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CVE-2026-29111VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update

Affects Red Hat systemdSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade Red Hat systemd to 9.8 when convenient.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Patch
Available – fixed in 9.8

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

Upgrade Red Hat systemd to 9.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • >=9 <9.8
Fixed in
  • 9.8

AI-suggested

Red Hat has issued an official security update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address CVE-2026-29111. Users should apply the update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:13677. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-29111) in systemd, the system and service manager for Linux, allows arbitrary code execution or denial of service via malformed IPC API call data. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants. A security update has been issued by Red Hat to address this flaw.

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