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)
Freedesktop ≫ Polkit Version -
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 6.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 9.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 10.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.03
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
RedHat 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 intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451739
Vendor Advisory
Issue Tracking
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4897
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59997
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66287