CVE-2026-40224

high

Description

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

References

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-6pwp-j5vg-5j6m

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-21396

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-10

Updated: 2026-04-27

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-jf3x-2pf6-c45w

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00116