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Copy Fail: Universal Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Universal Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2026-31431 enables trivial privilege escalation across distributions
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CVSS7.8highCVE-2026-31431
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.
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