RLSA-2026:59997
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:59997
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:59997.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:59997
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-08-26T18:06:44.856853Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-26T18:25:49.857914491Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Moderate: polkit security update
- Details
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The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.
Security Fix(es):
- polkit: Polkit: Denial of Service via unbounded input processing through standard input (CVE-2026-4897)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
- Database specific
{ "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:59997", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" }- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:10 / polkit
Package
- Name
- polkit
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=0