GhostLock: The 15-Year-Old Linux Flaw With a 5-Second Root Exploit
A public proof-of-concept now makes root access trivial on nearly every major Linux distribution Security researchers at Nebula Security’s VEGA team disclosed “GhostLock,” a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43499, on July 7, 2026. The flaw has existed in the Linux kernel since 2011 — fifteen years — and affects virtually every major […]












