CISA Reports Active Exploitation of Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-31431

CISA Reports Active Exploitation of Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-31431 Introduction to CVE-2026-31431 On May 3, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the addition of a critical security flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-31431, has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high severity…