Vulnerabilities
Report: CVE-2026-4897 - Polkit: polkit: denial of service via unbounded input processing through standard
CVE ID :CVE-2026-4897 Published : March 26, 2026, 2:56 p.m. | 25 minutes ago Description :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. Severity: 5.5 | MEDIUM Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...
CVE Details
Attack Vector:
local
Impact:
Denial of Service