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CVE-2026-23893VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: opencryptoki security update

Affects Red Hat opencryptokiSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 22:51 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

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