CVE-2026-40225

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileDEEUFRRUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.14% (4th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

52 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

cvss

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

6.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.4mediumAV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-669USCWE-669US

affected products (52)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
IBM MQall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:mq:-
IBM MQ Agentall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:mq:agent
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update Infrastructure 5.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:update_infrastructure_5.1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Dell Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <257.11< 257.11cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <257.13< 257.13cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <258.5< 258.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <258.7< 258.7cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <259.2< 259.2cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <259.5< 259.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Open Source systemd <260< 260cert_bundDE
Open Source systemd< 257.11cert_bundDE

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0831systemd: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-03-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in systemd ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder Code mit Administratorrechten auszuführen.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-10modified 2026-09-22

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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