# CVE-2019-3843: It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be allowed to run as the tr

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-04-26 · Updated: 2025-06-09

## Affected

- \[freedesktop.org\] systemd: 242

## Description

It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be allowed to run as the transient service UID/GID even after the service is terminated. A local attacker may use this flaw to access resources that will be owned by a potentially different service in the future, when the UID/GID will be recycled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[freedesktop.org\] systemd, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3843
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5JXQAKSTMABZ46EVCRMW62DHWYHTTFES/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108116
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190619-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46760

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