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.
References
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7519 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379675 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/commit/107d3801361b9f9084f78710178e683391f1d245 | Patch |
| https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/pull/570 | Patch |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
11 Aug 2025, 19:20
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Redhat
Redhat openshift Container Platform Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7519 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379675 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/commit/107d3801361b9f9084f78710178e683391f1d245 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/pull/570 - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2025-07-14 14:15
Updated : 2025-08-11 19:20
NVD link : CVE-2025-7519
Mitre link : CVE-2025-7519
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-7519
JSON object : View
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux
- openshift_container_platform
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write