CVE-2026-4897— Polkit: polkit: denial of service via unbounded input processing through standard input
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-4897
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Polkit: polkit: denial of service via unbounded input processing through standard input
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (stdin). This unbounded input can lead to an out-of-memory (OOM) condition, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the system.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
不加限制或调节的资源分配
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
polkit 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
polkit是一个在类 Unix操作系统中控制系统范围权限的组件。通过定义和审核权限规则，实现不同优先级进程间的通讯。 polkit存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于对polkit-agent-helper-1二进制文件的输入验证不足，可能导致内存耗尽和拒绝服务。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | - | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | - | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | - | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | - | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | - | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | - | cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 |
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- 2451739 – (CVE-2026-4897) CVE-2026-4897 polkit: Polkit: Denial of Service via unbounded input processing through standard inputissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4897
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| CVE-2026-2436 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Libsoup: libsoup: denial of service via use-after-free in soupserver during tls handshake |
| CVE-2026-3121 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Keycloak: org.keycloak/keycloak-services: keycloak: privilege escalation via manage-client |
| CVE-2026-4887 | 6.1 MEDIUM | Gimp: gimp:memory disclosure and denial of service via specially crafted pcx image |
| CVE-2026-2100 | 5.3 MEDIUM | P11-kit: null dereference via c_derivekey with specific null parameters |
| CVE-2026-2272 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Gimp: gimp: memory corruption due to integer overflow in ico file handling |
| CVE-2026-3190 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Keycloak: keycloak: information disclosure via improper role enforcement in uma 2.0 protec |
| CVE-2026-2271 | 3.3 LOW | Gimp: gimp: denial of service via crafted psp image file |
| CVE-2026-0968 | 3.1 LOW | Libssh: libssh: denial of service due to malformed sftp message |
| CVE-2026-4874 | 3.1 LOW | Org.keycloak.protocol.oidc.grants: org.keycloak.services.managers: keycloak: server-side r |
| CVE-2026-2239 | 2.8 LOW | Gimp: gimp: application crash (dos) via crafted psd file due to heap-buffer-overflow |
| CVE-2026-0965 | Libssh: libssh: denial of service via improper configuration file handling | |
| CVE-2026-0967 | Libssh: libssh: denial of service via inefficient regular expression processing | |
| CVE-2026-0964 | Libssh: improper sanitation of paths received from scp servers | |
| CVE-2026-0966 | Libssh: buffer underflow in ssh_get_hexa() on invalid input |
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