> USN-8195-3: PackageKit vulnerability
[DATE: 29/04/2026 08:59]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
USN-8195-1 fixed a vulnerability in PackageKit. This update provides
the corresponding fix to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain transactions.
A local attacker could use this issue to install arbitrary packages as
root, possibly resulting in privilege escalation.