---
id: "CVE-2026-87772"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-87772"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-87772"]
title: "Pardus About: incorrect authorization lets a user escalate privileges"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["desktop", "linux", "pardus", "runtime"]
not_affected_if: ["pardus-about-1.2.5-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-12T07:16:47+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-12T07:37:04+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-12T07:38:07+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87772", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-12T07:37:04+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Pardus About: incorrect authorization lets a user escalate privileges

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-87772 (this .md is for agents)

Pardus About, the system information app of the Pardus Linux distribution made by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, has an authorization flaw. A local user can gain higher privileges than they should have.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Pardus About version (for example with the package manager, `dpkg -l | grep pardus-about` on Debian-based Pardus)
- Compare the result against the fixed version below

## Fix

- Pardus About: move to `1.2.5` or later

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12T07:37:04+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87772

## From the sources

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus About allows Privilege Escalation.

This issue affects Pardus About: before 1.2.5.

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