High severity · published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-75037
Polkit authentication bypass in LACT
7.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LA
LACT · ilya-zlobintsev
through 0.10.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75037
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75037
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276480
github.com
https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT
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