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July 08, 2026 at 06:16 UTC
15-Year-Old GhostLock Flaw Enables Root and Container Escape on Most Linux Distros
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
CVE-2026-43499 (dubbed 'GhostLock') is a 15-year-old Linux kernel privilege escalation flaw discovered by Nebula Security that affects every mainstream Linux distribution since 2011. It requires no special permissions or unusual configurations, allowing any logged-in user to gain full root access or escape containers. Security teams running unpatched Linux systems should treat this as urgent given the breadth of affected distributions.
Relevance score: 88.0/100
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