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The Hacker News
6 Aug 2026

New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts

Zapscape, a new Linux kernel vulnerability, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1 guest virtual machine (VM) to escape KVM isolation and execute code on the host. The risk applies when nested virtua

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