CVE-2026-54073 (GCVE-0-2026-54073)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-21 18:51
Modified
2026-08-21 19:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
VeraCrypt provides disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt. From 1.26.6 until 1.26.29, file-hosted hidden volume creation forces quick format and the FormatNoFs function in src/Common/Format.c and FormatFat function in src/Common/Fat.c use WriteFile to place raw zeroed sectors at predictable 128 MiB intervals. These writes bypass the normal EncryptDataUnits formatting path, leaving deterministic plaintext markers in an area expected to resemble random ciphertext. The markers can weaken plausible deniability during forensic inspection, although they do not disclose hidden-volume content or reduce the strength of VeraCrypt encryption. This issue is fixed in version 1.26.29.
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