PT-2026-69838

CVE-2026-15059

Published

2026-08-10

Updated

2026-08-10

Description by

CVSS 3.1

5.5

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd-oomd (affected versions not specified)

Description Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes through a systemd-oomd IPC API. This is possible due to a missing path traversal validation, which allows an attacker to access files or resources outside of the intended directory by using special characters like dot-dot-slash (../).

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploitability

Exploit

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Weakness enumeration

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (\'Path Traversal\')

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (\'Link Following\')

Related identifiers

CVE-2026-15059

AZL-95640