Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting libkcapi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBKCAPI-18565057
  • published6 Aug 2026
  • disclosed5 Aug 2026

Introduced: 5 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-71225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest libkcapi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libkcapi package and not the libkcapi package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in libkcapi. When performing one-shot symmetric cipher operations on large inputs (over 64 KiB) in stateful modes such as Counter (CTR) or Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), the library improperly reuses the Initialization Vector (IV) for each internal data chunk. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this by making an application that uses libkcapi process specially crafted large inputs. This can lead to a significant weakening of data confidentiality, as the repeated IV use can expose relationships in encrypted plaintext, and may also affect data integrity by causing incorrect cryptographic processing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1