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CISA warns of actively exploited Linux privilege elevation flaw
2024-05-31 19:30

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added two vulnerabilities in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including a Linux kernel privilege elevation flaw.

In late March 2024, a security researcher using the alias 'Notselwyn' published a detailed write-up and proof-of-concept exploit on GitHub, showcasing how to achieve local privilege escalation by exploiting the flaw on Linux kernel versions between 5.14 and 6.6.

CISA did not share specific details about how the vulnerability is exploited, but BleepingComputer has seen posts on hacking forums about the public exploits.

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