This page lists publicly disclosed CVE vulnerabilities affecting freedesktop polkit (linked via NVD CPE). Each row includes severity scores, summaries, and publication dates to help identify and analyze security issues.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-4897 | 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 (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 0.13% | 2026-03-26 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2016-2568 | 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. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 0.35% | 2017-02-13 | 2026-06-16 |