CVE-2018-15686

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.

• CWE-502
• CWE-502

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

Oct 26, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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