Red Hat Security Advisory: opencryptoki security update
Affects Red Hat opencryptokiSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 22:51 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official security update for opencryptoki that addresses CVE-2026-23893. Users should apply the update available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants as detailed in Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2026:5919. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for update instructions. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-23893) in the opencryptoki package used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 allows privilege escalation or data exposure via symlink following. The opencryptoki package implements the PKCS#11 API for IBM cryptographic hardware and software tokens. Red Hat has released a security update to address this issue in version 3.24.0-5.el9_6.1 of opencryptoki for multiple architectures. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the update to mitigate the risk.