Upstream information

CVE-2026-40228 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1261981 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Apr 10 20:29:48 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri May 8 12:08:58 2026