Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19454 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-20 Updated: 2026-05-20 RHSA-2026:19454 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: PackageKit security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for PackageKit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution, cross-architecture API. Security Fix(es): PackageKit: race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root (CVE-2026-41651) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.4 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.4 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 s390x Fixes BZ - 2460604 - CVE-2026-41651 PackageKit: race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root CVEs CVE-2026-41651 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. 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A race condition vulnerability (CVE-2026-41651, CVSS 8.8 HIGH) in PackageKit allows for arbitrary package installation with root privileges. The vulnerability affects PackageKit versions 1.0.2 through 1.3.4, and it is fixed in version 1.3.5. Red Hat has rated this update as Important for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants.