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CVE-2025-7519

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Published: Jul 14, 2025Modified: Jun 30, 2026

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Affected (6)

2 products
Enterprise Linux
Openshift Container Platform
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Redhat
Version 10.0
Version 6.0
Version 7.0
Version 8.0
Version 9.0
Version 4.0

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