AZL-81558

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Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-81558.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-81558
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-4897
Published
2026-03-26T15:16:43Z
Modified
2026-09-20T05:33:47Z
Summary
CVE-2026-4897 affecting package polkit for versions less than 123-4
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/polkit

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
123-4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-81558.json"