7.0
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-25710
Plasma Loginauth Helper Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The new upstream added a privileged D-Bus helper called plasmaloginauthhelper, which suffers from multiple issues, e.g.aA compromised plasmalogin service account can chown() arbitrary files in the system.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2026, 8:44 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 13, 2026, 9:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

suse
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-25710 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 404e59f5-483d-4b8a-8e7a-e67604dd8afb
Solution
Restrict file ownership changes to authorized processes and remove unnecessary privileges.
  • Review and restrict D-Bus helper permissions.
  • Limit 'chown()' calls to authorized operations.
  • Remove unnecessary privileges from plasmalogin service.
  • Update the plasmaloginauthhelper component.

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