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Ubuntu snap-confine vulnerability allows local privilege escalation to root

A vulnerability (CVE-2026-8933) in Ubuntu's snap-confine utility enables local users to gain root privileges by chaining FUSE and symlink race conditions. The exploit allows for the injection of malicious udev rules, impacting default installations of Ubuntu 24.04, 25.10, and 26.04.

The Hacker News2 days agoCredibility 54%View source

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