OpenAI Research: 948 Linux kernel flaws

Linux kernel

AI agents exploited 948 Linux kernel privilege escalation bugs for $1.2 million

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Check the Linux kernel vendor advisories for fixes and restrict local and untrusted user access meanwhile.

Who should check: teams running Linux kernel

First seen: 5 Nov 2026
Last update: 5 Nov 2026, 18:17 UTC
Source: news
On the menu as: Linux kernel

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## OpenAI Research: 948 Linux kernel flaws
Severity: unknown. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: Linux kernel

AI agents exploited 948 Linux kernel privilege escalation bugs for $1.2 million

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (linux). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.
2. No source names a fix yet; check the vendor advisory. Until one ships: restrict network access to it.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

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Sources: https://www.securityweek.com/ai-agents-got-root-on-linux-via-948-kernel-flaws-in-openai-research/
https://pwned.coffee/i/openai-research-948-linux-kernel-flaws

Receipt

Exploitation: No known exploitation
Score: No CVSS published yet: severity unknown.
Last checked: 6 Nov 2026, 12:18 UTC

Sources: KEV – CVE record – Vendor –

Sources

securityweek.com: AI Agents Got Root on Linux via 948 Kernel Flaws in OpenAI Research

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