{"schema_version": "1.7.0", "id": "RLSA-2026:59997", "modified": "2026-08-26T18:09:21.960457Z", "published": "2026-08-26T18:06:44.856853Z", "upstream": ["CVE-2026-4897"], "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\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.", "severity": [{"type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}], "affected": [{"package": {"ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10", "name": "polkit", "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/polkit?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=0"}, "ranges": [{"type": "ECOSYSTEM", "events": [{"introduced": "0"}, {"fixed": "0:125-4.el10_2.1"}], "database_specific": {"yum_repository": "BaseOS"}}]}], "references": [{"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:59997"}, {"type": "REPORT", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451739"}, {"type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59997"}], "credits": [{"name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"}, {"name": "Red Hat"}], "database_specific": {"license": "CC-BY-4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:59997"}}