{"action":"Upgrade kauth to 5.28.0-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"5.28.0-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"kauth","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["5.28.0-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCPQCNFAMTSG0GSFQZXMA1","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:02:41.744262773Z","published_at":"2017-05-17T14:29:00.387Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8422"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422"}],"summary":"KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app."}