Polkit authentication bypass in LACT

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-75037",
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  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Polkit authentication bypass in LACT",
    "summary": "Polkit Authentication Based on UnixProcessSubject / Peer PID in LACT on Linux allows an Authentication Bypass. This issue affects LACT through 0.10.0. Fixed by commit d0478fe42c2219454e272f96b1cbd29ab37ee566.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.172907886Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/75xxx/CVE-2026-75037.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75037",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 514248,
  "published_at": "2026-08-25T09:52:32.993+00:00"
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