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seth-arnold
11 July 2026

Januscape vulnerability CVE-2026-53359 mitigations available

Ubuntu Article

Introduction A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel was publicly disclosed on July 6, 2026. The vulnerability was assigned CVE ID CVE-2026-53359 and is referred to as Januscape. This vulnerability affects all Ubuntu releases. Neither NVD nor Kernel.org have published their own CVSS scores for this issu ...

seth-arnold
21 May 2026

PinTheft Linux kernel vulnerability mitigation

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

A local privilege escalation (LPE) security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, codename “PinTheft,” was publicly disclosed on May 19, 2026. The vulnerability was fixed in the mainline Linux kernel tree. A proof-of-concept exploit was published along with public disclosure. This has been assigned the CVE ID CVE-2026-43494; other discoverin ...