A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an     out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and     arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as     it's required to place the malicious policy file properly. (CVE-2025-7519)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of polkit installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-7519 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an     out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and     arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as     it's required to place the malicious policy file properly. (CVE-2025-7519)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of polkit installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-7519 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an     out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and     arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as     it's required to place the malicious policy file properly. (CVE-2025-7519)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02527-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-7519: Fixed a XML policy file with a large number of nested elements that may lead to out-of-     bounds write. (bsc#1246472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02525-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-7519: Fixed a XML policy file with a large number of nested elements that may lead to out-of-     bounds write. (bsc#1246472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02528-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-7519: Fixed a XML policy file with a large number of nested elements that may lead to out-of-     bounds write. (bsc#1246472)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
246581	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-7519	Nessus	Misc.	medium
244837	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: polkit (CVE-2025-7519)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
244797	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: polkit (CVE-2025-7519)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
242871	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2025:02527-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
242869	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2025:02525-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
242866	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2025:02528-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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