Security Advisory

CVE-2018-15686

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date October 26, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory