{"id":"thehackernews-e2089d243155","seq":2949,"kind":"news","title":"Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory","url":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-pwnescape-linux-kernel.html","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/thehackernews-e2089d243155","summary":"A newly disclosed critical flaw in the Linux kernel allows code inside a virtual machine to read memory on the host computer it runs on. A researcher demonstrated the leak against Vercel's live cloud sandboxes, and Vercel confirmed it. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-99999 and nicknamed PwnEscape, is in the Linux kernel's networking code, not in any one cloud's setup, so it reaches the shared","severity":"critical","techs":["vercel"],"cves":["CVE-2026-99999"],"tags":["security"],"source":{"id":"thehackernews","name":"The Hacker News"},"published_at":"2026-10-15T20:24:36.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-21T16:17:48.024Z"}