CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-15060

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2026-08-10 Modified 2026-10-23 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-08-10
Last modified
2026-10-23
Assigner
98a521c5-3a3e-4e2b-bc27-002067e0463c
CVSS 3.1 (98a521c5-3a3e-4e2b-bc27-002067e0463c)
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-284, CWE-862

Description

When systemd-machined >= v259 (or v258 with a custom `polkit` policy that allows `register-machine` access) is running on a desktop system, an unprivileged user logged in a desktop graphical session can kill arbitrary processes, even privileged ones. - versions older than v259 are not affected, unless unprivileged access is granted for the `register-machine` polkit action via a local, custom policy config file - versions older than v258 are not affected - unrelated to the systemd service manager (pid 1 or user session managers) - systemd-machined is not typically installed by default, and is typically in an optional, separate package (e.g.: systemd-container) - terminal-only or remote sessions (e.g.: ssh) are not affected

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References