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CVE-2019-6133

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.45%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2019-6133
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.45%

Original NVD Description

In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the "start time" protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c.