Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs
A critical Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64600 and named RefluXFS, has been disclosed by Qualys. The flaw, present in Linux kernels…
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Ubuntu — Cybersecurity company profile
Ubuntu was identified as a relevant cybersecurity entity in recently ingested reporting. This profile is generated so related cyber news, CVEs, malware,…
Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw CVE-2026-8933 Gives Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine, tracked as CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS score: 7.8), that allows an…
Canonical: Publisher of Ubuntu
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu Linux, developing snapd and snap-confine for managing snap packages.
Ubuntu Desktop
A popular Linux desktop distribution by Canonical. Affected by CVE-2026-8933 snap-confine flaw.
New Linux ‘pedit COW’ Exploit Grants Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem, tracked as CVE-2026-46331 and nicknamed 'pedit COW,' allows a local unprivileged user to…