CVE-2026-40224

State: Published
Severity: 6.7 Medium
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Apr 10, 2026
Reserved: Apr 10, 2026

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.7 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
systemdsystemd	259 to before 260Affected

References

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

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