CVE-2018-19788
High
CVE-2018-19788
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.
Exploit probability
11.5%
Published
December 3, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 20, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-19788
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2046
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3232
- https://bugs.debian.org/915332
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-14
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3861-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4350