CVE-2018-19788
HIGH8.8EPSS 59.6%policykit-1 - security update
Published: 12/3/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/polkitfrom 0, < 0.105-r8
- Debian/policykit-1from 0, < 0.105-23
- Debian/policykit-1from 0, < 0.105-15~deb8u4
- Debian/policykit-1from 0, < 0.105-18+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |