CVE catalog

CVE-2013-4326

rtkit: CVE-2013-4326

Severity: Medium
Published: Sep 24, 2013, 6:02:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.37% · Oct 25, 2026

RealtimeKit (aka rtkit) 0.5 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	rtkit	sid	`0.14-1`	fixed
Debian	rtkit	forky	`0.14-1`	fixed
Debian	rtkit	trixie	`0.13-5.1`	fixed
Debian	rtkit	bookworm	`0.13-5`	fixed
Opensuse	rtkit	tumbleweed	`0.11+git.20130926-3.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	rtkit	source	sid	`0.10-3`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[723714]
Debian	rtkit	source	forky	`0.10-3`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[723714]
Debian	rtkit	source	trixie	`0.10-3`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[723714]
Debian	rtkit	source	bookworm	`0.10-3`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[723714]
Opensuse	rtkit	rpm	tumbleweed	`0.11+git.20130926-3.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10557-1	Not reported

[Debian bug #723714]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[rtkit]Fixed
Details (2)
- 0.13-5 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.10-3
  dsa · rtkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · rtkit · debian · 12
- 0.13-5 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.10-3
  dsa · rtkit · debian · bookworm; dsa · rtkit · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[rtkit]Fixed
Source package: [rtkit]
Details (2)
- 0.13-5.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.10-3
  dsa · rtkit · debian · 13
- 0.13-5.1+b1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.10-3
  dsa · rtkit · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[rtkit]Fixed
Source package: [rtkit]
Details (1)
- 0.14-1.4 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.11+git.20130926-3.1
  dsa · rtkit · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:08:35 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]