CVE-2018-19788
policykit-1 - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 59.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-19788
To remediate CVE-2018-19788, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/polkit—upgrade to 0.105-r8 or later
- Debian/policykit-1—upgrade to 0.105-23 or later
- —upgrade to 0.105-15~deb8u4 or later
- —upgrade to 0.105-18+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-19788 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 59.6%, placing CVE-2018-19788 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 0.105-r8
- from 0, < 0.105-23
- from 0, < 0.105-15~deb8u4
- from 0, < 0.105-18+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |