CVE-2021-4115

lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.53% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

46 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-debugsource-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546
Fixedpolkit-libs-debuginfo-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1546

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.2

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400USCWE-403US

affected products (46)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Xerox FreeFlow Print Server 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:7
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server 9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:9
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v9
n/a polkitd≤ 0.117enisa_euvdEU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Polkit0.105 → 0.120fstec_bduRU
canonical ubuntu linux= 20.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 21.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle zfs storage appliance kit= 8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
polkit project polkit= 0.117nvdUScpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
polkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.115-13.el8_5.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2022:1546Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update2022-04-26csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for polkit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2022-0773PolicyKit: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2022-02-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in PolicyKit ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2022-1335Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-09-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Systems zu gefährden.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-02-21modified 2026-06-17

references (32)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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