CVE-2026-4897EPSS p3.7%

CVE-2026-4897CVE-2026-4897

freedesktop / polkit

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.15% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.7% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-10
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.