6.7

CVE-2025-7519

Polkit: xml policy file with a large number of nested elements may lead to out-of-bounds write

A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.
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Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version6.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version9.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version10.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.18% 0.081
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
secalert@redhat.com 6.7 0.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7519
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379675
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/commit/107d3801361b9f9084f78710178e683391f1d245
Patch
https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/pull/570
Patch