GHSA-hjrh-286v-8qr4

GHSA-hjrh-286v-8qr4 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.400000095367432 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

4.400000095367432

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

Timeline

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

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