News

US CISA adds ‘insane’ Linux Copy Fail flaw to watch list

  • Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons--Cointelegraph
  • published date: 2026-05-02 23:07:05 UTC

Malicious actors with code execution capability may gain root access on Linux systems using as few as 10 lines of Python, according to a researcher.

A newly discovered vulnerability could affect most open-source major Linux distributions released since 2017, according to security researchers.  The flaw, titled Copy Fail, caught the attention of … [+1493 chars]