CVE-2026-41048 (GCVE-0-2026-41048)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-06-22 16:24
VLAI
Title
Caching of Authentication allows Authentication Bypass in qSnapper
Summary
Incorrect caching of authentication between different polkit methods in qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to use functions like "restore from snapshot" even if only allowed to do "delete snapshot".
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-303 - Incorrect implementation of authentication algorithm
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
presire qSnapper Affected: 1.2.1 , < 1.3.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-05-26 15:09
Credits
Matthias Gerstner of SUSE
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