CVE-2023-26604
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
5.6%
top 9.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateOct 15
Description
systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed. Specifically, systemd does not set LESSSECURE to 1, and thus other programs may be launched from the less program. This presents a substantial security risk when running systemctl from Sudo, because less executes as root when the terminal size is too small to show the complete systemctl output.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages2 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2023-26604: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e↗2023-03-03
GHSA▶
GHSA-8989-8fhv-vq42: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e↗2023-03-03
CVEList▶
CVE-2023-26604: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e↗2023-03-03
📋Vendor Advisories
4Microsoft▶
systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations e.g. plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed. Specifically ↗2023-03-14
Debian▶
CVE-2023-26604: systemd - systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some...↗2023