5.5

CVE-2026-4897

Polkit: polkit: denial of service via unbounded input processing through standard input

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
FreedesktopPolkit Version-
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version8.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version9.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Version10.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.005
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
secalert@redhat.com 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.