CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for polkit by polkit project.
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polkit project polkit has 11 published CVE records since 2013, of which 2 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 4 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 6.2.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting polkit project polkit, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list.
How the CVSS severity of polkit project polkit's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
8 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
2
2 of polkit project polkit's CVEs are confirmed exploited in the wild.
Public exploits
4
4 of polkit project polkit's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every polkit project polkit version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
11 CVEs
Added to CISA KEV 2023-05-12
Added to CISA KEV 2022-06-27
The CWE weakness categories most often found in polkit project polkit CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many polkit project polkit CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about polkit project polkit vulnerabilities.
polkit project polkit has 11 published CVE records since 2013.
Yes — 2 of polkit project polkit's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Yes — 4 of polkit project polkit's CVEs have a known public exploit.
4 distinct polkit project polkit versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
polkit project polkit's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization).
The average CVSS base score across polkit project polkit's scored CVEs is 6.2.
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