Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2025-14338Polkit authentication dis isabled by default in inputplumber

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in inputplumber from https://github.com/ShadowBlip. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Polkit authentication dis isabled by default and a race condition in the Polkit authorization check in versions before v0.69.0 can lead to the same issues as in CVE-2025-66005.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
https://github.com/ShadowBlip inputplumber ? – before 0.63.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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