Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-1000082

critical

CVE-2017-1000082

systemd: fails to parse usernames that start with digits

Published Modified CWE 269
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 2.0systemd233-9.ph2
debian 11systemd234-1
debian 12systemd234-1
debian 13systemd234-1
debian 14systemd234-1
echosystemd234-1
root.io debian 12rootio-systemd234-1
root.io debian 13rootio-systemd234-1

References

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