PT-2026-42117 · Haveged · Haveged

Dirk Mueller · Published 2026-05-20 · Updated 2026-05-20 · 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

Affected Products

Haveged

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41054 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/20/1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/AndreGironda/status/2056922918798680087 · Twitter Post
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/4 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/5 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-41054 · Note
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/2056961127121105026 · Twitter Post