CVE-2026-40223

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40223
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40223.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40223
Aliases
  • GHSA-x4h8-rrrg-q78f
Downstream
Published
2026-04-10T15:10:56.605Z
Modified
2026-07-08T07:34:23.158384661Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In systemd 258 before 260, a local unprivileged user can trigger an assert when a Delegate=yes and User=<unset> unit exists and is running.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40223.json",
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-696"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/systemd/systemd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/systemd/systemd
Events
Introduced
781d9d0789379d1ea1f2ecefb804d41e9c8b6c38
Fixed
3e52279684a53ebf84d1d73d528bf400c5fb3497
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "258"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "260"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
v258
v259
v259-rc1
v259-rc2
v259-rc3
v260-rc1
v260-rc2
v260-rc3
v260-rc4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40223.json"