Fedora Hummingbird brings the container security model to a Linux host OS
2026-05-13T02:51:46Z•077623c46bf9e393a441fe8ef96f6eb8da9df25cd3216e5f70b1a41bbe4923d3
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What happened
This feed summarizes multiple security and industry updates: Fedora announced Hummingbird, a container-delivered rolling Linux distribution (OCI image) that applies container security practices to host OSes. Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped fixes for 120+ CVEs (no known zero-days), including critical Word RCEs (notably CVE-2026-40361 and CVE-2026-40364). Researchers reported an active campaign exploiting cPanel/WHM passwordless-auth vulnerability CVE-2026-41940, enabling attacker administrator access and persistent backdoors. Other highlights: an Amazon Quick authorization bypass (UI
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