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CVE-2026-46291crypto: caam - guard HMAC key hex dumps in hash_digest_key
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.12%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 98% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: caam - guard HMAC key hex dumps in hash_digest_key Use print_hex_dump_devel() for dumping sensitive HMAC key bytes in hash_digest_key() to avoid leaking secrets at runtime when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is enabled.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.12% · top 98% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < e8e72fdf47bd5ef7abe642b034c6178a61a8580a
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < cd849c07b8d706425e60a4dfcef54b7b67c967ce
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < a9207798fe619cbc85c8744a9b9e2af1db2b6e1a
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < 2adbfca7452eeac45117b8e803288a2767f7075f
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < c7e52fe3f7901ccb9cd29b3f7c683d809ba87e48
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < 5cffe3c136891aa4d579bf5c079a68f7cb371b0c
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < b8f12d9b00c1950779e5679b9c13908584682bb6
- affected 045e36780f11523e26d1e4a8c78bdc57f4003bd0 – < 177730a273b18e195263ed953853273e901b5064
- affected 3.6
- unaffected < 3.6
- unaffected 5.10.259 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.210 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.176 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.140 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.88 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.30 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.0.7 – ≤ 7.0.*
- unaffected 7.1 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e72fdf47bd5ef7abe642b034c6178a61a8580a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd849c07b8d706425e60a4dfcef54b7b67c967ce (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9207798fe619cbc85c8744a9b9e2af1db2b6e1a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2adbfca7452eeac45117b8e803288a2767f7075f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7e52fe3f7901ccb9cd29b3f7c683d809ba87e48 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cffe3c136891aa4d579bf5c079a68f7cb371b0c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f12d9b00c1950779e5679b9c13908584682bb6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177730a273b18e195263ed953853273e901b5064 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-35157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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