vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-19788): PolicyKit vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 3, 2018 | Jan 25, 2019 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 3, 2018
Added
Jan 25, 2019
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libpolkit-backend-1-0ubuntu-upgrade-policykit-1
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