Week in review: High-severity LPE vulnerability in the Linux kernel, cPanel 0-day exploited for months
2026-05-03T08:51:51Z•9d4f1a172bd98f0e17e3b28edfada0be7dbbdfb80c8c810900c3200aa0043a12
CVE-2026-41940KijiLPEai-governanceai-privacyai-trafficauthentication-bypasscPanelexploitinfosec-productskernel-vulnerabilitylinuxlocal-privilege-escalationmodel-provenancepentest-automationpiipolice-ai-surveillanceprivacy-proxyshadow-aisupply-chain-securityzero-day
What happened
Weekly security roundup covering a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw in the Linux kernel and a cPanel authentication-bypass zero-day (CVE-2026-41940) that has been exploited in the wild for months. Other highlights include an open-source PII-masking privacy proxy for AI prompts, growing shadow-AI adoption and training gaps, AI-driven network traffic changes, Cisco’s model provenance toolkit, new infosec product releases, and controversy over police use of AI monitoring tools.
Why it matters
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- 2026-05-03T08:51:51Z
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- Yes
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