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CVE-2026-1709
published 2026-02-06

CVE-2026-1709: A flaw was found in Keylime. The Keylime registrar, since version 7.12.0, does not enforce client-side Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication. This…

PriorityP278critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
5.43%
91.8th percentile
A flaw was found in Keylime. The Keylime registrar, since version 7.12.0, does not enforce client-side Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication. This authentication bypass vulnerability allows unauthenticated clients with network access to perform administrative operations, including listing agents, retrieving public Trusted Platform Module (TPM) data, and deleting agents, by connecting without presenting a client certificate.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
keylimekeylime< 7.12.07.12.0
keylimekeylime>= 7.12.0 < 7.12.27.12.2
keylimekeylime>= 7.13.0 < 7.13.17.13.1
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux
redhatenterprise_linux_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_for_arm_64
redhatenterprise_linux_for_arm_64
redhatenterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
redhatenterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
redhatenterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus
redhatenterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
redhatenterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian
redhatenterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port8891
  • Detect unauthenticated (no client certificate) HTTPS connections to the Keylime registrar port 8891. Legitimate clients should always present a client certificate; connections without one are indicative of exploitation attempts.
  • Flag any HTTP requests to the Keylime registrar (port 8891) originating from hosts that are not the trusted verifier or tenant — especially standard HTTP clients such as curl or wget, which require no credentials or special tooling to exploit this vulnerability.
  • Audit Keylime registrar TLS context configuration for the absence of ssl.CERT_REQUIRED. Its absence on versions >= 7.12.0 confirms the vulnerable configuration.
  • Monitor administrative operations against the Keylime registrar (agent listing, agent deletion, TPM data retrieval) for requests that lack a mutual TLS client certificate, particularly on Keylime versions 7.12.0 and later.
  • ·Only Keylime versions 7.12.0 and later are vulnerable. RHEL 9.6 and earlier shipped packages are NOT affected as they never included the vulnerable version.
  • ·The vulnerability requires direct network access to the registrar's HTTPS port (default 8891). Restricting access to this port via firewall rules to only trusted verifier and tenant hosts is an effective mitigation until patching.
  • ·The fix (adding ssl.CERT_REQUIRED) is present in keylime-7.14.1 and later. Verify the installed version to confirm whether the patch has been applied.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_redhat9.4CRITICAL
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