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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of CVE-2024-1086 in Ransomware Attacks

CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of CVE-2024-1086 in Ransomware Attacks

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert regarding the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2024-1086. This privilege escalation flaw, which allows attackers with local access to gain elevated privileges, was first disclosed on January 31, 2024, and is currently being leveraged in ransomware attacks targeting Linux systems globally.

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