- What: Security update for PackageKit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Impact: Systems using PackageKit may be vulnerable to race condition attacks
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19601 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-05-20 Updated: 2026-05-20 RHSA-2026:19601 - 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 10.0 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 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 x86_64 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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