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2 vulnerabilities by z-galaxy
CVE-2026-78422 (GCVE-0-2026-78422)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-08-31 14:14 – Updated: 2026-09-01 14:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
zbus_polkit: polkit authorization bypass via PID reuse due to incorrect D-Bus type for the subject UID
Summary
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Consequently, an application that passes a UID obtained from a trustworthy source — for example SO_PEERCRED Unix socket peer credentials — in order to defend against PID reuse receives no protection, and the supplied UID has no effect on the authorization decision. A local unprivileged attacker who can cause an authorized process to terminate and then win the race to have their own process assigned the same PID can be authorized under the identity of the terminated process, bypassing the polkit authorization check and performing actions the attacker is not entitled to.
This issue affects zbus_polkit before 5.1.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-01 14:46 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/z-galaxy/zbus_polkit/pull/101 | patch |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277659 | issue-tracking |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| z-galaxy | zbus_polkit |
Affected:
0 , < 5.1.0
(semver)
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CVE-2026-78422 (GCVE-0-2026-78422)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 14:14 – Updated: 2026-09-01 14:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
zbus_polkit: polkit authorization bypass via PID reuse due to incorrect D-Bus type for the subject UID
Summary
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This issue affects zbus_polkit before 5.1.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-01 14:46 UTC
CWE
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| z-galaxy | zbus_polkit |
Affected:
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