GHSA-vvr6-r92h-x7jw

GHSA-vvr6-r92h-x7jw PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published February 22, 2022

There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

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

Timeline

Feb 22, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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