rpm package
almalinux/polkit-docs
pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit-docs
Vulnerabilities (3)
| CVE | Sev | CVSS | KEV | Affected versions | Fixed in | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-4897 | Med | 5.5 | < 125-4.el10_2.1 | 125-4.el10_2.1 | Mar 26, 2026 | A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of | |
| CVE-2021-4115 | Med | 5.5 | < 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | Feb 21, 2022 | There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and | |
| CVE-2021-4034 | Hig | 7.8 | KEV | < 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | 0.115-13.el8_5.2 | Jan 28, 2022 | A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn't handle the callin |
- affected < 125-4.el10_2.1fixed 125-4.el10_2.1
A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of
- affected < 0.115-13.el8_5.2fixed 0.115-13.el8_5.2
There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and
- affected < 0.115-13.el8_5.2fixed 0.115-13.el8_5.2
A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn't handle the callin