Description
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Published: 2018-10-26
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1580-1 systemd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7556 A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3816-1 systemd vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment
Redhat Ansible Tower Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
Systemd Project Systemd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:50:48.760Z

Reserved: 2018-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15686

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:01:54.314Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-26T14:29:00.613

Modified: 2025-06-09T16:15:28.243

Link: CVE-2018-15686

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-15686 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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