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15-Year-Old GhostLock Flaw Enables Root and Container Escape on Most Linux Distros

Jul 8, 2026 // 09:19

Researchers at Nebula Security have disclosed GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499), a 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw that lets any logged-in user take full root control of a machine that has not been […]

New “Bad Epoll” Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Gain Root, Hits Android

Jul 3, 2026 // 23:06

A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw called Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets an ordinary user with no special access take full control of a machine as […]

Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Could Let Attackers Run Root Commands Pre-Auth

Jun 30, 2026 // 14:57

A critical vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster can let an unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary commands as root on the appliance by sending a crafted request […]

New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

Jun 26, 2026 // 16:08

A flaw in the Linux kernel’s traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems. CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed “pedit COW,” is an […]

New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

Jun 26, 2026 // 14:58

DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the […]

Cisco Unified CM Flaw Exploited After PoC Reveals File-Write Path to Root

Jun 25, 2026 // 16:22

Threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management […]

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20245 Exploited to Gain Root Access

Jun 25, 2026 // 08:52

An unknown threat actor exploited a recently disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN as a zero-day at least two months before it was […]

Mandiant reveals how Cisco SD-WAN zero-day attacks gained root access

Jun 25, 2026 // 00:36

New details have been revealed on how hackers exploited a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20245 in zero-day attacks to create rogue root accounts […]

Cisco Unified CM Flaw Exploited After PoC Reveals File-Write Path to Root

Jun 24, 2026 // 13:42

Threat actors have begun to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management […]

CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

Jun 16, 2026 // 09:10

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring […]