Security advisory

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  "id": "77eb964fe30099c12b810a474f5d9d1bd9642104c9f7920f6b4c7a8426a1e042",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19788",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-19788",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19788",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "CVE-2018-19788",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-19788"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
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              "repo": "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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                }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:0.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0.115"
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                        "last_affected": "0.115"
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.115"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19788.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:24.597047210Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/915332",
        "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "18.10"
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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                    "introduced": "8.0"
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      }
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2018-19788",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382547,
  "published_at": "2018-12-03T06:29:00.243+00:00"
}