CVE-2025-67859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Improper Authentication vulnerability in TLP allows local users to arbitrarily control the power
profile in use as well as the daemon’s log settings.This issue affects TLP: from 1.9 before 1.9.1.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-67859
https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/tlp-polkit-authentication-bypass.html

History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A Improper Authentication vulnerability in TLP allows local users to arbitrarily control the power profile in use as well as the daemon’s log settings.This issue affects TLP: from 1.9 before 1.9.1.
Title		Polkit Authorization Check can be Bypassed in the TLP power daemon
Weaknesses		CWE-287
References		https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-67859 https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/tlp-polkit-authentication-bypass.html
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2026-01-14T11:34:12.479Z

Updated: 2026-01-14T11:34:12.479Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T14:23:59.780Z

Link: CVE-2025-67859

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-14T12:16:32.367

Modified: 2026-01-14T12:16:32.367

Link: CVE-2025-67859

Redhat

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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