CVE-2026-40228

low Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 100% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: April 10, 2026 (91 days ago)
Last Modified: April 10, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes
Source: REDHAT

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.

CWE

CWE-117

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat Hardened Images

Fix Status

✅ Fix Available

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 www.openwall.com