{"id":"CVE-2018-15686","details":"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.","modified":"2026-05-15T12:03:10.850713583Z","published":"2018-10-26T14:29:00.613Z","related":["CGA-4422-jcg3-2jvm","SUSE-SU-2018:3644-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3767-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3767-2","SUSE-SU-2019:0053-1","SUSE-SU-2019:0054-1","SUSE-SU-2019:0054-2","openSUSE-SU-2024:11420-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"16.04"},{"last_affected":"18.04"},{"last_affected":"18.10"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"canonical:ubuntu_linux"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"8.0"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"debian:debian_linux"},{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"1.4.0"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD","vendor_product":"oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}