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CVE-2019-13179

Calamares through 3.2.4 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.10%Up 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2019-13179
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-13179
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4703 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-4703
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-54g3-2jcp-vxc8 7.5

Calamares through 3.2.4 copies a LUKS encryption keyfile from /crypto_keyfile.bin (mode 0600...

Calamares through 3.2.4 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.

Record
GHSA-54g3-2jcp-vxc8
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2019-13179
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-13179 7.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13179
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-13179 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13179
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
calamares
Debian:12
 before 3.2.11-1
3.2.11-1
calamares
Debian:13
 before 3.2.11-1
3.2.11-1
calamares
Debian:14
 before 3.2.11-1
3.2.11-1
calamares-settings-debian
Debian:12
 before 10.0.23-1
10.0.23-1
calamares-settings-debian
Debian:13
 before 10.0.23-1
10.0.23-1
calamares-settings-debian
Debian:14
 before 10.0.23-1
10.0.23-1
calamares
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.1.7-13.1.7-23.1.8-0ubuntu13.1.8-13.1.9-13.1.10-13.1.12-0ubuntu13.1.12-1
 None known
calamares
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.2.14-0ubuntu23.2.14-0ubuntu33.2.17.1-0ubuntu13.2.17.1-0ubuntu23.2.17.1-0ubuntu4
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3.2.17.1-0ubuntu53.2.18-0ubuntu13.2.19-0ubuntu13.2.19.1-0ubuntu13.2.20-0ubuntu1
 None known
calamares
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.2.41.1-0ubuntu13.2.41.1-0ubuntu23.2.41.1-0ubuntu33.2.41.1-0ubuntu43.2.60-0ubuntu0.13.2.61-0ubuntu0.1
 None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-13179 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Calamares, published July 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in calamares 3.2.11-1.

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