19 October 2026 - 07:41
Category: IT Fail
Another brilliant Linux KVM escape
A 9.3-rated KVM guest-host escape dubbed PwnEscape has arrived to ruin penguin-powered networking. Why do we even bother isolating virtual machines?
Source: The Register
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Same story, different day, as penguin-powered networking takes a hit from a critical Linux KVM guest-host escape known charmingly as PwnEscape. Anyone relying on Linux KVM isolation is left looking rather silly thanks to CVE-2026-99999 and its lovely 9.3 severity rating. Guarding our infrastructure against this delightfully critical escape means confronting this fresh attack vector before virtual guests wander freely across the host. It is almost as if virtual boundaries were merely polite suggestions all along.