libblockdev: LPE from allow_active to root in libblockdev via udisks

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

libblockdev: LPE from allow_active to root in libblockdev via udisks

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

libblockdev: LPE from allow_active to root in libblockdev via udisks

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

[ASA-202506-10] libblockdev: privilege escalation

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202506-10 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2025-06-22 CVE-ID : CVE-2025-6019 Package : libblockdev Type : privilege escalation Remote : No Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2905 Summary ======= The package libblockdev before...

CVE-2025-6019

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-6019

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

AZL-64187 CVE-2025-6019 affecting package libblockdev 2.28-3

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

CVE-2025-6019 Libblockdev: lpe from allow_active to root in libblockdev via udisks

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

CVE-2025-6019

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

SUSE CVE-2025-6018

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules PAM. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker for example, a user logged in via SSH to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present,...

SUSE CVE-2025-6019

A Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allowactive" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allowactive" user on a syst...

TencentOS Server 3: polkit (TSSA-2022:0032)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2022:0032 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

TencentOS Server 3: polkit (TSSA-2023:0152)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0152 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

TencentOS Server 3: polkit (TSSA-2022:0004)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2022:0004 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities...

Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2024-d2e583eab4)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2023-4104

An invalid Polkit Authentication check and missing authentication requirements for D-Bus methods allowed any local user to configure arbitrary VPN setups. This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 Linux...

CVE-2022-29934

USU Oracle Optimization before 5.17.5 lacks Polkit authentication, which allows smartcollector users to achieve root access via pkexec. NOTE: this is not an Oracle Corporation product...

CVE-2022-23220

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users e.g., ones logged in via SSH to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings e.g., allowany=yes for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu,...

CVE-2013-1062

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1...

CVE-2013-1064

apt-xapian-index before 0.45ubuntu2.1, 0.44ubuntu7.1, and 0.44ubuntu5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a 1 setuid process or 2...