USN-8762-1

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    USN-8762-1

    Published: 15 Sept 2026Last Modified: 15 Sept 2026

    Summary: policykit-1 vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that polkit incorrectly handled cookie input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause polkit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8762-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-85498

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: policykit-1

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.105-33ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    0.105-31
    0.105-31.1

    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
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