CVE-2018-19788

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    CVE-2018-19788

    Published: 3 Dec 2018Last Modified: 20 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350, https://bugs.debian.org/915332, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- b0a5d0f1a5b835819da630a6d27ed89dd4d7f464
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.115

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High