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High [CVE-2026-41651] race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-41651 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.

CVE-2026-41651 Published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-41651
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Summary

race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 8.8).

Weakness: CWE-367. Affected package(s): PackageKit.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:11504 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On; and 9 more.

Affected versions
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.6-2.el9_7
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.6-2.el9_8
  • PackageKit-0:1.1.12-8.el8_10
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.8-8.el10_2
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.8-8.el10_0.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.1.10-2.el7_9.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.4-2.el9_0.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.6-1.el9_4.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.1.12-6.el8_6.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.4-2.el9_2.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.2.6-1.el9_6.1
  • PackageKit-0:1.1.12-6.el8_4.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • RHSA-2026:11504

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:11504 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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