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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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2018-10-26T14:00:00.000Z

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