CVE-2025-7519

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.

EPSS Score: 0.00034 (0.105)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Out-of-bounds Write

ADVISORY - redhat

Out-of-bounds Write


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