polkit vulnerabilities
CVEs whose affected-version data names the polkit package. Each record lists the affected and patched versions; check a specific version with the dependency checker or POST /api/sbom.
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CVE-2026-4897Medium· 5.5A flaw was found in polkit
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…
CVE-2021-4034High· 7.8CISA KEVPoCA local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility
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 …
CVE-2016-2568High· 7.8pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.