vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2018-19788)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 3, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 3, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A security issue has been found in polkit <= 0.115, where an unprivileged user with a UID > INT_MAX can successfully execute any systemctl command.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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