Security tooling is not written in a single language. Python powers most automation. C sits at the exploit layer. PowerShell ...

Linux 7.2 has removed the kernel-side strncpy API after a six-year cleanup, shifting low-level code toward explicit ...

Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been released for the CIFSwitch flaw, which allows low-privileged users to escalate to root on vulnerable Linux systems. A vulnerability that lurked in the ...

In the kernel development cycle, the fifth release candidate should ideally show the code calming down. But, Linux 7.1 RC5 is "pretty big" and much larger than traditional RC5 releases. In the Linux 7 ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a ...

A recently patched local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rxgk module now has a proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to gain root access on some Linux systems. Named ...

Microsoft Defender is investigating a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) affecting multiple major Linux distributions including Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and AWS ...

Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. "Dirty Frag is a vulnerability (class) that achieves root privileges on most ...

A newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability known as “Dirty Frag” enables escalation from an unprivileged user to root through vulnerable kernel networking and memory-fragment ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root ...

Affecting the kernel’s authencesn cryptographic template, the vulnerability was introduced in 2017 and impacts all distributions. A high-severity logic bug in the Linux kernel allows unprivileged ...