CVE-2026-15059 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Systemd	Systemd

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-652q-wxr6-h5j6

History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Systemd Systemd systemd
Vendors & Products		Systemd Systemd systemd

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation.
Title		systemd-oomd: unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary processes
Weaknesses		CWE-22 CWE-59
References		https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-652q-wxr6-h5j6
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: systemd

Published: 2026-08-10T13:02:31.716Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T17:58:08.288Z

Reserved: 2026-07-08T14:15:01.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-15059

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-10T17:58:04.783Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T14:17:20.760

Modified: 2026-08-10T18:17:40.983

Link: CVE-2026-15059

Redhat

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