CVE-2026-40225

State: Published
Severity: 6.4 Medium
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Apr 14, 2026
Reserved: Apr 10, 2026

Description

In udev in systemd before 260, local root execution can occur via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Affected Products

Product	Versions
systemdsystemd	before 260Affected

References

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-vpfq-8p5f-jcqx

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