CVE-2023-26604

Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
5.6%
top 9.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

Debiansystemd< 247.1-2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2023-26604: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e2023-03-03
GHSA
GHSA-8989-8fhv-vq42: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e2023-03-03
CVEList
CVE-2023-26604: systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e2023-03-03

📋Vendor Advisories

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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Oracle Linux (systemd) — CVE-2023-266042023-10-15
Microsoft
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
Red Hat
systemd: privilege escalation via the less pager2023-03-03
Debian
CVE-2023-26604: systemd - systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some...2023