CVE-2026-41045

HIGH 8.1

Weak polkit authentication check in qSnapper

CVSS Score

8.1

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-367
Vendor	presire
Product	qsnapper
Published	Jun 22, 2026
Last Updated	Jun 22, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

presire / qSnapper

0 < 1.3.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

security.opensuse.org: https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/26/qsnapper-dbus-issues.html#issue-polkit-bypass github.com: https://github.com/presire/qSnapper/releases/tag/v1.3.3 bugzilla.suse.com: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261795

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE