{"id":"CVE-2019-13179","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-13179","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:06:21.879Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2019-07-02T23:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:16:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["calamares/calamares"],"epss":{"score":0.02105,"percentile":0.81646,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835095","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1835096","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1726542","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://calamares.io/calamares-3.2.11-is-out/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://calamares.io/calamares-cve-2019/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/1191","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q57BOTBA2J5U4GVKUP7N2PD5H7B3BVUU/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2ZDQRGBGRVRW5LPJWKUNS3M66LZ3KYC/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13179","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}