1. PackageKit "Pack2TheRoot" Vulnerability Grants Local Unprivileged Users Root Access Across Multiple Distributions
A critical security vulnerability in PackageKit, tracked as CVE-2026-41651 and catalogued as GHSA-f55j-vvr9-69xv, allows unprivileged local users to escalate privileges to root on any distribution leveraging the software. The flaw, internally dubbed "Pack2TheRoot," affects all PackageKit versions from 1.0.2 through 1.3...