Critical severity · published Apr 18, 2026
CVE-2026-40572
NovumOS has Arbitrary Memory Mapping via Syscall 15 (MemoryMapRange)
9.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NovumOS is a custom 32-bit operating system written in Zig and x86 Assembly. In versions prior to 0.24, Syscall 15 (MemoryMapRange) allows Ring 3 user-mode processes to map arbitrary virtual address ranges into their address space without validating against forbidden regions, including critical kernel structures such as the IDT, GDT, TSS, and page tables. A local attacker can exploit this to modify kernel interrupt handlers, resulting in privilege escalation from user mode to kernel context. This issue has been fixed in version 0.24.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
NovumOS · MinecAnton209
< 0.24 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40572
Release Notes
https://github.com/MinecAnton209/NovumOS/releases/tag/v0.24
Exploit
https://github.com/MinecAnton209/NovumOS/security/advisories/GHSA-rg7m-6vh7-f4v2
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