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OpenAI found 948 Linux root bugs; about 1 in 9 had fixes in 10 days

OpenAI says an unpatched Linux box with a low-privilege account should, for the near term, count as root for a well-resourced attacker. The answers to the questions practitioners asked on day one, and what that means for a server fleet.

By Morgan Reid · November 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Patch priority · every Wednesday WordPress update flaw hits CISA's list: 25 fixed builds, due Nov. 6 By Morgan Reid Pricing and licensing watch · every Friday Microsoft's E7 'Buy 5 Get 5' credit offer: worth $12,000 a year, max By Jordan Hale

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News Revolut's self-hosted GLM costs 30 cents per million tokens: the math Avery Lane · November 4

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Explainer Goldman limits Claude Code and Copilot to engineers: how to do it Avery Lane · November 3

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News Cursor's Claude Code backdoor hit 2.1.312 too: what to check Avery Lane · October 31

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News Zyxel GS1900 zero-day beat June's patch: 10 models need the .3 build Morgan Reid · November 5

Patch priority WordPress update flaw hits CISA's list: 25 fixed builds, due Nov. 6 Morgan Reid · November 4

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News Trigger.dev is the 11th AI dev platform on Wiz's breach list Morgan Reid · November 3

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News EKS 1.34 leaves standard support Dec. 2: $365 a cluster a month Morgan Reid · November 1

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News AWS says 2027 is largely sold out: how to reserve EC2 capacity Morgan Reid · October 25

News Windows Server 2016 ends Jan 12: the ESU rules that set the bill Morgan Reid · October 24

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News Postgres 14 support ends Nov 12, a week before Postgres 19 ships Avery Lane · October 18

News Databricks can now query Workday HR and finance data in place, without copying it Avery Lane · October 11

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News Cloudflare's Basin data platform is generally available, with no egress fees Avery Lane · October 11

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News Canada time zone: Microsoft's Exchange fix skips recurring meetings Avery Lane · November 4

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Pricing and licensing watch Microsoft's E7 'Buy 5 Get 5' credit offer: worth $12,000 a year, max Jordan Hale · October 23

Pricing and licensing watch Copilot Business metering from Dec 1: up to $8,000/month at 200 seats Jordan Hale · October 16

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In Brief Meta buys Conductor: export Cloud work before Nov. 20 deletion Jordan Hale · November 5

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In Brief Microsoft's 60,000 buyout offers skip sales and security: what to ask Jordan Hale · October 29

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News Salesforce buys Braze for $5.66B: what Braze customers should ask now Jordan Hale · October 21