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CVE-2026-40225

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

Medium6.4EPSS 0.15%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

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

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. Published

  3. · 4 days later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-40225, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
mitreCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

Affected products

References (1)

Sources

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