It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | alma-upgrade-polkitalma-upgrade-polkit-develalma-upgrade-polkit-docsalma-upgrade-polkit-libs | May 4, 2022 | Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-polkit | Mar 21, 2024 | Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-polkitcentos-upgrade-polkit-debuginfocentos-upgrade-polkit-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-polkit-develcentos-upgrade-polkit-docscentos-upgrade-polkit-libscentos-upgrade-polkit-libs-debuginfo | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-policykit-1 | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-polkit | Nov 4, 2022 | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-polkit | Jul 14, 2021 | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-polkithuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-polkit-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-polkit-docshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-polkit-libs | Aug 10, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-polkithuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-polkit-libs | Sep 29, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-system-library-polkit-0-116-11-4-35-0-1-94-2 | Jul 21, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-polkitoracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-develoracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-docsoracle-linux-upgrade-polkit-libs | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Redhat Openshift | linuxrpm-upgrade-cri-olinuxrpm-upgrade-dhcplinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift-clientslinuxrpm-upgrade-openshift-kuryrlinuxrpm-upgrade-polkit | Nov 10, 2021 | Nov 10, 2021 | |
| Redhat_linux | redhat-upgrade-polkitredhat-upgrade-polkit-debuginforedhat-upgrade-polkit-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-polkit-develredhat-upgrade-polkit-docsredhat-upgrade-polkit-libsredhat-upgrade-polkit-libs-debuginfo | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 | |
| Rocky_linux | rocky-upgrade-polkitrocky-upgrade-polkit-debuginforocky-upgrade-polkit-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-polkit-develrocky-upgrade-polkit-libsrocky-upgrade-polkit-libs-debuginfo | May 5, 2022 | Feb 16, 2022 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libpolkit-agent-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit-gobject-1-0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0suse-upgrade-libpolkit0-32bitsuse-upgrade-pkexecsuse-upgrade-polkitsuse-upgrade-polkit-develsuse-upgrade-polkit-docsuse-upgrade-typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0 | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libpolkit-agent-1-0ubuntu-upgrade-libpolkit-gobject-1-0ubuntu-upgrade-policykit-1 | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 | |
| Vmware Photon_os | vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 16, 2022 |
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