CVE-2026-40224

highpriority · track · 29OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.11% (1st) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

systemd systemd259 → 260enisa_euvdEU
systemd project systemd259 → 259.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2026-04-10modified 2026-06-17

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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