{
  "cveId": "CVE-2018-1116",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1116",
  "summary": "CVE-2018-1116 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1, released July 9, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0: A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116",
  "description": "A flaw was found in polkit before version 0.116. The implementation of the polkit_backend_interactive_authority_check_authorization function in polkitd allows to test for authentication and trigger authentication of unrelated processes owned by other users. This may result in a local DoS and information disclosure.",
  "published": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "epss": 0.01196,
  "epssPercentile": 0.68274,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-gir1.2-polkit-1.0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libpolkit-agent-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-agent-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libpolkit-backend-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-backend-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "libpolkit-gobject-1-0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpolkit-gobject-1-0-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "policykit-1",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "fix": "policykit-1 0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-policykit-1-0.105-20ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2018-07-09T17:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T18:46:35Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}