A time-to-check-time-of-use in polkit authentication of qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to bypass qSnappers authentication mechanism and operate e.g. as root user.
Weak polkit authentication check in qSnapper
Problem type
Affected products
presire
< 1.3.3 - AFFECTED
References
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/26/qsnapper-dbus-issues.html#issue-polkit-bypass
https://github.com/presire/qSnapper/releases/tag/v1.3.3
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261795
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-w4qv-m9pp-3xjr
A time-to-check-time-of-use in polkit authentication of qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4qv-m9pp-3xjrA time-to-check-time-of-use in polkit authentication of qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to bypass qSnappers authentication mechanism and operate e.g. as root user.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41045
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261795
https://github.com/presire/qSnapper/releases/tag/v1.3.3
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/26/qsnapper-dbus-issues.html#issue-polkit-bypass
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4qv-m9pp-3xjr
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-41045Click to expand
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