network Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Security Fix(es): * luksmeta: Data corruption when handling LUKS1 partitions with luksmeta (CVE-2025-11568) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-11568 is a vulnerability in the luksmeta library that results in data corruption when processing LUKS1 encrypted partitions. Luksmeta is used to store metadata in the LUKSv1 header and is a dependency for clevis and tang, components of Network Bound Disk Encryption in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as moderate severity and issued a security advisory (RHSA-2026:18824) with an update to fix the problem. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause data corruption on LUKS1 encrypted partitions when luksmeta handles metadata. This could lead to loss or alteration of encrypted data. The issue affects systems using luksmeta as part of the Network Bound Disk Encryption stack in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for luksmeta in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:18824 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. The update is available for multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 9. Applying this update mitigates the risk of data corruption caused by this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:18824
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1c64853345fc18204a0
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:46 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 21:58:11 UTC
Last updated: 08/20/2026, 22:52:06 UTC
Views: 13
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