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Anthropic’s Claude Exploit Wins Root via Critical Linux Flaw

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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U.S. AI firm Anthropic’s Claude model built an exploit that gains root on vulnerable Linux servers.
The exploit targets CVE-2026-98432, a use-after-free race in IPv4 TCP handshakes.
The kernel CVE team rates the flaw Critical with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Anthropic said its AI wrote the exploit after prompting on October 27.
Debian, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux and SUSE have patched kernels; Ubuntu and RHEL have not.

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U.S. AI firm Anthropic’s Claude model built an exploit that gains root on vulnerable Linux servers.
The exploit targets CVE-2026-98432, a use-after-free race in IPv4 TCP handshakes.
The kernel CVE team rates the flaw Critical with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.
Anthropic said its AI wrote the exploit after prompting on October 27.
Debian, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux and SUSE have patched kernels; Ubuntu and RHEL have not.