CVE-2018-1116

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-285 CWE-862

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	polkit	polkit 0.116

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116Issue Tracking, Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116Issue Tracking, Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 10, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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