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Secure Software2 min readAugust 6, 2026

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

A vulnerability called Zapscape in the Linux KVM hypervisor allows privileged code running in a virtual machine to escape and compromise the underlying host system. Organizations using KVM virtualization should immediately apply security patches to their

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