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general

source: systemd (main)
version: 261.2-1
maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Martin Pitt [DMD] – Sjoerd Simons [DMD] – Marco d'Itri [DMD] – Felipe Sateler [DMD] – Luca Boccassi [DMD] – Nick Rosbrook [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 247.3-7+deb11u5
o-o-sec: 247.3-7+deb11u8
o-o-upd: 247.3-7+deb11u4
oldstable: 252.39-1~deb12u2
old-sec: 252.38-1~deb12u1
old-bpo: 254.26-1~bpo12+1
stable: 257.13-1~deb13u1
testing: 261.2-1
unstable: 261.2-1

versioned links

247.3-7+deb11u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
247.3-7+deb11u5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
247.3-7+deb11u8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
252.38-1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
252.39-1~deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
254.26-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
257.13-1~deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
261.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libnss-myhostname (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libnss-mymachines
libnss-resolve (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
libnss-systemd (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libpam-systemd
libsystemd-dev
libsystemd-shared
libsystemd0
libudev-dev
libudev1
systemd (68 bugs: 0, 53, 15, 0)
systemd-boot (10 bugs: 0, 10, 0, 0)
systemd-boot-efi
systemd-boot-efi-amd64-signed-template
systemd-boot-efi-arm64-signed-template
systemd-boot-tools
systemd-container (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
systemd-coredump
systemd-cryptsetup
systemd-dev
systemd-homed (4 bugs: 0, 4, 0, 0)
systemd-imds
systemd-journal-remote
systemd-oomd (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
systemd-repart (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
systemd-report
systemd-resolved (8 bugs: 0, 5, 3, 0)
systemd-standalone-shutdown
systemd-standalone-sysusers (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
systemd-sysv (3 bugs: 1, 2, 0, 0)
systemd-tests
systemd-timesyncd (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
systemd-tpm
systemd-ukify (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
systemd-userdbd
udev (12 bugs: 0, 11, 1, 0)

action needed

Debci reports failed tests high

unstable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:16:47
Last run: 2026-06-04T20:30:34.000Z
Previous status: unknown

testing: fail (log)
The tests ran in 0:09:52
Last run: 2026-08-15T20:52:34.000Z
Previous status: unknown

stable: pass (log)
The tests ran in 0:11:10
Last run: 2026-07-18T07:30:15.000Z
Previous status: unknown

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-18 06:31

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-40228: In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

Created: 2026-04-10 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:30

1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-40228: In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

Created: 2026-04-10 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:30

2 security issues in bullseye high

There are 2 open security issues in bullseye.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-16742: systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user

1 issue postponed or untriaged:

CVE-2026-40228: (postponed; to be fixed through a stable update) In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

Created: 2026-08-17 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:30

2 security issues in bookworm high

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-16742: systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user

1 issue postponed or untriaged:

CVE-2026-40228: (needs triaging) In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

Created: 2026-08-17 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:30

5 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 5 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-08-18 06:17

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-18 06:17

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that systemd depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-08-18 05:30

3 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 9badaae1c4c08db447b4e409784688f32d3f04f3
Author: Yu Watanabe <watanabe.yu+github@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 17 08:50:48 2026 +0900

    Drop deprecated meson option
    
    The meson option -Dlibiptc= was deprecated in v259.

commit 8700e5c4e5da0823defaf5dba44689793838e94e
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 6 21:09:47 2026 +0100

    Install new files for upstream build
    
    Gbp-Dch: ignore

commit 7aaf05335dba4e75c0ead1f4994497a079875eea
Author: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 17:54:36 2026 +0100

    Update d/copyright

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/systemd-team%2Fsystemd API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-07-24 Last update: 2026-08-17 11:03

2 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-16742: (needs triaging) systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
CVE-2026-40228: (needs triaging) In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-03-13 Last update: 2026-08-17 14:30

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-08-01] systemd 261.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-23] Accepted systemd 261.2-1 (source) into unstable (Nick Rosbrook)
[2026-07-16] systemd 261.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-13] Accepted systemd 261.1-3 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-07-03] systemd 261.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-27] Accepted systemd 261.1-2 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-06-26] Accepted systemd 261.1-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-06-26] Accepted systemd 261-2 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Luca Boccassi)
[2026-06-26] systemd 261-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-19] Accepted systemd 261-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-06-16] Accepted systemd 261~rc4-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-06-04] Accepted systemd 261~rc3-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-05-26] Accepted systemd 261~rc2-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-05-23] Accepted systemd 261~rc1-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-05-03] Accepted systemd 252.39-1~deb12u2 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2026-05-03] Accepted systemd 257.13-1~deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2026-04-15] Accepted systemd 247.3-7+deb11u8 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Arnaud Rebillout)
[2026-03-26] systemd 260.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-23] Accepted systemd 260.1-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-03-20] systemd 260-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-18] systemd 260~rc4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-17] Accepted systemd 260-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-03-14] Accepted systemd 260~rc4-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-03-12] Accepted systemd 260~rc3-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-03-09] systemd 260~rc2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-04] Accepted systemd 260~rc2-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-02-25] Accepted systemd 260~rc1-2 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-02-25] Accepted systemd 260~rc1-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)
[2026-02-10] systemd 259.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-06] Accepted systemd 259.1-1 (source) into unstable (Luca Boccassi)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 115 122
RC: 1
I&N: 91 97
M&W: 23 24
F&P: 0
patch: 3
help: 5

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 259.5-0ubuntu3