Upstream information

CVE-2026-40225 at MITRE

Description

In udev in systemd before 260, local root execution can occur via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (MITRE)
Base Score 6.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1259697 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC systemd In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC systemd In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 systemd Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC systemd In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 systemd Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 systemd Released
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 systemd Released
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 systemd Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 systemd Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 systemd Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 systemd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 systemd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Installer Updates 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS systemd Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 systemd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 systemd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 systemd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 systemd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 systemd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 systemd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 systemd Released
openSUSE Leap 15.4 systemd Released
openSUSE Leap 15.5 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 systemd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 systemd Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun systemd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure systemd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 systemd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE systemd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC systemd Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1 systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2 systemd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS systemd Released
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS systemd Released
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS systemd Released
Container Status
kiwi-templates-Minimal
kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-MS-HyperV-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-kvm-and-xen-sap
ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/6/rook/ceph
ses/7/ceph/ceph
ses/7/ceph/grafana
ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7/rook/ceph
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sles/15.2/virt-handler:0.38.1
suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1
systemdAffected
bci/bci-init:15.3
bci/bci-init:15.4
bci/bci-init:15.5
bci/kiwi
rancher/elemental-builder-image/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal/5.4
ses/7.1/ceph/haproxy
ses/7.1/ceph/keepalived
ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7.1/rook/ceph
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/kiosk/pulseaudio:17
suse/kiosk/xorg:21
suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api
suse/pcp
suse/pcp:5
suse/pcp:6
suse/postgres
suse/postgres:10
suse/postgres:12
suse/postgres:13
suse/postgres:14
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.5
suse/sle-micro/base-5.5
suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5
suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5
suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.3/virt-handler:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.4/cdi-importer:1.43.0
suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.4/virt-handler:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0
suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-handler:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-launcher:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-handler:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-launcher:1.5.0
suse/sles12sp3
trento/trento-db
systemdIn progress


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Mar 16 11:45:14 2026
CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 13 15:54:02 2026