{"id":"ALSA-2026:59997","summary":"Moderate: polkit security update","details":"The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * polkit: Polkit: Denial of Service via unbounded input processing through standard input (CVE-2026-4897)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-08-26T16:00:39.061373773Z","published":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-4897"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59997"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4897"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2451739"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-59997.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"polkit","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"125-4.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59997.json"}},{"package":{"name":"polkit-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"125-4.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59997.json"}},{"package":{"name":"polkit-docs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit-docs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"125-4.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59997.json"}},{"package":{"name":"polkit-libs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/polkit-libs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"125-4.el10_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:59997.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}