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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…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 11.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.6% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- USN-3861-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190128 [SECURITY] [DLA 1644-1] policykit-1 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3861-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/915332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/issues/74 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240816-0001/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-11469 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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