Squidbleed & DirtyClone: The Linux Exploits Everyone's Missing

A 29-year-old bug in the Squid proxy is leaking your users' cleartext HTTP requests and session tokens — and a brand new Linux kernel flaw called DirtyClone lets a local attacker overwrite privileged binaries in memory without touching a single file on disk. This week we break down both vulnerabilities, plus critical patches for OpenVPN and Xorg-Server. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Squidbleed (CVE-2026-47729): 29-Year-Old Proxy Leak 00:56 How the Squid FTP Parser Leaks Memory 02:02 DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503): Kernel LPE via Cloned Packets 03:05 How DirtyClone Overwrites Root Binaries in Memory 04:16 DirtyClone Mitigation & Unprivileged Namespace Restriction 05:01 OpenVPN CVE-2026-40215 & Xorg-Server Privilege Escalation LINKS: Squidbleed Advisory: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/29-... Squidbleed PoC: https://github.com/califio/publicatio... Squid Fix Commit: https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/... DirtyClone NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-... OpenVPN Debian Advisory: https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended... Xorg-Server Debian Advisory: https://www.debian.org/security/2026/... HASHTAGS: #Linux #LinuxSecurity #CVE #Squidbleed #DirtyClone #OpenVPN #Xorg #CyberSecurity #LinuxKernel #PatchNow ======================================================= "Please like, comment, and subscribe to receive more videos of this kind." https://goo.gl/a9JwXB Subscribe to the weekly newsletter: https://tondoeslinux.com/subscribe Use VidIQ for your channel: https://vidiq.com/TonDoesLinux Use the best VPN: https://surfshark.club/friend/FN3Sduq4 Learn Linux:    • Learn Linux Desktop   Learn Arch:    • Learn Arch Linux 2019   Website: www.tondoeslinux.com Like my Facebook page:   / tondoeslinux   See me on Twitter   / tondoes   #tondoeslinux #linuxtutorial #linux #apple #tech #shorts