CVE-2018-1106
An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to
02 Description
An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use this vulnerability to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-04-23 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bae204966790a4436b66c8cc564b48d7f737efa5cfaa6389754daf670991ad3f
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3634-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3634-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4207https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4207
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20180423 Multiple local root vulnerabilities involving PackageKit CVE-2018-1106http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/23/3
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1224https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1224
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565992
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- packagekit Fixed in 1.1.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- packagekit Fixed in 1.1.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- packagekit Fixed in 1.1.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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