# CVE-2018-19788: 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 co

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-12-03 · Updated: 2024-08-29

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/
- https://bugs.debian.org/915332
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
- https://github.com/AbsoZed/CVE-2018-19788
- https://github.com/Ekultek/PoC
- https://github.com/d4gh0s7/CVE-2018-19788
- https://github.com/jhlongjr/CVE-2018-19788

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