In nspawn in systemd 233 through 259 before 260, an escape-to-host action can occur via a crafted optional config file.

In udev in systemd before 260, local root execution can occur via malicious hardware devices and unsanitized kernel output.

In systemd 259, systemd-journald can send ANSI escape sequences to the terminals of arbitrary users when a "logger -p emerg" command is executed, if ForwardToWall=yes is set.

In systemd 259 before 260, there is local privilege escalation in systemd-machined because varlink can be used to reach the root namespace.