VeraCrypt FUSE-T Auxiliary Service Leak Exposes Decrypted Data
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Vendor Solution
No fixed release as of 2026-10-11. A community fix exists as VeraCrypt pull request #1866 (commit 000bcf4): on dismount, explicitly shut down the auxiliary FUSE-T service through an authenticated control endpoint and wait for it to terminate before reporting the dismount as complete. The maintainer described the same approach in issue #1779. The macFUSE build of VeraCrypt is unaffected.
Vendor Workaround
Use the macFUSE build of VeraCrypt instead of the FUSE-T build (the maintainer's recommended interim mitigation; the macFUSE build is not affected). If staying on the FUSE-T build: After dismounting your volumes, restart macOS to end any surviving sessions. Using the affected FUSE-T build again can recreate the problem. Updating FUSE-T alone hasn't been verified as a fix. A process name match can't reliably identify every surviving VeraCrypt service. Manual process killing shouldn't be treated as proof that access has ended, and killing a service while a volume is still mounted can interrupt writes.
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.190% probability within 30 days)
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| Title | VeraCrypt FUSE-T Auxiliary Service Leak Exposes Decrypted Data |
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| Description | VeraCrypt 1.26.29 (FUSE-T build) on macOS sometimes allows unintended access to decrypted data. It does not terminate the FUSE-T auxiliary service (go-nfsv4) and its associated VeraCrypt core-service helper processes when a volume is dismounted. After VeraCrypt reports the volume as dismounted, the auxiliary mount continues to serve the decrypted volume image (volume.dmg) over a loopback SMB session, and the leaked processes retain an open handle to the underlying raw device. A local user or process can therefore remount and access the decrypted volume without the passphrase, e.g., by reopening a previously accessed path (such as through a macOS Open Recent menu) or by attaching volume.dmg from the stale auxiliary mount. (The macFUSE build of VeraCrypt is not affected.) | |
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Idrix
Idrix veracrypt |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-459 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:idrix:veracrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Idrix
Idrix veracrypt |
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