PackageKit is a system abstraction layer for package management that provides unified interfaces across Linux distributions, and despite its narrow product footprint sits prominently in the software supply chain as a fundamental component of system administration and software installation. Its vulnerability profile concentrates on information-disclosure and privilege-management weaknesses—including exposure of sensitive data, error-message leakage, improper authentication, and incorrect permission assignment—reflecting the access-control and credential-handling demands of a privileged system service. Current severity and exploitation figures are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Packagekit Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
8 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-41651HIGH PackageKit is a a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API. PackageKit between and including ver | Apr 22, 2026 | 8.8 | 40 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-16122HIGH PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites wit | Nov 7, 2020 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-2515MEDIUM PackageKit 0.6.17 allows installation of unsigned RPM packages as though they were signed which may allow installation of non-trusted packages and execution of arbitrary code. | Nov 27, 2019 | 5.3 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-1106MEDIUM An authentication bypass flaw has been found in PackageKit before 1.1.10 that allows users without administrator privileges to install signed packages. A local attacker can use thi | Apr 23, 2018 | 5.5 | 20 | NO | NO |
A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur | Jan 3, 2024 | 3.3 | 14 | NO | NO |
The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method. | Apr 16, 2014 | 2.1 | 14 | NO | NO |
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 ta | Jun 28, 2022 | 3.3 | 12 | NO | NO |
PackageKit provided detailed error messages to unprivileged callers that exposed information about file presence and mimetype of files that the user would be unable to determine on | Nov 7, 2020 | 3.3 | 12 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Packagekit Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Packagekit Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.