Evidence used
- No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
- Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
- EPSS is 0.10% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceFull vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-11568High confidence
Luksmeta: data corruption when handling luks1 partitions with luksmeta
Latchset · luksmeta
Official source article: Red Hat RHSA-2025:23086 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.
4.4MediumCVSS 3.1
Scheduled
Patch availableMedium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
R
Open reassessment dashboard →Operational reassessment
Published severity in operational context
Published severityMedium→Operational priority:Low, lowered one band.downgradedsince 1 Sep 2026
Compensating controls
- Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
- Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
- Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
- Confirm that the asset runs Latchset luksmeta and falls inside the recorded affected range.
- Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
- Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
- Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Distribution package intelligence
5 package statesRelease-specific package status
Debian, ubuntu findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.
Repository candidate not checked
A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.
| Distribution release | Source package | Vendor state | Fixed version | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian trixietrixie · source | luksmeta | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 9-4+deb13u1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian bookwormbookworm · source | luksmeta | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 9-4+deb12u1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian forkyforky · source | luksmeta | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 10-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Debian sidsid · source | luksmeta | Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release. | 10-1 | Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive | luksmeta | Under evaluationCanonical reports that the package might be affected and still needs evaluation or fixing. | Not published in this feed | Canonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026 |
Direct vendor intelligence
1 currentAuthoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories
Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.
CVE-2025-11568 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securityluksmeta: Data corruption when handling LUKS1 partitions with luksmeta
The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
- libluksmeta as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- libluksmeta-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- luksmeta.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Summary
- A data corruption vulnerability has been identified in the luksmeta utility when used with the LUKS1 disk encryption format. An attacker with the necessary permissions can exploit this flaw by writing a large amount of metadata to an encrypted device. The utility fails to correctly validate the available space, causing the metadata to overwrite and corrupt the user's encrypted data. This action leads to a permanent loss of the stored information. Devices using the LUKS formats other than LUKS1 are not affected by this issue.
- Remediation
- For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
Patch available01
What, why and how
A data corruption vulnerability has been identified in the luksmeta utility when used with the LUKS1 disk encryption format. An attacker with the necessary permissions can exploit this flaw by writing a large amount of metadata to an encrypted device. The utility fails to correctly validate the available space, causing the metadata to overwrite and corrupt the user's encrypted data. This action leads to a permanent loss of the stored information. Devices using the LUKS formats other than LUKS1 are not affected by this issue.
What
A data corruption vulnerability has been identified in the luksmeta utility when used with the LUKS1 disk encryption format. An attacker with the necessary permissions can exploit this flaw by writing a large amount of metadata to an encrypted device. The utility fails to correctly validate the available space, causing the metadata to overwrite and corrupt the user's encrypted data. This action leads to a permanent loss of the stored information. Devices using the LUKS formats other than LUKS1 are not affected by this issue.
Why
The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
What
A data corruption vulnerability has been identified in the luksmeta utility when used with the LUKS1 disk encryption format. An attacker with the necessary permissions can exploit this flaw by writing a large amount of metadata to an encrypted device. The utility fails to correctly validate the available space, causing the metadata to overwrite and corrupt the user's encrypted data. This action leads to a permanent loss of the stored information. Devices using the LUKS formats other than LUKS1 are not affected by this issue.
Why
The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with elevated privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation No confirmed evidence
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material None recorded
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Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
- Likely attack path
- local access → Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
- Attack surface
- Local
- Privileges required
- High: elevated access is required
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
- Security boundary
- Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
- Weakness
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CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness. - CWE-1284 ↗
CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input. The product receives input that is expected to specify a quantity (such as size or length), but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the quantity has the required properties.
- CVSS vector
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CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity. CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRHighPrivileges required: The attacker needs elevated or administrative privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.ANoneAvailability impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.- Post-exploitation / living off the land
- The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
03
Patch and workaround
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
- Status
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Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change. - Patch available
- Affected
- libluksmeta as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- libluksmeta-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- luksmeta.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Fixed
- libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
- libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
- and 82 more
- Action
- For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
- Workaround
- No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04
Evidence and provenance
Published 15 Oct 2025 · Last source change 1 Sept 2026, 11:52 UTC · CWE-1284 · Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
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The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-34697
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD not scheduled
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
Material change intelligence
View recent updates ↗What changed after publication
- Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.Red Hat Product Security ↗
- Before
- libluksmeta as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libluksmeta-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; luksmeta.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); and 82 more
- After
- libluksmeta as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libluksmeta-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; luksmeta.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debuginfo-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); luksmeta-debugsource-0:10-1.el10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-0:9-4.el8_10.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libluksmeta-debuginfo-0:9-4.el8_10.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); and 82 more
- Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.CNA ↗
- Before
- < 10 · Fixed: 0:10-1.el10 < *; 0:9-4.el8_10.1 < *; 0:10-1.el9 < *
- After
- luksmeta: < 10 · Fixed: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: 0:10-1.el10 < *; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: 0:9-4.el8_10.1 < *; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: 0:10-1.el9 < *
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
- CVE
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
- CVSS
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
- CWE
- Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
- CNA
- CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
- CISA ADP
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
- NVD
- National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
- CERT / CSIRT
- A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
- PoC
- Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
- CSAF
- Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
- LoTL
- Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.