Fedora 44 polkit Critical Authorization Update FEDORA-2026-d4bdf7108e
fedora
March 20, 2026
backport of significant upstream patches
Summary
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.
Update Information:
backport of significant upstream patches
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Mar 4 2026 Jan Rybar
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-d4bdf7108e
2026-03-20 00:16:04.477751+00:00
Name : polkit
Product : Fedora 44
Version : 127
Release : 2.fc44.1
URL : https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit
Summary : An authorization framework
Description :
polkit is a toolkit for defining and handling authorizations. It is
used for allowing unprivileged processes to speak to privileged
processes.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-d4bdf7108e' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: polkit
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 127
Release: 2.fc44.1
Summary: An authorization framework
Topics Covered
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