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Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers Ship With Backdoor That Opens Unauthenticated Root Shells

Aug 6, 2026 // 11:28

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a “factory-shipped backdoor” implanted in at least 20 Chinese router models from Zbtlink. According to a new report from […]

Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers Ship With Backdoor That Opens Unauthenticated Root Shells

Aug 6, 2026 // 11:28

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a “factory-shipped backdoor” implanted in at least 20 Chinese router models from Zbtlink. According to a new report from […]

New OVSwrap Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Open vSwitch

Aug 5, 2026 // 14:54

A memory corruption flaw in the Linux kernel’s Open vSwitch datapath gives ordinary local users a path to root on a broad set of default-configured […]

New cPanel Critical Flaw Could Let Hosting Customers Run SQL as Database Root

Aug 5, 2026 // 14:35

cPanel has patched a flaw that let an authenticated hosting customer execute SQL in the database’s root context, crossing the privilege boundary between a cPanel […]

Critical OpenWrt DHCPv6 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root

Jul 28, 2026 // 16:00

OpenWrt has shipped version 24.10.8 to close a critical DHCPv6 stack overflow and a wider set of remotely triggerable flaws in network services enabled by […]

Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit

Jul 28, 2026 // 11:10

STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted. The […]

New RefluXFS Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges

Jul 23, 2026 // 14:56

A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to overwrite protected files and gain root privileges. […]

Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs

Jul 23, 2026 // 11:10

RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS […]

Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs

Jul 22, 2026 // 21:10

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access […]

SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Exploited Before Disclosure to Gain Root Access

Jul 19, 2026 // 16:25

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to the exploitation of recently disclosed SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances as zero-days […]

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