Cybersecurity Tracker: Canonical Watchhttps://cybersecuritytracker.ai/?stack=1Stories and vulnerabilities involving Canonical.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:52:53 GMTUbuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installshttps://thehackernews.com/2026/07/ubuntu-snap-confine-flaw-could-give.htmlcst-3033A local privilege escalation vulnerability in snap-confine (CVE-2026-8933, CVSS 7.8) allows unprivileged users to gain root access on default Ubuntu Desktop installations including versions 24.04, 25.10, and 26.04. The flaw has been publicly disclosed by cybersecurity researchers. Sources: The Hacker News.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:07:16 GMTGameOver(lay): Easy-to-exploit local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Linux affect 40% of Ubuntu cloud workloadshttps://wiz.io/blog/ubuntu-overlayfs-vulnerabilitycst-1694Wiz Research identified two privilege escalation vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629, in Ubuntu Linux' OverlayFS module that are straightforward to exploit. These flaws impact approximately 40 percent of Ubuntu cloud workloads, creating a significant exposure across deployed instances. Sources: Wiz Research.Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:33:45 GMT