Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

coreos/go-systemd

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Fixes

CVEs

MEDIUM

Peak severity

Highlights

Inconsistent Interpretation: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.

dbus/methods.go: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.

0 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Inconsistent Interpretation: Inconsistencies in newline character interpretation (specifically handling carriage returns) between the Go parser and systemd can lead to parser differentials. This allows malicious payloads or blocked directives to bypass line-length limits or validation checks.

Path Traversal: Insecure construction of D-Bus ObjectPath values can allow directory or path traversal style attacks within the systemd D-Bus API, potentially exposing or manipulating unauthorized systemd units.