CVE-2026-31431. 100% Reliable Linux LPE — no race, no per-distro offsets, page-cache write that bypasses on-disk file-integrity tools and crosses containers. Found by Xint Code.
Exactly. It’s Yet Another Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Unless you’re dealing with a multiuser machine, the attacker first needs to use some other vuln to get into an unprivileged account. Without that additional vulnerability, this exploit is useless.
wtf
how does that only get a CVE score of 7.8, the impact of this is huge
Probably because the attack vector is having a user account on the target
Exactly. It’s Yet Another Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Unless you’re dealing with a multiuser machine, the attacker first needs to use some other vuln to get into an unprivileged account. Without that additional vulnerability, this exploit is useless.
You mean like inveigling it into a pypi or npm or whatever package? Checks out.
“The exploit is coming from inside the house!”
hey these exploits keep the lights on for some tech youtubers, stop making fun of it!! it is very dangerous!!!
(video titled: LINUX HAS BEEN HACKED, AGAIN?!)
It’s not an interaction-less RCE, for one.