GovCERT.HK Issues High Threat Alert on Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Flaws Zapscape and SCTPhantom
GovCERT.HK has issued a High Threat Security Alert (A26-08-15) for two elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel—Zapscape (CVE-2026-64561) and SCTPhantom (CVE-2026-64564)—with public PoC exploit code available for Zapscape, posing immediate risk of VM escape and host compromise. Read more