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High · 7.0 Public exploit CVE-2026-75037 EUVD-2026-65390GHSA-w75p-534p-fxmc

Polkit authentication bypass in LACT

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by suse

Vendor: ilya-zlobintsev Product: LACT

Description

Polkit Authentication Based on UnixProcessSubject / Peer PID in LACT on Linux allows an Authentication Bypass. This issue affects LACT through 0.10.0. Fixed by commit d0478fe42c2219454e272f96b1cbd29ab37ee566.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ilya-zlobintsev LACT ≤ 0.10.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed lact 0.10.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11644-1

Public exploits

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Advisories 2

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