RLSA-2026:97463

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Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:97463
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:97463
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-4897
Published
2026-11-13T06:05:11Z
Modified
2026-11-13T06:30:02Z
Severity
  • 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

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Database specific 
{
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:97463"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debugsource

Package

Name
polkit-debugsource
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debugsource?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-devel

Package

Name
polkit-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-devel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs

Package

Name
polkit-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-libs-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debugsource

Package

Name
polkit-debugsource
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debugsource?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-devel

Package

Name
polkit-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-devel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs

Package

Name
polkit-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-libs-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debugsource

Package

Name
polkit-debugsource
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debugsource?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-devel

Package

Name
polkit-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-devel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs

Package

Name
polkit-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-libs-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit

Package

Name
polkit
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debugsource

Package

Name
polkit-debugsource
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debugsource?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-devel

Package

Name
polkit-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-devel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs

Package

Name
polkit-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-libs-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-debugsource

Package

Name
polkit-debugsource
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-debugsource?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-devel

Package

Name
polkit-devel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-devel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs

Package

Name
polkit-libs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-libs-debuginfo

Package

Name
polkit-libs-debuginfo
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-libs-debuginfo?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"
polkit-docs

Package

Name
polkit-docs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit-docs?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:0.117-16.el9
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:97463.json"