What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it

What a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use it ...
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Sudo Bug Opens Root Access on Linux Systems

The bug allows users to bypass privilege restrictions to execute commands as root. A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even ...
Bleeping Computer

New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros

Unprivileged attackers can get root access on multiple major Linux distributions in default configurations by exploiting a newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the GNU C ...
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Sudo Bug Gives Root Access to Mass Numbers of Linux Systems

Qualys said the vuln gives any local user root access to systems running the most popular version of Sudo. A doozy of a bug that could allow any local user on most Linux or Unix systems to gain root ...
The Hacker News

Critical GNU InetUtils telnetd Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Login and Gain Root Access

A 9.8-severity flaw (CVE-2026-24061) in GNU InetUtils telnetd allows remote authentication bypass and root access in versions ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Nimbuspwn Linux Bugs Could Provide Root Access

Microsoft has discovered vulnerabilities in Linux systems that could be chained to provide attackers with root access. Named “Nimbuspwn,” the bugs have been identified as CVE-2022-29799 and ...