High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-19788
CVE-2018-19788
Description
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
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Affected products
30- cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/polkit&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/polkit&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 0.114-lp150.2.6.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.114-lp150.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.118-7.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.114-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/915332nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/nvd
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