CVE-2016-5195

CVE

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency

occurrences

First Seen

April 29, 2026

Last Seen

July 23, 2026

API

Exploited in Wild

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Ransomware Use

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Public Exploits

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Attack Vector

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Vulnerability Overview

Exploitation Activity

Exploitation Intelligence

Critical Bad Epoll Vulnerability Grants Root Access to Unprivileged Users75.0

A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, named Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242), allows unprivileged local users to escalate to root privileges on systems running kernel version 6.4 or later. This use-after-free vulnerability resides in the epoll subsystem, which is critical for I/O event notificatio...

Critical Linux Vulnerability 'Copy Fail' Grants Root Access Across Major Distros72.9

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and named 'Copy Fail', allows unprivileged local users to gain root access on virtually all major Linux distributions released since 2017. The exploit, which is a 732-byte Python script, modifies the page cache of any rea...

Critical RefluXFS Flaw Exposes Millions of Linux Systems to Root Takeover72.9

A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local users to gain root access by exploiting a race condition in the copy-on-write path. This flaw affects over 16 million systems using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives, including Oracle Li...