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> USN-8173-1: polkit vulnerabilities

[SOURCE] Ubuntu Security Notices [DATE: 14/04/2026 08:02] [LANGUAGE: EN]
It was discovered that polkit incorrectly handled nested elements in XML policy files. If an administrator were tricked into installing a malicious policy file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause polkit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-7519) Pavel Kohout discovered that the polkit polkit-agent-helper-1 utility incorrectly handled long input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause polkit to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-4897)
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