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PolicyKit: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service
view advisory published 2026-08-25
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PolicyKit ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-4897US | — | — | ||
A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
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