CVE-2026-15059: systemd-oomd 250 to before 261, 260.3, 259.7, 258.9

CVE-2026-15059. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00119 (percentile 0.01682), scored 22-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

systemd-oomd · 250 to before 261, 260.3, 259.7, 258.9
systemd

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Local unprivileged users can terminate arbitrary local processes via a systemd-oomd IPC API due to a missing path traversal validation. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.

Published 24-Oct-2026 01:44 UTC

CWE: CWE-22, CWE-59
CCR priority: 22.0 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00119 · percentile 0.01682 · 2026-10-22
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-15059.html