Home / mailings [SECURITY] [DSA 6226-1] packagekit security update
Posted on 22 April 2026
Debian Security Advisory- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA-6226-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 22, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : packagekit
CVE ID : not yet available
Maik Schaefer discovered that a TOCTOU race condition in PackageKit (a
package management service over a DBus interface) could result in local
privilege escalation.
For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.2.6-5+deb12u1.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.1-1+deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your packagekit packages.
For the detailed security status of packagekit please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/packagekit
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
