{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7519","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-02T08:47:34.451275585Z","published":"2025-07-14T14:15:25.593Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-7519"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-7519"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["122-3","122-4","123-1","123-2","123-3","124-1","124-2","124-3","125-1","125-2","126-1","126-2","127-1","127-2","127-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7519.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["126-2","127-1","127-2","127-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7519.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policykit-1","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"127-1"}]}],"versions":["126-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-7519.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}