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CVE-2026-41045 is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in qSnapper before version 1.3.3 caused by a time-of-check-time-of-use flaw in its polkit authorization logic. The issue affects SnapshotOperations::checkAuthorization(), which authenticates clients using Polkit's UnixProcess subject derived from the PID associated with the active D-Bus connection. Because this PID-based identity check is subject to reuse and race conditions between the time qSnapper identifies the client and the time polkit validates it, a local attacker can bypass qSnapper's intended polkit authentication checks. Successful exploitation allows unauthorized invocation of privileged operations exposed by qSnapper's root-privileged D-Bus service, including actions that can be performed with root privileges.
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A local privilege escalation/authentication bypass vulnerability in qSnapper caused by a time-to-check-time-of-use flaw in polkit authentication before version 1.3.3.
A local privilege escalation/authentication bypass vulnerability in qSnapper caused by unsafe use of Polkit's UnixProcess subject, enabling a race condition via PID reuse that may let attackers bypass Polkit checks.
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