Linux distros are rolling out patches for a new high-severity kernel privilege escalation vulnerability (known as Fragnasia ...

A missing check allows unprivileged attackers to escape containers and execute arbitrary commands in the kernel. To go along with the “Dirty Pipe” Linux security bug coming to light, two researchers ...

A newly disclosed vulnerability in a Linux program can be exploited for local privilege escalation — and ultimately to acquire root privileges, researchers at cybersecurity vendor Qualys said today.

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities are security issues that allow users to gain more permissions and a higher level of access to systems or applications than their administrators intended. These ...

CISA confirmed on Thursday that a high-severity privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel is now being exploited in ransomware attacks. Successful exploitation enables attackers with local access ...