Calamares is a modular system installer used by various Linux distributions to streamline OS deployment, with its vulnerability footprint narrowly focused on the installer product itself. Reported weaknesses center on race conditions in concurrent resource handling and credential protection, reflecting the elevated privileges and file-system access inherent to an installation-stage tool. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Calamares over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2019-13178HIGH modules/luksbootkeyfile/main.py in Calamares versions 3.1 through 3.2.10 has a race condition between the time when the LUKS encryption keyfile is created and when secure permissio | Jul 2, 2019 | 8.1 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-13179HIGH 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 i | Jul 2, 2019 | 7.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Calamares.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Calamares — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.