MEDIUM
veracrypt
CVE published 2026-08-21
CVE-2026-54073
VeraCrypt disk encryption was found to have a weakness in file-hosted hidden volume creation, which could potentially weaken plausible deniability during forensic inspection. This issue has been fixed in version 1.26.29. The vulnerability allows attackers to exploit the predictable 128 MiB intervals of raw zeroed sectors, leaving deterministic plaintext markers that can weaken plausible deniability during [truncated]