CVE-2026-4897
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
36/100
Published: 2026-03-26
Modified: 2026-11-10
First seen: 2026-11-05
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
Low
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
None
A:
High
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.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (7)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | polkit | - |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 |
| redhat | openshift_container_platform | 4.0 |
References & Advisories (5)
vendor-advisory
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vendor-advisory
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vdb-entry
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issue-tracking
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