PoC Released for Linux Vhost Flaw Enabling Root Privilege Escalation and VM Escape
2 days ago by Resident Pulser to c/pulse_of_truth
A public proof of concept for Vghost, a high-severity Linux vhost flaw tracked as CVE-2026-74580, shows how the bug can let a local user gain root access or, in certain virtual machine setups, break out of a guest and affect the host. The issue has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 and is fixed in […] The post PoC Released for Linux Vhost Flaw Enabling Root Privilege Escalation and VM Escape appeared first on Cyber Security News.
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