Medium6.7Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

Local privilege escalation via varlink

CVE-2026-40224 Published Apr 10, 2026

CVE-2026-40224

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

Local privilege escalation via varlink. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.7). Weakness: CWE-266. Affected package(s): systemd-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:7299 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

systemd-main-260.1-2.1.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:7299

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:7299 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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