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CVE record · CVE-2026-41651

PackageKit vulnerable to TOCTOU Race on Transaction Flags leads to arbitrary package installation as root

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0055 · 46th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: GitHub_M) at 22 Apr 2026, 13:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
PackageKit PackageKit
  • affected >= 1.0.2, <= 1.3.4
Identifiers
CVE-2026-41651
CNA
GitHub_M
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-367
Tags
Published
22 Apr 2026
Updated
15 Jul 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)Used for this record
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (redhat-SADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0055, the 46th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2026, 14:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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