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SANS Stormcast Monday, May 11th, 2026: New Linux Priv Escalation; PAM Backdoors; CPanel Updates; Let’s Encrypt

Another Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) Vulnerability: Dirty Frag https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Another%20Universal%20Linux%20Local%20Privilege%20Escalation%20%28LPE%29%20Vulnerability%3A%20Dirty%20Frag/32968 PAM Backdoors Steel Passwords https://flare.io/learn/resources/blog/pamdoora-new-linux-pam-based-backdoor-sale-dark-web CPanel Updates https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/sections/360007088193-Security Let s Encrypt Briefly Halts Certificate Issuance https://letsencrypt.status.io

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Another Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) Vulnerability: Dirty Frag, (Fri, May 8th)

Less than two weeks after the public disclosure of the Copy Fail vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431), another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been revealed. Referred to as „Dirty Frag,“ this vulnerability was discovered and reported by Hyunwoo Kim (@v4bel) [1]. In this diary, I will provide a brief background on Dirty Frag, […]

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