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CVE-2026-54073 is a Windows-specific VeraCrypt vulnerability fixed in VeraCrypt 1.26.29. The most specific supported detail in the provided content is that hidden volume quick format previously used a file-container allocation shortcut that wrote plaintext zero sectors at 128 MiB intervals, which could undermine the plausible deniability of hidden volumes. The issue is described as a regression introduced in VeraCrypt 1.26.6 and tracked as GHSA-jjcr-75w7-58jp. Additional provided references characterize the Windows issue as stemming from incorrect handling of symbolic links or temporary file paths and as enabling local privilege escalation, but the exact vulnerable function or code path is not provided in the source content.
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A Windows-specific VeraCrypt local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper handling of symbolic links, fixed in version 1.26.29.
A Windows-specific VeraCrypt local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper handling of temporary file paths, fixed in version 1.26.29.
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