CVE-2026-31431 CVSS 7.8 flaw since 2017 enables root via 732-byte exploit, impacting major Linux distributions.

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of ...

Patch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be ...

Copy Fail, a logic bug in the Linux kernel, allows users to write 4-byte code into other files’ page cache and achieve root ...

A flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably.Key ...

An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed "Copy Fail" that impacts Linux kernels ...

Developers of major Linux distributions have begun shipping patches to address a local privilege escalation (LPE) ...

Pack2TheRoot, a high-severity vulnerability in PackageKit, allows users to install packages on Linux systems with root ...

Emergency patches are available for a critical vulnerability in cPanel and WHM that allows attackers to bypass authentication ...

The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been codenamed “Copy Fail” by Xint.io and ...

With a hunch, and an hour of AI-assisted scanning, cybersecurity researchers identified and then figured out how to exploit a ...

The discoverers have named the root vulnerability "Copy Fail". All major distributions since 2017 are affected.