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, 11:52 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 4 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an official update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:49910 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A moderate severity security vulnerability (CVE-2026-29111) has been identified in systemd, the system and service manager for Linux. The flaw allows for arbitrary code execution or denial of service via spurious IPC API call data. Red Hat has released an update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support to address this issue. The update also includes bug fixes and enhancements unrelated to the security flaw.