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#2 The Hacker News general June 08, 2026 at 20:17 UTC

One-Character Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Local Root Access, Exploits Now Public

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

CVE-2026-23111, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's nf_tables packet-filtering subsystem, allows unprivileged local users to escalate to root and escape containers. Exodus Intelligence published a full working exploit on June 8, 2026, despite the upstream patch having been available since February 5, 2026. Unpatched Linux systems running containerized workloads are at acute risk given the public exploit availability.

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