CVE-2019-3842

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any".

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-285 CWE-863

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 9, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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