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CVE-2021-4122MEDIUMCVSS 4.3

CVE-2021-4122

Published Aug 24, 2022·Updated Oct 14, 2026

NVD Description

It was found that a specially crafted LUKS header could trick cryptsetup into disabling encryption during the recovery of the device. An attacker with physical access to the medium, such as a flash disk, could use this flaw to force a user into permanently disabling the encryption layer of that medium.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

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