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High · 8.6 CVE-2026-40573 EUVD-2026-114458

NovumOS: Nova Interpreter Privilege Escalation

Published Oct 30, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

NovumOS is a custom 32-bit operating system written in Zig and x86 Assembly. Prior to version 0.25-beta.1, the `Nova` interpreter runs in Ring 0 with unrestricted kernel-memory access. Loading a malicious `.nv` script through the shell permits a local user to execute code with kernel privileges without security checks. The advisory identifies VM initialization in `zig/nova/vm.zig` as the affected component; script execution is not isolated in a restricted Ring 3 privilege domain. This issue is fixed in version 0.25-beta.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MinecAnton209 NovumOS < 0.25-beta.1 —

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