CVE-2026-40317 PUBLISHED

NovumOS has Privilege Escalation in the Syscall Interface

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 18.04.2026 Updated: 18.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor MinecAnton209
Product NovumOS
Versions
  • Version < 0.24 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE