CVE-2026-40227

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40227
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40227.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40227
Aliases
  • GHSA-848h-497j-8vjq
Downstream
Published
2026-04-10T15:19:51.433Z
Modified
2026-07-11T03:54:27.367602264Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-1025"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40227.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/systemd/systemd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/systemd/systemd
Events
Database specific
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_STRING"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:260:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "260"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "261"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "260-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "260-NA"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
260-NA
v260
v261-rc1
v261-rc2
v261-rc3
v261-rc4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40227.json"