CVE-2026-41048 PUBLISHED

Caching of Authentication allows Authentication Bypass in qSnapper

Assigner: suse
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 22.06.2026 Updated: 22.06.2026

Incorrect caching of authentication between different polkit methods in qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to use functions like "restore from snapshot" even if only allowed to do "delete snapshot".

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	presire
Product	qSnapper
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 1.2.1 to 1.3.3 (excl.)

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-303 Incorrect implementation of authentication algorithm CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation