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High 7.1
PackageKit: dnf5 backend ignores SIMULATE on RepoRemove
A flaw was found in PackageKit. PackageKit skips the polkit authorization check for transactions carrying the SIMULATE (dry-run) flag. In the dnf5 backend, the RepoRemove handler ignores that contract and always executes the real transaction because its guard…
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Medium 4.3
PackageKit API pk-transaction.c g_file_test improper authorization
A vulnerability has been found in PackageKit up to 1.3.5. Affected is the function g_file_test of the file src/pk-transaction.c of the component API. Such manipulation of the argument frontend-socket leads to improper authorization. The attack can be executed…
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High 8.8CVE-2026-41651 Public exploit
PackageKit vulnerable to TOCTOU Race on Transaction Flags leads to arbitrary package installation as root
PackageKit is a a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API. PackageKit between and including versions 1.0.2 and 1.3.4 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) rac…
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A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This…
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High 8.2
Packagekit's apt backend lets user install untrusted local packages
PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages.
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Low 3.3
PackageKit error messages leak presence and mimetype of files to unprivileged users
PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on its own.
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Unscored —
PackageKit 0.6.17 allows installation of unsigned RPM packages as though they were signed which may allow installation …
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Unscored —
An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privil…