CVE-2019-13179

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-522

Description

Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600 owned by root) to /boot within a globally readable initramfs image with insecure permissions, which allows this originally protected file to be read by any user, thereby disclosing decryption keys for LUKS containers created with Full Disk Encryption.

Affected products

Calamares: through 3.2.10

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542
https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/
https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/
https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542
https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/

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