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    PMIx TOCTOU Race CVE-2023-41915: Upgrade and Harden HPC Clusters

    A subtle race condition in the OpenPMIx library can allow a local attacker to take ownership of arbitrary files when privileged PMIx code runs as UID 0 — a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-41915 that was fixed in PMIx 4.2.6 and 5.0.1 but continues to demand urgent attention from administrators...
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    TOCTOU in Windows Installer CVE-2026-20816: Local Privilege Escalation Risk

    A time‑of‑check/time‑of‑use (TOCTOU) race condition in the Windows Installer service has been cataloged as CVE‑2026‑20816 and is being treated as a high‑priority local elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) vulnerability that can allow an authorized local account to escalate to administrative or SYSTEM...
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