How Cloudflare responded to the “Copy Fail” Linux vulnerability
2026-05-14T07:24:10Z•c5abdf2e8475062e9982c9ce3981e437ee630a67918cd10ef7f3b3f884d33ad7
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What happened
Cloudflare disclosed its detection, investigation and mitigation of the “Copy Fail” Linux kernel privilege-escalation vulnerability across its global fleet, confirming zero customer impact and no observed exploitation. The blog collection also highlights broader security updates and disclosures: post-quantum IPsec (GA) and a 2029 PQ roadmap; Pingora OSS request-smuggling vulnerabilities and the 0.8.0 fix; an ACME validation-mitigation; new client-side and AI security offerings; Managed OAuth and non-human identity protections; an API/Web vulnerability scanner; and a Q4-2025 DDoS report (31.4Tb
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