CVE-2023-26604

HIGH

systemd <247 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0562
EPSS Percentile 90.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
systemd_project/systemd < 246.7
Published Mar 03, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026