CVE-2025-67859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Improper Authentication vulnerability in TLP allows local users to arbitrarily control the power
profile in use as well as the daemon’s log settings.This issue affects TLP: from 1.9 before 1.9.1.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-67859
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/tlp-polkit-authentication-bypass.html

History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A Improper Authentication vulnerability in TLP allows local users to arbitrarily control the power profile in use as well as the daemon’s log settings.This issue affects TLP: from 1.9 before 1.9.1.
Title		Polkit Authorization Check can be Bypassed in the TLP power daemon
Weaknesses		CWE-287
References		https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-67859 https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/tlp-polkit-authentication-bypass.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2026-01-14T11:34:12.479Z

Updated: 2026-01-14T16:08:41.480Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T14:23:59.780Z

Link: CVE-2025-67859

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T16:07:43.673Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-14T12:16:32.367

Modified: 2026-01-14T16:25:12.057

Link: CVE-2025-67859

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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