CVE-2026-15059

systemd-oomd: unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary processes

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Aug 10, 2026
Updated: Aug 10, 2026
Reserved: Jul 8, 2026

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	systemd

Weaknesses

CWE-22
CWE-59

Affected Products

Product	Versions
systemd-oomdsystemd	250 to before 261, 260.3, 259.7, 258.9Affected

References

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

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