Linux & Open Source News

Key Takeaways Your scanner shows a clean report. Your patch cycle is current. None of that helps when a flaw is already being exploited and no distribution has shipped a...

In the world of open source, we often find ourselves playing a high-stakes game of whack-a-mole (remember those Chuck E. Cheese trips as a kid?). We identify a vulnerability in...

The Short Version Jump to the Long Version ↓ What it is: GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s futex priority-inheritance code, the locking feature behind glibc’s PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT...

The Short Version Jump to the Long Version ↓ What it is: Januscape (CVE-2026-53359) is a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s KVM/x86 shadow MMU. A malicious guest can drive KVM...

The JavaScript ecosystem evolves at a breakneck pace. In the past, you simply opened a terminal and typed npm install. Today, developers face a plethora of choices like Yarn, pnpm,...

Looking for mitigation steps? Jump ahead ↓ The Short Version What: A Linux local privilege escalation called pedit COW (CVE-2026-46331), a missing-bounds-check write in the kernel’s act_pedit traffic-control action. tcf_pedit_act()...

Key Takeaways Many teams struggle with FIPS compliance because the rules feel complex and the stakes are high. The good news is that the path is clear once you understand...

Key Takeaways Node.js vulnerabilities enter through three vectors: the runtime, npm dependencies (including transitive ones), and misconfigured HTTP, TLS, or filesystem APIs. Path traversal, prototype pollution, ReDoS, and HTTP/2 DoS...

Key Takeaways Apache vulnerabilities pose significant risks, including data breaches, denial-of-service attacks, and unauthorized server access. Timely patching is critical, but official security support ends when a Linux distribution reaches...

Key Takeaways A new critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-53677) affects Apache Struts 2.5.33, a version that will not receive an official patch from Apache. Continuing to run EOL versions like 2.5.33 leaves...

Key Takeaways In the last two years alone, six new Apache Camel vulnerabilities have been disclosed, with multiple rated high severity. Upgrading to the latest patched versions fixes these vulnerabilities,...