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Timing Flaw in systemd Cleanup Enables Root Privilege Escalation
(cybersecurity88.com)
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Not a very good article. The original write-up (not linked anywhere in the article) is here: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/03/17/cve-2026-3888-important-snap-flaw-enables-local-privilege-escalation-to-root
They also mention something else that's interesting at the bottom of the write-up:
Wait. So the flaw was in uutils, and this article reported it as a systemd bug...?
And, even further: a rust implementation vulnerability too?
(Waits for C vs Rust war to start...)
Yes, thank you for the extra info!