#privilege-escalation

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-54420: KEV Symlink-Following Exposure in Shared Hosting

CISA added LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-54420 to KEV on 2026-06-15 with a 2026-06-18 due date. LiteSpeed says v2.4.8, bundled with WHM Plugin v5.3.2.1, fixes a symlink-following flaw that can let a user with FTP or web shell access escalate to root on shared hosting servers running CloudLinux/CageFS.

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager CVE-2026-20245: KEV CLI Privilege Escalation to Root

CISA added CVE-2026-20245 to KEV on 2026-06-09. Cisco scopes the authenticated local command-injection flaw to Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, Manager, and Validator and lists fixed 20.18.3.1 and 26.1.1.2 releases as of 2026-06-10.

Linux Kernel cgroups v1 Container Escape CVE-2022-0492 Added to KEV

CISA added the Linux Kernel cgroups v1 container escape vulnerability (CVE-2022-0492) to KEV on 2026-06-02. The flaw allows unprivileged container processes with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or uid 0 to write to cgroups release_agent files and execute code on the host, escaping the container namespace. System operators should audit host kernels, verify container capabilities, and disable unprivileged user namespaces.

Android Framework CVE-2025-48595: KEV Local Privilege Escalation

Google says Android Framework CVE-2025-48595 may be under limited, targeted exploitation. The high-severity integer-overflow issue affects Android 14, 15, 16, and 16 QPR2 and is addressed at the 2026-06-01 security patch level.

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172: Root Privilege Escalation

CISA added LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin CVE-2026-48172 to KEV on 2026-05-26 with a 2026-05-29 due date. NVD and LiteSpeed now provide exact advisory links, affected version bounds, and the vendor log-check command for redisAble exploitation.

Microsoft Defender CVE-2026-41091: KEV Engine EoP Exposure

CISA added Microsoft Defender CVE-2026-41091 to KEV on 2026-05-20. MSRC marks exploitation detected and gives the exact fixed Malware Protection Engine version 1.1.26040.8.

Windows cldflt.sys Zero-Day: MiniPlasma Kernel LPE

MiniPlasma is a public Windows cldflt.sys Cloud Filter driver LPE proof of concept that BleepingComputer tested on fully patched Windows 11 Pro with May 2026 updates. The article now replaces generic secondary sourcing with exact reporting and narrows the claim to local SYSTEM escalation.