PT-2026-42117 · Haveged+2 · Haveged+2

Dirk Mueller · Published 2026-05-20 · Updated 2026-06-01 · CVE-2026-41054

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions haveged (affected versions not specified)

Description A privilege escalation issue exists via the command socket. The software verifies the connecting peer's user ID using SO PEERCRED and sends a NAK response to non-root callers. However, execution continues after the NAK response is sent, which allows for a local root exploit.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-305

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-41054

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10833-1

USN-8358-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Haveged

References · 30

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8358-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41054 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10833-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41054 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2026-41054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8358-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/Cezar_H_Linux/status/2058611229116059663 · Twitter Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/22/1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2056961127121105026 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/54367 · Telegram Post