Fedora 43 polkit Security Advisory FEDORA-2026-0e9ef494fc
fedora
March 10, 2026
backport of upstream commits 9dca831, 4e67dde
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 upstream commits 9dca831, 4e67dde
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Mar 4 2026 Jan Rybar
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-0e9ef494fc
2026-03-10 00:53:06.309253+00:00
Name : polkit
Product : Fedora 43
Version : 126
Release : 6.fc43.1
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-2026-0e9ef494fc' 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 43
Version: 126
Release: 6.fc43.1
Summary: An authorization framework
Topics Covered
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