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Vulnerability details: VCID-tv9q-bzvp-sqb5
Vulnerability ID VCID-tv9q-bzvp-sqb5
Aliases CVE-2023-26604
Summary systemd: privilege escalation via the less pager
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
ssvc Track* http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
cvssv3 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-26604.json
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
epss 0.05624 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/
ssvc Track* https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
ssvc Track* https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html
ssvc Track* https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
ssvc Track* https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/
ssvc Track* https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-26604.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-26604
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-26604
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
2175611 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2175611
dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/
msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html
NEWS#L4335-L4340 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
ntap-20230505-0009 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/
RHSA-2023:3837 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3837
RHSA-2024:1105 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1105
RHSA-2024:7705 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7705
saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7 https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-26604.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-03-07T18:16:19Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.903
EPSS Score 0.05624
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:55:10.720079+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-26604.json 38.0.0