{"uuid": "df1d6504-fd2f-48d6-a751-352f297fc737", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-31431", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/VulnerabilityNews/42253", "content": "New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions\n\nCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root.\nThe high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) has been codenamed Copy Fail by Xint.io and Theori.\n\"An unprivileged local user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable file on a Linux\nhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/04/new-linux-copy-fail-vulnerability.html", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-19T00:00:40.957501Z"}