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CVE-2023-26604

CVE Details

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Initial Publication

11/13/2024

Last Update

12/13/2024

Third Party Dependency

libsystemd0

NIST CVE Summary

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.

CVE Severity

7.8

Our Official Summary

A vulnerability was found in the systemd package. The systemd package does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, for example, 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 issue 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.

Status

Ongoing

Affected Products & Versions

VersionPalette EnterprisePalette Enterprise AirgapVerteXVerteX Airgap
4.6.41✅ No Impact✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.5.22✅ No Impact✅ No Impact⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
4.4.20⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History

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