Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by suse

CVE-2026-75037Polkit authentication bypass in LACT

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity authentication bypass by spoofing in LACT from ilya-zlobintsev. 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Polkit Authentication Based on UnixProcessSubject / Peer PID in LACT on Linux allows an Authentication Bypass. This issue affects LACT through 0.10.0. Fixed by commit d0478fe42c2219454e272f96b1cbd29ab37ee566.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ilya-zlobintsev LACT 0 – through 0.10.0

Weakness: CWE-290 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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