CVE-2026-40317 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-40317: NovumOS has Privilege Escalation in the Syscall Interface

Vendor Minecanton209
Product NovumOS
Weakness CWE-269
Published April 18, 2026
Last update April 20, 2026

CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NovumOS is a custom 32-bit operating system written in Zig and x86 Assembly. In versions prior to 0.24, Syscall 12 (JumpToUser) accepts an arbitrary entry point address from user-space registers without validation, allowing any Ring 3 user-mode process to jump to kernel addresses and execute arbitrary code in Ring 0 context, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue has been fixed in version 0.24. If developers are unable to immediately update, they should restrict syscall access by running the system in single-user mode without Ring 3, and disable user-mode processes by only running kernel shell with no user processes. This issue has been fixed in version 0.24.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 18, 2026 CVE published
April 20, 2026 Record updated

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