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Fedora 42 PackageKit Vulnerability Causes Local Privilege Escalation Risk
fedora
April 28, 2026
Backport fix for race condition leading to root compromise (GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv)
Summary
PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user
to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro,
cross-architecture API.
Update Information:
Backport fix for race condition leading to root compromise (GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv)
Change Log
* Wed Apr 22 2026 Neal Gompa
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2460579 - Local Privilege escalation: Run code as root due to race condition in PackageKit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460579
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-41926fe792' 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: PackageKit
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 1.3.4
Release: 3.fc42
Summary: Package management service
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