CVE 5.5 MEDIUM

Polkit: polkit: denial of service via unbounded input processing through standard input_CVE-2026-4897

5.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-4897
Source redhat
Published Mar 26, 2026 at 14:56
Modified Mar 30, 2026 at 15:53

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CWE Classification

References

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