CVE-2018-19788
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19788
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19788.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-19788
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-12-03T06:29:00.243Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T10:48:22.153412Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
- https://bugs.debian.org/915332
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected