Unprivileged attackers can get a root shell by exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability in the polkit auth system service installed by default on many modern Linux distributions. The polkit ...

A new vulnerability, PwnKit, that has existed in Linux for 12 years has been revealed, affecting most of the major Linux distributions. Exploits are in the proof-of-concept stage, but are seen as ...

The “grinch” Linux vulnerability that Alert Logic raised alarms about Tuesday is not a vulnerability at all, according to Red Hat. “This report incorrectly classifies expected behavior as a security ...

A high-severity Linux vulnerability capable of granting abusers root access to target endpoints is being exploited in the wild, researchers have warned. The flaw is found in Polkit’s pcexec component, ...

A seven-year-old local privilege escalation bug has reared its head and finally got a fix. When it was available, exploiting the vulnerability in the polkit authentication service could have allowed ...

Dubbed PwnKit, it’s been sitting in a user policy module used in Linux distros for over a decade and can be used by anyone to gain root privileges. Here’s what you can do to protect your systems.

Plattformen: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 * CVE-2026-4897 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N ...

If it's not one thing, it's another. After one real Linux problem -- the heap overflow bug in the Linux kernel's fs/fs_context.c program -- is found and fixed, then a new security problem is ...

Plattformen: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5, SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5, SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7, SUSE ...