Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting haveged package, versions <1.9.14-150400.3.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-HAVEGED-16770463
  • published20 May 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2026

Introduced: 19 May 2026

CVE-2026-41054  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 haveged to version 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream haveged package and not the haveged package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

In src/havegecmd.c, the socket_handler function performs a credential check on the abstract UNIX socket (\0/sys/entropy/haveged). However, while it detects if the connecting user is not root (cred.uid != 0) and prepares a negative acknowledgement (ASCII_NAK), it fails to stop execution. The code proceeds to the switch statement, allowing any local unprivileged user to execute privileged commands such as MAGIC_CHROOT.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1