CVE-2026-15059CWE-22CWE-59path-traversal

CVE-2026-15059

Medium · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00119 · 1.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'); CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-08-10T18:17Z
References (2)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-652q-wxr6-h5j6 · 98a521c5-3a3e-4e2b-bc27-002067e0463chttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-652q-wxr6-h5j6 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 13:02Z
    systemd-oomd: unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary processes
    cvelistv5