RHSA-2026:18036 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: PackageKit security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 9

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · May 18, 2026

Updated · June 30, 2026

Topic

An update for PackageKit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution, cross-architecture API.

Security Fix(es):

  • PackageKit: race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root (CVE-2026-41651)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2026:18036 — Red Hat Security Advisory: PackageKit security update | PulseLinux