Medium severity6.7OSV Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2025· Updated Jun 30, 2026
CVE-2025-7519
CVE-2025-7519
Description
A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.
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Affected products
290.100, 0.101, 0.102, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 0.100, 0.101, 0.102, …
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords27 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/polkit&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/polkit&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/polkit&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 121-150500.3.6.1+ 26 more
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 127-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-150500.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.113-5.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 121-slfo.1.1_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.116-150200.3.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/polkit-org/polkit/commit/107d3801361b9f9084f78710178e683391f1d245nvdPatch
- github.com/polkit-org/polkit/pull/570nvdPatch
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7519nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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