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CVE-2026-63828 is an authorization bypass in Linux kernel AppArmor socket mediation. TCP Fast Open sendmsg() or sendto() operations using MSG_FASTOPEN combine an implicit connection attempt with data transmission in the SYN packet. AppArmor previously checked only send permission for these operations, rather than also mediating the implicit connect operation. Consequently, an AppArmor-confined task permitted to send data but denied connect permission could establish outbound TCP or MPTCP connections contrary to its profile. The fix adds connect-permission mediation for MSG_FASTOPEN requests with a supplied destination, including explicit handling for MPTCP stream sockets.
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The repository contains a README and one standalone Go proof of concept, test.go. It is not part of an exploit framework. The code defines a custom net.Conn implementation (tfoConn) backed directly by Linux syscalls. On its first Write, tfoConn calls sendto with MSG_FASTOPEN and the target SockaddrInet4; later writes use write(2), while reads use read(2). Go's crypto/tls client writes its ClientHello through this custom connection, making the initial network operation sendto(MSG_FASTOPEN) instead of connect(2). After the TLS handshake, the PoC submits a manually constructed HTTP/1.1 GET request and reads the complete response. The supplied main routine targets a Kubernetes API server at 10.10.10.10:6443/api/v1/, reads the in-container service-account token, and sends it as a Bearer credential. This is an operational but minimally robust PoC: target values are hard-coded, it accepts only IPv4 literals, disables TLS certificate verification, does not implement deadlines, assumes the initial Sendto transfers the full buffer, and has no retry or fallback logic. Its intended purpose is post-compromise/container reconnaissance or access where syscall-focused monitoring or policy rules cover connect(2) but fail to cover TCP Fast Open initialization via sendto(2).
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A Unity Linux vulnerability requiring local access and low privileges, with high confidentiality and integrity impact and scope changed; availability impact is not indicated.
A Unity Linux/UOS Server local vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-63828. It requires local access and low privileges, requires no user interaction, can change security scope, and has high confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact.
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