Credit: Lucas Gouveia / Jason Montoya / How-To Geek Published May 1, 2026, 11:28 AM EDT Jon is a seasoned journalist who has written definitive coverage of consumer tech at publications like Engadget, Android Authority, and BetaKit. He's an expert on making tech accessible ranging from mobile and PCs to emerging platforms like wearables. When he's not writing, he's going on adventures with ihis family and is an avid photographer. Sign in to your How-To Geek account The Linux community is dealing with its gravest security risk since 2022's Dirty Pipe . Researchers at cybersecurity firm Theori have shared details of Copy Fail, a vulnerability that gives attackers root access to nearly all Linux distributions with relatively little effort. The flaw, known as CVE-2026-31431 , exploits an AI-discovered logic bug in Linux's authencesn AEAD template process (used for extended sequence numbers in IP security) where content isn't copied as expected.…