# What about pkexec of polkit package?

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-about-pkexec-of-polkit-package/5210>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-about-pkexec-of-polkit-package/5210 "2022-01-27T08:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![phoenix1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@phoenix1977](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/phoenix1977)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-about-pkexec-of-polkit-package/5210/1 "2022-01-27T08:22:49Z")

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Hello,

anyone know if Rocky Linux is affected by pkexec component of polkit package vulnerability?

Thank you in advanced.

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**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-about-pkexec-of-polkit-package/5210/2 "2022-01-27T09:22:16Z")

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Rocky _was_ affected just like RHEL 8. [RHSB-2022-001 Polkit Privilege Escalation - (CVE-2021-4034) - Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022-001)  
Red Hat did release update for RHEL 8 on Tuesday: [Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0267)

`polkit-0.115-13.el8_5.1` seems to be in Rocky’s repository now. Update as usual.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/what-about-pkexec-of-polkit-package/5210/3 "2023-08-25T03:56:35Z")

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