CVE-2026-19816

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19816
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-19816.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-19816
Aliases
  • GHSA-g5gf-h68q-gxc8
Downstream
Published
2026-09-14T20:05:00Z
Modified
2026-09-17T03:46:47Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
PackageKit: dnf5 backend ignores SIMULATE on RepoRemove
Details

A flaw was found in PackageKit. PackageKit skips the polkit authorization check for transactions carrying the SIMULATE (dry-run) flag. In the dnf5 backend, the RepoRemove handler ignores that contract and always executes the real transaction because its guard is written as (role == REPO_REMOVE || !SIMULATE), which is always true for RepoRemove. An unprivileged local user can therefore perform a genuine package uninstall while claiming to simulate. This vulnerability only affects systems using PackageKit with the dnf5 backend.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "fedora",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/19xxx/CVE-2026-19816.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/packagekit/packagekit

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/packagekit/packagekit
Events
Introduced
aa8e994711b1debd485e8d2e06f5ff4ac3494a65
Fixed
33be77b3ecd3b566ca117358dc18c58c964e627b
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.3.4"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.4.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.3.4
v1.3.5
v1.3.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-19816.json"