CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-40228
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-04-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.9 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-669
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• systemd project systemd 259
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres weakness
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/1 www.openwall.com