Copy Fail: Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

T1Critical 70Covered by 1 source · first reported by Wiz Research at 01 May, 12:38 UTC

Detect and mitigate Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), an easily exploitable vulnerability in the Linux kernel that allows escalation from an unprivileged local user account to root access.

security

Sources

• T1Copy Fail: Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityWiz Research01 May, 12:38

Vulnerabilities

• CVE-2026-31431