CVE-2017-1000082

critical

Published 2017-07-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

systemd v233 and earlier fails to safely parse usernames starting with a numeric digit (e.g. "0day"), running the service in question with root privileges rather than the user intended.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`234-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`234-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`234-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`234-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`234-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
systemd_project	systemd	`{"startIncluding":"229","endExcluding":"234"}`	`234`

References

CWEs

CWE-269

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.