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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