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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-10 | Published 2026-04-10 | Updated 2026-05-05 | Assigner mitre




LOW: 2.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

Product status

Default status
unknown

259 (custom)
affected

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/1

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/1

cve.org (CVE-2026-40228)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40228)

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