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CVE-2026-85498VulnerabilityPublished

polkit · Out-of-bounds Read

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-85498· Low 3.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low : update Red Hat Hardened Images when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:34 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.5Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.13.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Hardened Imagespolkit-mainAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10polkitAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10polkit-pkla-compatAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6polkitAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6polkit-gnomeAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7polkitAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated polkit packages (version 127-5.1.hum1) that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates to remediate the issue. No other mitigations are currently available or recommended by Red Hat.

Description

A vulnerability in polkit's authentication agent helper causes an integer underflow when processing input starting with a null byte, leading to an out-of-bounds memory read. This flaw can be triggered by a local or adjacent low-privileged user supplying crafted input, potentially causing the affected application to crash and resulting in a denial of service. No information disclosure or integrity impact has been observed. The issue is rated as low severity.

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