# CVE-2023-26604: systemd-container: The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init s... CVE-2023-26604 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26604, released March 3, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26604 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.8 (Moderate) - EPSS: 0.0105 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Mar 3, 2023 ## Description The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelism capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of processes using Linux cgroups. In addition, it supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points, and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. It can also work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit. Security Fix(es): * systemd: privilege escalation via the less pager (CVE-2023-26604) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * systemd-pstore crashes when attempting to move standalone files out of /sys/fs/pstore (BZ#2190153) ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | systemd Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 247.1-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26604](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-26604.md) | Mar 3, 2023 | | Linux | systemd Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 247.1-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26604](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-26604.md) | Mar 3, 2023 | | Linux | systemd Debian 14 | 247.1-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26604](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-26604.md) | Mar 3, 2023 | | Linux | systemd RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd rocky 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RLSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2023-3837.md) | Aug 31, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-container RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-container almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-container ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-devel RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-devel almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-devel ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-journal-remote RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-journal-remote almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-journal-remote ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-libs RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-libs almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-libs ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-pam RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-pam almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-pam ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-tests RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-tests almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-tests ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-udev RHEL 8 | 0:239-74.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-udev almalinux 8 | 239-74.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3837.md) | Jun 27, 2023 | | Linux | systemd-udev ol 8 | 0:239-74.0.4.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3837](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3837.md) | Jul 20, 2023 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T06:59:42Z UTC. 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