systemd, a system and service manager, (as PID 1) hits an assert and freezes execution when an unprivileged IPC API call is made with spurious data. On version v249 and older the effect is not an assert, but stack overwriting, with the attacker controlled content. From version v250 and newer this is not possible as the safety check causes an assert instead. This IPC call was added in v239, so versions older than that are not affected. Versions 260-rc1, 259.2, 258.5, and 257.11 contain patches. No known workarounds are available.
CVE-2026-29111
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 92% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 2.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 23, 2026
Last Modified
April 15, 2026
References (11)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1d22f706bd04f45f8422e17fbde3f56ece17758a
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/20021e7686426052e3a7505425d7e12085feb2a6
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/21167006574d6b83813c7596759b474f56562412
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/3cee294fe8cf4fa0eff933ab21416d099942cabd
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/42aee39107fbdd7db1ccd402a2151822b2805e9f
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/54588d2dedff54bfb6036670820650e4ea74628f
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/7ac3220213690e8a8d6d2a6e81e43bd1dce01d69
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/80acea4ef80a4bb78560ed970c34952299b890d6
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b5fd14693057e5f2c9b4a49603be64ec3608ff6c
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/efa6ba2ab625aaa160ac435a09e6482fc63bdbe8
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-gx6q-6f99-m764
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-29111(10)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:25900Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
- RHSA-2026:22634Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Insights proxy Container Image
- CVE-2026-29111Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
systemd: Local unprivileged user can trigger an assert
- RHSA-2026:21275Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.1 security update
- RHSA-2026:19213Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
- RHSA-2026:19068Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
- RHSA-2026:14162Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry 3.9.3 release
- RHSA-2026:13677Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
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Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | udev (257.9-0ubuntu2.3) @ questing | 2026-06-11 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.24+esm3) @ focal | 2026-06-11 | ubuntu |
| redhat | insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1780420428 | 2026-06-02 | redhat |
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1779798222 | 2026-05-27 | redhat |
| redhat | systemd-0:257-23.el10_2.1 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | systemd-0:252-67.el9_8.2 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | rhosdt/opentelemetry-target-allocator-rhel9:1778056245 | 2026-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | systemd-0:252-55.el9_7.9 | 2026-05-05 | redhat |
| redhat | systemd-0:257-13.el10_1.3 | 2026-05-05 | redhat |
| redhat | systemd-main-260.1-2.1.hum1 | 2026-04-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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