0009489: Polkitd 127-1+kali1 error, unable to elevate with lxpolkit

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009489	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2026-01-09 14:43	2026-01-13 09:36

Reporter	pkreuzt	Assigned To	arnaudr
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	duplicate

Summary	0009489: Polkitd 127-1+kali1 error, unable to elevate with lxpolkit
Description	Error dialog claims '/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkit-agent-helper-1' should be setuid root, but it isn't.

pkreuzt 2026-01-09 17:12 reporter ~0021215	Seems a change on the Debian side: https://salsa.debian.org/utopia-team/polkit/-/commit/be1d882c785bf05b70d0e606710df94aa54766cc It now requires polkit-agent-helper.socket service to be enabled to allow Polkit agents to work. Maybe it should be enabled by default on package upgrade or at least write a note about this possible issue.

arnaudr 2026-01-13 09:01 manager ~0021241	Please update your system (`sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade`). The packages `polkitd` `pkexec` and friends should be update to version `127+really126-0+kali1`. After that the issue should be fixed (you might need to log out and back in, or reboot, not sure).

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-01-09 14:43	pkreuzt	New Issue
2026-01-09 17:12	pkreuzt	Note Added: 0021215
2026-01-13 08:53	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> arnaudr
2026-01-13 08:53	daniruiz	Status	new => assigned
2026-01-13 09:01	arnaudr	Note Added: 0021241
2026-01-13 09:36	daniruiz	Status	assigned => closed
2026-01-13 09:36	daniruiz	Resolution	open => duplicate
2026-01-13 09:36	daniruiz	Relationship added	duplicate of 0009497