CVE search · CVE-2026-4897
CVE-2026-4897
medium 5.5
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.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- Weakness
- CWE-770
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
secalert@redhat.comSecondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- freedesktop · polkit
- redhat · openshift_container_platform
- redhat · enterprise_linux