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Mageia 9 PackageKit Important TOCTOU Race Escalation CVE-2026-41651

mageia
Calendar Grey June 9, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Arbitrary package installation vulnerability in Mageia 9's PackageKit can be exploited; important security update for protection.
Security update

Summary

Description: PackageKit vulnerable to TOCTOU Race on Transaction Flags leads to arbitrary package installation as root. (CVE-2026-41651)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35428

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00136.html

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/22/6

- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2026-April/026513.html

- https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/security/advisories/GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv

- https://github.security.telekom.com/2026/04/pack2theroot-linux-local-privilege-escalation.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41651

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important PackageKit Mageia TOCTOU arbitrary installation

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/packagekit-1.2.6-2.1.mga9

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Publication date: 09 Jun 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0180.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-41651

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important PackageKit Mageia TOCTOU arbitrary installation

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