CVE-2026-40224

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40224
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40224.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40224
Aliases
  • GHSA-6pwp-j5vg-5j6m
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-04-10T15:14:21.904Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:12.796457133Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In systemd 259 before 260, there is local privilege escalation in systemd-machined because varlink can be used to reach the root namespace.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40224.json",
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/systemd/systemd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/systemd/systemd
Events
Introduced
9ca433482f2281d71718718705ca8cd3bf562ad6
Fixed
3e52279684a53ebf84d1d73d528bf400c5fb3497
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "259"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "260"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "259.3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

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

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40224.json"