Access Restriction Bypass Affecting systemd package, versions <215-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SYSTEMD-18867279
  • published17 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Apr 2016

Introduced: 20 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest systemd to version 215-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 229 uses weak permissions for /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1