CVE-2026-40228

low

Published 2026-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-05

CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40228

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40228.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	affected
debian	sid	affected
debian	trixie	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
systemd_project	systemd	`259`

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40228.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40228

CWEs

CWE-669

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.