Medium severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89169
live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing
4.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
live-boot ff8867c allows attackers to bypass the dm-verity-enforce-roothash-signature protection mechanism when the .verity file is missing.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
live-boot · Debian
ff8867c4e2d62e497cb895b15b7d6d518d5adff1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89169
bugs.debian.org
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1146422
salsa.debian.org
https://salsa.debian.org/live-team/live-boot/-/blob/ff8867c4e2d62e497cb895b15b7d6d518d5adff1/components/9990-overlay.sh#L112-114