systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.7 · systemd_project, netapp, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-14 10:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_\&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 7
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYGLFEKG45EYBJ7TPQMLWROWPTZBEU63/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYGLFEKG45EYBJ7TPQMLWROWPTZBEU63/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0003/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html