# CVE-2018-1116: A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116.

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-10 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] polkit: polkit 0.116

## Description

A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] polkit, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1116
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/polkit/commit/?id=bc7ffad5364
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14

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