CVE-2025-7519
MEDIUM
6.7
Our Analysis: General-Purpose
Our model has classified this vulnerability as relevant to General-Purpose Systems, helping your team prioritize efforts effectively.
Published Date
July 14, 2025
Last Modified
July 15, 2025
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.