CVE-2026-40227

State: Published
Severity: 6.2 Medium
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Apr 14, 2026
Reserved: Apr 10, 2026

Description

In systemd 260 before 261, a local unprivileged user can trigger an assert via an IPC API call with an array or map that has a null element.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.2 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	mitre

Weaknesses

CWE-1025 Comparison Using Wrong Factors

Affected Products

Product	Versions
systemdsystemd	260 to before 261Affected

References

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-848h-497j-8vjq

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