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 | — | Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docs | May 4, 2022 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade polkit | Mar 21, 2024 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkit-devel | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade policykit-1 | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade polkit | Nov 4, 2022 | Jun 4, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-auth/polkit. | Jul 14, 2021 | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-libs | Aug 10, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-libs | Sep 29, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade system/library/polkit to version 0.116-11.4.35.0.1.94.2 on Solaris 11.4 | Jul 21, 2021 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade polkitUpgrade cri-oUpgrade dhcpUpgrade openshift-clientsUpgrade openshift-kuryr | Nov 10, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkit-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-docsUpgrade polkit | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-libsUpgrade polkit-libs-debuginfoUpgrade polkit-debugsourceUpgrade polkitUpgrade polkit-debuginfo | May 5, 2022 | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpolkit-agent-1-0Upgrade polkit-develUpgrade polkit-docUpgrade polkitUpgrade pkexecUpgrade libpolkit-gobject-1-0Upgrade libpolkit0Upgrade typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0Upgrade libpolkit0-32bit | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libpolkit-agent-1-0Upgrade libpolkit-gobject-1-0Upgrade policykit-1 | Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 16, 2022 |
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