Priority HIGH 69
systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.01051 · Published 2023-03-03 · Fixed CWE-269
Priority HIGH 66
In systemd through 233, certain sizes passed to dns_packet_new in systemd-resolved can cause it to allocate a buffer that's too small.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.54837 · Published 2017-06-28 · No fix listed CWE-787
Priority MEDIUM 64
In nspawn in systemd 233 through 259 before 260, an escape-to-host action can occur via a crafted optional config file.
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4· Local · High privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00075 · Published 2026-04-10 · Fixed in 260 CWE-348
Priority MEDIUM 58
Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation.
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00163 · Published 2026-08-10 · Partial fix · 261, 260.3 +2 CWE-22
Priority MEDIUM 58
A vulnerability was found in systemd.
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00822 · Published 2023-01-11 · Partial fix CWE-200
Priority MEDIUM 55
A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump.
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.01277 · Published 2025-05-30 · Partial fix · 252.37, 253.32 +12 CWE-364
Priority MEDIUM 53
In systemd 223 through 235, a remote DNS server can respond with a custom crafted DNS NSEC resource record to trigger an infinite loop in the dns_packet_read_type_window() function of the 'systemd-resolved' service and c…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.23633 · Published 2017-10-26 · No fix listed CWE-835
Priority MEDIUM 49
In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.0018 · Published 2026-04-10 · Fixed CWE-669
Priority MEDIUM 49
systemd v233 and earlier fails to safely parse usernames starting with a numeric digit (e.g.
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.03878 · Published 2017-07-07 · No fix listed CWE-269
Priority MEDIUM 49
systemd-resolved through 233 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DNS response with an empty question section.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.15301 · Published 2017-05-24 · No fix listed CWE-476
Priority MEDIUM 49
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getpwnam and getgrnam functions of the NSS module nss-mymachines in systemd.
CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.04331 · Published 2017-09-25 · No fix listed CWE-119
Priority MEDIUM 48
systemd 239 through 245 accepts any certificate signed by a trusted certificate authority for DNS Over TLS.
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.03138 · Published 2019-10-30 · No fix listed CWE-295
Priority MEDIUM 45
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd.
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.01424 · Published 2022-09-09 · Fixed CWE-416
Priority MEDIUM 43
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8· Adjacent network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.01666 · Published 2018-10-26 · Fixed CWE-120
Priority MEDIUM 41
Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, w…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.05443 · Published 2013-10-28 · No fix listed CWE-190
Priority MEDIUM 40
An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when many entries are sent to the journal socket.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.03016 · Published 2019-01-11 · Fixed CWE-770
Priority MEDIUM 40
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.02261 · Published 2018-10-26 · Fixed CWE-502
Priority LOW 37
An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00711 · Published 2019-01-11 · Fixed CWE-770
Priority LOW 37
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd through 237 mishandles symlinks present in non-terminal path components, which allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via vectors involving creation of a directory and a fil…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00525 · Published 2018-02-13 · Will not fix CWE-59
Priority LOW 37
In systemd prior to 234 a race condition exists between .mount and .automount units such that automount requests from kernel may not be serviced by systemd resulting in kernel holding the mountpoint and any processes tha…
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.07441 · Published 2018-02-16 · Fixed in 234 CWE-362
Priority LOW 36
basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value (involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker) that results in an o…
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.08792 · Published 2021-07-20 · Fixed CWE-770
Priority LOW 36
A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00456 · Published 2020-03-31 · Fixed in v245-rc1 CWE-416
Priority LOW 36
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can get new privileges through the execution of SUID binaries, which would allow to create binaries owned by the service transient group with the se…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00915 · Published 2019-04-26 · Fixed CWE-268
Priority LOW 36
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be allowed to run as the transient service UID/GID even after the service is terminated.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.0094 · Published 2019-04-26 · Fixed CWE-266
Priority LOW 36
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd before 237 attempts to support ownership/permission changes on hardlinked files even if the fs.protected_hardlinks sysctl is turned off, which allows local users to bypass intended access rest…
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.01065 · Published 2018-01-29 · Will not fix CWE-59
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