All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

Published: Nov 6, 2026, 5:54 PM UTC

All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything — All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything — Image credit: Canonical, Ubuntu, distrosea.com

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Thankfully there's already a fix out.

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