Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
Affects Red Hat systemdSource 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 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 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated systemd packages that address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2026:50050. For update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security vulnerability in systemd, the system and service manager for Linux, allows for arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted IPC API call data. This issue is identified as CVE-2026-29111 and affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this vulnerability.