How Cloudflare responded to the “Copy Fail” Linux vulnerability

2026-05-12T07:24:05Z9155dbd131b40d8a3ef98fdb2981226c41f640983a029cdb2bc1304892a3457f
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What happened

Cloudflare responded to the newly disclosed “Copy Fail” Linux kernel privilege escalation by detecting, investigating, and mitigating the issue across its global fleet. Engineering and security teams applied mitigations and monitoring at scale and confirmed zero customer impact and no evidence of malicious exploitation.

Why it matters

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