CVE-2026-85498: policykit-1

CVSS: UnknownPublished
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-85498USN-8762-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85498
Published 15-09-2026Last modified 15-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85498 is a vulnerability in policykit-1 with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
Not scored
0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2026:66287

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

policykit-1 vulnerability It was discovered that polkit incorrectly handled cookie input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause polkit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • policykit-1All versions (No fix recorded)
Mageia1 product
  • polkit< 127-3.1.mga10
Ubuntu1 product
  • policykit-1All versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.105-33ubuntu0.2 | < 124-2ubuntu1.24.04.4 | < 127-2ubuntu1.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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