Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions
A flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP code, tracked as CVE-2026-98432, affects Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and other Linux distributions. The kernel's own CVE team rates it 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scale. Anthropic said on October 27 that its AI model wrote an exploit that uses the flaw to let a remote attacker with no credentials run commands as root on Linux servers with a
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personally I think it's really cool that I now have a reason to bring my servers down for hours to patch three times a week, I had too much free time anyway thehackernews.com/2026/10/linu...
Fox Incarnon Genesis (@mervyn.online) Oct 29, 2026 · 4 likesI’m hearing some conjecture it may be related to this… anthropic can’t die soon enough thehackernews.com/2026/10/linu...
thrilled salmon (@thrilledsalmon.bsky.social) Oct 29, 2026 · 1 like🖲️ #Noticia #CiberSeguridad #Cybersecurity #CiberNoticia Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions Leer Más / Read More...
TierraSapiens (@tierrasapiens.bsky.social) Oct 29, 2026Really hope there's just no more internet when I wake up tomorrow thehackernews.com/2026/10/linu...
Child Wielding Needle (@dontevenask.me) Oct 29, 2026LinuxカーネルのTCPにCVSS 9.8の脆弱性CVE-2026-98432。Ubuntu、Red Hat等に影響。リモート攻撃者がroot権限でコマンド実行可能。
tec_acc (@postac001.bsky.social) Oct 29, 2026