⚠️ Pack2TheRoot Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access or Compromise the System Source: cybersecuritynews.com/pack2t… A high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651, CVSS 3.1: 8.8), has been publicly disclosed. The flaw allows any local unprivileged user to silently install or remove system packages, ultimately achieving full root access without requiring a password. The vulnerability resides in the PackageKit daemon, a widely deployed cross-distribution package management abstraction layer used across Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Red Hat-based systems. Exploiting this flaw, an attacker with basic local access can bypass authorization controls entirely, installing malicious packages or removing critical security components to compromise the system. #cybersecuritynews #Linux