Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update
Affects Red Hat systemdSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade Red Hat systemd to 9.8 when convenient.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 9.8
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 May 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
Upgrade Red Hat systemd to 9.8.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Red Hat Product Security Red Hat | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.