CVE-2018-19788

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INT_MAX to successfully execute any systemctl command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
https://bugs.debian.org/915332Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
https://bugs.debian.org/915332Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 3, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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