Mobile Security & Privacy Researchers Expose Root-Level Privilege Escalation Exploit in OpenBSD 7.9 Combining Decades-Old Integer Overflow with Kernel Flaw October 16, 2026 Nana Wu A newly published local privilege escalation exploit achieves root access on OpenBSD 7.9 by ingeniously chaining a roughly 37-year-old integer overflow with a separate kernel vulnerability. This sophisticated attack successfully…
