{"action":"Upgrade backintime to 1.1.12-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.1.12-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"backintime","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.1.12-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCM5ERN9WS5RB4KKWQTFTV","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:50.125770327Z","published_at":"2017-04-06T18:59:00.353Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7572","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7572"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":8.1},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7572#Debian:14/backintime","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7572"}],"summary":"The _checkPolkitPrivilege function in serviceHelper.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 1.1.18 and earlier uses a deprecated polkit authorization method (unix-process) that is subject to a race condit"}