Linux Kernel Pedit COW Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-46331 Threat Intelligence Update

[Eyal Estrin]

CVE Record CVE-2026-46331
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46331

RHSB 2026 008 Traffic Control Privilege Escalation Linux Kernel CVE-2026-46331
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2026-008

Amazon Linux vulnerability CVE-2026-46331
https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-46331.html

CVE-2026-46331 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
https://www.suse.com/pt-br/security/cve/CVE-2026-46331.html

The Linux pedit COW Flaw Behind a New Root Exploit
https://tuxcare.com/blog/pedit-cow-cve/

New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-linux-pedit-cow-exploit-enables.html

2 Linux kernel flaw PoCs published enabling local privilege escalation
https://www.scworld.com/news/2-linux-kernel-flaw-pocs-published-enabling-local-privilege-escalation

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