CVE-2025-7519 — Polkit: xml policy file with a large number of nested elements may lead to out-of-bounds write
A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or ot…
Published: 2025-07-14 · CVSS: 6.7 · CVSS 3.1
A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7