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PackageKit: dnf5 backend ignores SIMULATE on RepoRemove

CVSS 3.1 7.1 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-19816

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A flaw was found in PackageKit. PackageKit skips the polkit authorization check for transactions carrying the SIMULATE (dry-run) flag. In the dnf5 backend, the RepoRemove handler ignores that contract and always executes the real transaction because its guard is written as (role == REPO_REMOVE || !SIMULATE), which is always true for RepoRemove. An unprivileged local user can therefore perform a genuine package uninstall while claiming to simulate. This vulnerability only affects systems using PackageKit with the dnf5 backend.

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