CVE-2021-3560 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2021-3560

It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing...

Vulnerability Description

It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

polkit
Vulnerable Versions:
polkit 0.119

Timeline

Official Publish: February 16th, 2022
Last Modified: October 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)