CVE-2022-0987

A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists.

CVSS 3.1

3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-200

Published

2022-06-28

Modified

2026-10-08

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• packagekit_project:packagekit
• redhat:enterprise_linux

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064315
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064315

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