🚨 A PackageKit race condition can let a local unprivileged user gain root access on…
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🚨 A PackageKit race condition can let a local unprivileged user gain root access on affected Linux systems; CVE-2026-41651 PoC: https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-41651 The flaw is a time-of-check time-of-use race condition in PackageKit transaction flags. An attacker with local access can abuse the transaction state to install arbitrary packages as root, including packages containing privileged install scripts. PackageKit | Local Privilege Escalation CVSS: 8.8 High Affected: PackageKit 1.0.2 through 1.3.4 Fixed: PackageKit 1.3.5 Impact: Local privilege escalation to root The vulnerab
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