The flaws everyone talks about: what they are, which versions are affected, where the fix is and whether Debian and Ubuntu have shipped it.
CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619
Two memory flaws in PHP that can lead to remote code execution, actively exploited since October 2026.
CVE-2021-44228
Code execution through a single log message in Apache Log4j 2, rated CVSS 10.0.
CVE-2014-0160
The TLS heartbeat in OpenSSL 1.0.1 to 1.0.1f returned memory of the server process, private keys included.
CVE-2014-6271
Bash up to 4.3 ran commands hidden behind function definitions in environment variables.
CVE-2024-6387
A race condition in sshd from Portable OpenSSH 8.5p1 to 9.7p1 that can lead to root code execution.
CVE-2024-3094
Malicious code in the upstream tarballs of XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 that changes liblzma.
CVE-2023-44487
A denial-of-service attack on the HTTP/2 protocol that hits nginx, Node.js, Go, Tomcat and many more.
CVE-2023-4911
A buffer overflow in the dynamic loader of glibc that turns a local account into root.
CVE-2022-22965
Remote code execution through data binding in Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux on JDK 9 and later.
CVE-2022-0847
A local user writes into read-only files through the page cache and becomes root.
CVE-2021-3156
An off-by-one error in sudo that lets a local user become root through sudoedit.
CVE-2021-4034
pkexec from polkit executes environment variables as commands and makes any local account root.
Facts checked on 02/11/2026 against NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, the Debian Security Tracker and OSV.