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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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1644-1 policykit-1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4350-1 policykit-1 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3861-1 PolicyKit vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3861-2 PolicyKit vulnerability
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-29T15:55:31.505Z

Reserved: 2018-12-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-19788

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-16T17:02:35.601Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-03T06:29:00.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:58:33.460

Link: CVE-2018-19788

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19788 - Bugzilla

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