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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 24 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 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided update.

Description

A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-23893) affects the opencryptoki packages used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The flaw involves privilege escalation or data exposure via symlink following in the opencryptoki implementation of the PKCS#11 API for IBM cryptographic hardware and software tokens. Red Hat has issued a security update to address this issue.

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