Systemd Project: >> Systemd >> 253.1 Security Vulnerabilities
In udev in systemd before 260, local root execution can occur via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output.
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-10
In nspawn in systemd 233 through 259 before 260, an escape-to-host action can occur via a crafted optional config file.
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-04-10
systemd, a system and service manager, (as PID 1) hits an assert and freezes execution when an unprivileged IPC API call is made with spurious data. On version v249 and older the effect is not an assert, but stack overwriting, with the attacker controlled content. From version v250 and newer this is not possible as the safety check causes an assert instead. This IPC call was added in v239, so versions older than that are not affected. Versions 260-rc1, 259.2, 258.5, and 257.11 contain patches. No known workarounds are available.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-23
A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's privileged process coredump, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data, such as /etc/shadow content, loaded by the original process.
A SUID binary or process has a special type of permission, which allows the process to run with the file owner's permissions, regardless of the user executing the binary. This allows the process to access more restricted data than unprivileged users or processes would be able to. An attacker can leverage this flaw by forcing a SUID process to crash and force the Linux kernel to recycle the process PID before systemd-coredump can analyze the /proc/pid/auxv file. If the attacker wins the race condition, they gain access to the original's SUID process coredump file. They can read sensitive content loaded into memory by the original binary, affecting data confidentiality.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2025-05-30