A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

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Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is publicly documented: JFrog published a working attack walkthrough Thursday showing how any local user can gain root on ...

CVE-2026-43503 DirtyClone is the fourth DirtyFrag-family privilege escalation in six weeks. JFrog's public PoC raises the ...

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A nine-year-old logic flaw in the Linux kernel's process trace (ptrace) path has been discovered that could let unprivileged local users read sensitive files, including secure shell host (SSH) private ...

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A new malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been found to impersonate a popular library for symbolic mathematics to deploy malicious payloads, including a cryptocurrency ...