ghsa-86rx-vp92-xvgg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:04
Modified
2025-06-09 18:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-15686"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-502"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-10-26T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-86rx-vp92-xvgg",
  "modified": "2025-06-09T18:31:57Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:04:11Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15686"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
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    {
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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