GHSA-8vgc-x7hv-3g84

GHSA-8vgc-x7hv-3g84 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-8vgc-x7hv-3g84

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References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816062 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2568 advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746 url
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2568 url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3 url
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2568 url

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