Upstream information

CVE-2025-14338 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (SUSE)
Base Score 8.5
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1249149 [IN_PROGRESS]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Sep 5 09:32:20 2025
CVE page last modified: Wed Jan 14 18:33:55 2026