{"id":"CVE-2026-15060","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-15060","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:50.120Z","title":"When systemd-machined >= v259 (or v258 with a custom `polkit` policy that allows `register-machine` access) is running on a desktop system, an unprivileged user logged in a desktop graphical session can kill arbitrary processes, even privileged ones. -…","description":"When systemd-machined >= v259 (or v258 with a custom `polkit` policy that allows `register-machine` access) is running on a desktop system, an unprivileged user logged in a desktop graphical session can kill arbitrary processes, even privileged ones.\n\n- versions older than v259 are not affected, unless unprivileged access is granted for the `register-machine` polkit action via a local, custom policy config file\n- versions older than v258 are not affected\n- unrelated to the systemd service manager (pid 1 or user session managers)\n- systemd-machined is not typically installed by default, and is typically in an optional, separate package (e.g.: systemd-container)\n- terminal-only or remote sessions (e.g.: ssh) are not affected","published":"2026-08-10T14:17:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"98a521c5-3a3e-4e2b-bc27-002067e0463c","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-284","CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00079,"percentile":0.00127,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-qwv4-3gwc-w5g8","source":"98a521c5-3a3e-4e2b-bc27-002067e0463c"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15060","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}