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  • MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems
  • Pardus Linux Vulnerability Lets Local Attackers Gain Silent Root Access
  • New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

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thehackernews.com /1 week ago

MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems

Chaotic Eclipse, the security researcher behind the recently disclosed Windows flaws, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Windows privilege escal...

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gbhackers.com /1 week ago

Pardus Linux Vulnerability Lets Local Attackers Gain Silent Root Access

A critical privilege escalation vulnerability chain, tracked as CVE-2026-5140, has been discovered in the Pardus Linux update mechanism, allowing local users to gain full root acce...

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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root. The high-severity vuln...

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infosecurity-magazine.com /2 weeks ago

New Fragnesia Flaw Hands Linux Local Users Root Access

New Fragnesia kernel flaw lets unprivileged local users escalate to root on Linux systems

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go.theregister.com /1 month ago

Linux cryptographic code flaw offers fast route to root

Patches land for authencesn flaw enabling local privilege escalation Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LP...

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gbhackers.com /1 week ago

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin 0-Day Exploited for Server Root Access

A critical zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel plugin is being actively exploited in the wild, enabling any authenticated cPanel user to ex...

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forum.manjaro.org /4 weeks ago

[ALERT] CVE-2026-31431 - Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability On 29 April 2026, a high local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and named “Copy Fail”, was...

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thehackernews.com /1 week ago

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 Exploited to Run Scripts as Root

A maximum-severity security vulnerability impacting LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-48172 (CVSS scor...

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linux.slashdot.org /1 week ago

Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Access Root-Only Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands as Root

Qualys's Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered and published a logic flaw in Linux kernel "that permits an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbit...

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linux.slashdot.org /2 weeks ago

Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A new Linux local privilege escalation flaw called Fragnesia has been disclosed as a Dirty Frag-like vulnerability, allowing arbitrary byte writes into the kernel page cache of rea...

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ubuntu.com /3 weeks ago

Dirty Frag Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations

Two local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities affecting the Linux kernel have been publicly disclosed on May 7, 2026. One of the vulnerabilities has been assigned the ID: CV...

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pcworld.com /3 weeks ago

Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw lets anyone hijack system privileges. Update ASAP

Security researchers are warning of a new “logic flaw” in Linux called Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), a critical vulnerability that poses a threat to all users running a Linux-based o...

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it.slashdot.org /1 month ago

New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access On Major Distros

A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw dubbed "Copy Fail" can let a local, unprivileged attacker gain root access on major Linux distributions, with researchers claiming the bug affec...

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linux.slashdot.org /3 weeks ago

New Linux 'Dirty Frag' Zero-Day Gives Root On All Major Distros

mrspoonsi shares a report: Dirty Frag is a vulnerability class, first discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel), that can obtain root privileges on major Linux distributions...

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thehackernews.com /3 weeks ago

Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions

Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Co...

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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

Microsoft Patches Critical ASP.NET Core CVE-2026-40372 Privilege Escalation Bug

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address a security vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CV...

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ubuntu.com /2 weeks ago

Fragnesia Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability mitigations

A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on May 13, 2026. The vulnerability does not have a CVE ID published, but is...

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ubuntu.com /1 month ago

Fixes available for CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel has been publicly disclosed on April 29, 2026. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2026-31431...

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ubuntu.com /1 week ago

PinTheft Linux kernel vulnerability mitigation

A local privilege escalation (LPE) security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, codename “PinTheft,” was publicly disclosed on May 19, 2026. The vulnerability was fixed in the mainl...

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forum.manjaro.org /2 weeks ago

[ALERT] ssh-keysign-pwn, unprivileged users are able to read root-owned files

Read root-owned files as an unprivileged user. Pre-31e62c2ebbfd kernels (everything in stable as of 2026-05-14). The bug __ptrace_may_access() skips the dumpable check when task-&g...

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gbhackers.com /2 weeks ago

VMware Fusion Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Gain Root Privileges

A newly disclosed vulnerability in VMware Fusion has raised serious security concerns after researchers confirmed it could allow attackers to escalate privileges to root on affecte...

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phoronix.com /2 weeks ago

Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a simi...

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thehackernews.com /3 weeks ago

Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access

Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973...

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forum.manjaro.org /3 weeks ago

[ALERT] Dirty Frag - Root Privilege Vulnerability

A week after Copy Fail, researcher Hyunwoo Kim disclosed a second Linux kernel flaw in the same broad area — IPsec ESP and rxrpc — that they have named Dirty Frag. The bug lives in...

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