Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Affects Red Hat systemd security,Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 that addresses CVE-2026-29111. Users should apply this update promptly following Red Hat's published guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-29111) in systemd, the system and service manager for Linux, allows for arbitrary code execution or denial of service via malformed IPC API call data. Red Hat has issued an update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 to address this issue. The update also includes bug fixes and enhancements unrelated to the security flaw. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 versions should apply the update to mitigate this vulnerability.