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Vulnerability details: VCID-hwg6-vaus-cfa2
Vulnerability ID VCID-hwg6-vaus-cfa2
Aliases CVE-2026-40225
Summary In udev in systemd before 260, local root execution can occur via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-40225.json
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-40225
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-40225
epss 0.0002 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-40225
epss 0.00026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-40225
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-40225.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-40225
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-40225
2457324 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457324
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-40225.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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unchanged

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05234
EPSS Score 0.0002
Published At April 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-11T17:11:27.922437+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.3.0