# Systemd Project vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/systemd-project  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/systemd-project.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 6 vulnerabilities in Systemd Project: 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-40228, was published on 10 April 2026. 1 technology has a page of its own.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 0
- All time: 6 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About Systemd Project

Project that develops systemd, a system and service manager for Linux operating systems.

## Latest Systemd Project vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-40228: systemd systemd-journald ANSI escape sequence injection in wall messages](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40228-systemd-systemd-journald-ansi-escape-sequence-injection-in-wall) (low, CVSS 2.9, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-40227: systemd denial of service via malformed IPC API call](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40227-systemd-denial-of-service-via-malformed-ipc-api-call) (medium, CVSS 6.2, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-40224: systemd systemd-machined local privilege escalation via Varlink](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40224-systemd-systemd-machined-local-privilege-escalation-via-varlink) (medium, CVSS 6.7, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-40223: systemd denial of service via assertion failure in system units](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40223-systemd-denial-of-service-via-assertion-failure-in-system-units) (medium, CVSS 4.7, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2025-4598: systemd systemd-coredump race condition in SUID crash handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-4598-systemd-systemd-coredump-race-condition-in-suid-crash-handling) (medium, CVSS 4.7, published 30 May 2025)
- [CVE-2016-10156: systemd privilege escalation via world-writable SUID files in timers](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2016-10156-systemd-privilege-escalation-via-world-writable-suid-files-in) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 23 Jan 2017)

## Most severe Systemd Project vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2016-10156: systemd privilege escalation via world-writable SUID files in timers](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2016-10156-systemd-privilege-escalation-via-world-writable-suid-files-in) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 23 Jan 2017)
- [CVE-2026-40224: systemd systemd-machined local privilege escalation via Varlink](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40224-systemd-systemd-machined-local-privilege-escalation-via-varlink) (medium, CVSS 6.7, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-40227: systemd denial of service via malformed IPC API call](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40227-systemd-denial-of-service-via-malformed-ipc-api-call) (medium, CVSS 6.2, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2025-4598: systemd systemd-coredump race condition in SUID crash handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-4598-systemd-systemd-coredump-race-condition-in-suid-crash-handling) (medium, CVSS 4.7, published 30 May 2025)
- [CVE-2026-40223: systemd denial of service via assertion failure in system units](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40223-systemd-denial-of-service-via-assertion-failure-in-system-units) (medium, CVSS 4.7, published 10 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-40228: systemd systemd-journald ANSI escape sequence injection in wall messages](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40228-systemd-systemd-journald-ansi-escape-sequence-injection-in-wall) (low, CVSS 2.9, published 10 Apr 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing was published in the last eight weeks.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Systemd Project technologies

- [Systemd Project Systemd](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/systemd): 7 vulnerabilities

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Systemd Project vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/systemd-project, 9 November 2026.