CVE-2026-40228

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40228
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40228.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-40228
Downstream
Published
2026-04-10T15:48:44.215Z
Modified
2026-07-11T03:55:49.878305883Z
Severity
  • 2.9 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "259"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-669"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40228.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/systemd/systemd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/systemd/systemd
Events
Introduced
9ca433482f2281d71718718705ca8cd3bf562ad6
Last affected
9ca433482f2281d71718718705ca8cd3bf562ad6
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:259:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "259-NA"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "259-NA"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
259-NA
v259

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-40228.json"