PT-2026-61060
CVE-2026-59677
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Published
2026-07-19
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Updated
2026-08-20
Description by
CVSS 4.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
policycoreutils versions prior to 3.11
Description
A missing authorization issue in the
seunshares component of selinux policycoreutils allows a user operating within an unconfined context to terminate processes owned by root that are also running in an unconfined context. This is possible through a process kill attack vector in the killall() function.Recommendations
Update policycoreutils to a version newer than 3.10.
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