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polkit — security advisory
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.
- Products
- polkit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.105-r8, 0.105-r9
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19788
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-19788
polkit
Fixed versions: 0.105-r8
polkit
Fixed versions: 0.105-r8
polkit
Fixed versions: 0.105-r9
polkit
Fixed versions: 0.105-r9
Complete source record
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