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polkit: Improper authorization in polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd

🗓️ 31 Mar 2020 19:53:18Reported by RedHatType 
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Polkitd permits arbitrary UIDs in two D-Bus calls due to missing UID validation.

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13 Aug 202122:15
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ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package polkit version 0.115-alt1
10 Jul 201800:00
–altlinux
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : polkit (ALAS-2020-1437)
18 Jun 202000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : polkit (RHSA-2020:1135)
10 Apr 202000:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-1448-1 : policykit-1 security update
30 Jul 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : polkit (EulerOS-SA-2019-2223)
8 Nov 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : polkit (EulerOS-SA-2019-2404)
10 Dec 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : polkit (EulerOS-SA-2019-2651)
18 Dec 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : polkit (EulerOS-SA-2020-1193)
13 Mar 202000:00
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppcpolkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64polkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lepolkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390polkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xpolkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64polkit0:0.112-26.el7polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7anypolkit0:0.112-26.el7.i686polkit-0:0.112-26.el7.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppcpolkit-debuginfo0:0.112-26.el7polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64polkit-debuginfo0:0.112-26.el7polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lepolkit-debuginfo0:0.112-26.el7polkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-26.el7.ppc64le.rpm
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30 Jun 2026 11:36Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 23.6
CVSS 3.14.4
CVSS 34.7
EPSS0.01196
CWE-285
polkit daemonuid validationdbus communicationdenial of servicedata disclosureauthenticationauthority check
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