CVE-2026-74580: Possible VM Escape via the Vghost Vulnerability
CVE-2026-74580 is a high-severity Linux kernel bug in vhost, the subsystem that accelerates I/O for virtual machines. It gives a local user a reliable path to root on the host, and in some VM setups it lets a guest write into host memory. The CVE record has existed since August 21, 2026, but the full technical write-up, nicknamed "Vghost", only went public on October 12. It came with working exploit demos for both a local root escalation and a VM escape.