CVE-2026-40223

State: Published
Severity: 4.7 Medium
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Apr 15, 2026
Reserved: Apr 10, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.7 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-696 Incorrect Behavior Order

Affected Products

Product	Versions
systemdsystemd	258 to before 260Affected

References

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-x4h8-rrrg-q78f

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