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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of 'PwnKit' Linux Vulnerability in the Wild

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week moved toadda Linux vulnerability dubbedPwnKitto itsKnown Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The issue, tracked asCVE-2021-4034(CVSS score: 7.8), came to light in January 2022 and concerns a case oflocal privilege escalationin polkit’s pkexec utility, which allows an