CVE-2026-41045
Weak polkit authentication check in qSnapper
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: June 22, 2026 at 03:16 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorqSnapper
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A time-to-check-time-of-use in polkit authentication of qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to bypass qSnappers authentication mechanism and operate e.g. as root user.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/26/qsnapper-dbus-issues.html#issue-polkit-bypassVendor AdvisoryRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/presire/qSnapper/releases/tag/v1.3.3Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261795SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-367
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