Critical Pack2TheRoot Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access or Compromise the System

A high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651, CVSS 3.1: 8.8), has been publicly disclosed by Deutsche Telekom’s Red Team, affecting multiple major Linux distributions in their default installations. The flaw allows any local unprivileged user to silently install or remove system packages, ultimately achieving full root access without requiring a password. The vulnerability resides […]

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