CVE-2026-40224

Publication date 10 April 2026

Last updated 6 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

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Description

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

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
systemd	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

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Introduced in 258 by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/adaff8eb35d9c471af81fddaa4403bc5843a256f fixed in 259.3

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
systemd	Upstream: e5a5656

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.7 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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