VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-3218
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-10-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The authentication_agent_new function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and polkitd daemon crash) by calling RegisterAuthenticationAgent with an invalid object path.