CVE-2018-19788
N/A
Published: December 3, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:49 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxPolkit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%
SSVC
PoC
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/915332x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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