CVE-2026-44778

A flaw was found in Inspektor Gadget. An unprivileged container can trigger a denial of service in the privileged Inspektor Gadget process. This occurs when a custom gadget with an eBPF section attaches to a specially crafted ELF Executable and Linkable Format binary. The USDT Userland Statically...

CVE-2026-44778

Inspektor Gadget (v0.28.0–0.53.1) is an eBPF-based toolset for system inspection on Kubernetes and Linux hosts. The USDT note parser in pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go lets an unprivileged container crash or OOM-kill the privileged IG process via a crafted ELF. Three defects contribute: getUsdtInfo() do...

CVE-2026-44778 Inspektor Gadget: Unprivileged container can crash USDT note parser via crafted ELF

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. From 0.28.0 until 0.53.1, the USDT note parser in pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go can allow an unprivileged container to crash or exhaust the memory of the...

CVE-2026-44778 Inspektor Gadget: Unprivileged container can crash USDT note parser via crafted ELF

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. From 0.28.0 until 0.53.1, the USDT note parser in pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go can allow an unprivileged container to crash or exhaust the memory of the...

EUVD-2026-78938

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. From 0.28.0 until 0.53.1, the USDT note parser in pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go can allow an unprivileged container to crash or exhaust the memory of the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in libbpf

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel. It has been identified as problematic. This issue affects the parseusdtarg function in the tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c file of the BPF component. Manipulating the regname argument leads to a memory leak. It is recommended that a patch be applied t...

U.S. Disrupts Xinbi Guarantee Scam Marketplace, Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday announced coordinated actions aimed at an illicit online marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee that offered scam services, including seizing Telegram channels used to run the service, confiscating two cryptocurrency wallets, and deploying the Scam Cent...

Inspektor Gadget: Unprivileged container can crash USDT note parser via crafted ELF (no shipped gadget affected)

Summary A malicious container can crash or destabilize the privileged Inspektor Gadget process when a gadget using USDT probes is deployed. The vulnerability is in the USDT note parser pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go which is invoked when a gadget with a SEC"usdt/..." section attaches to a target binary...

GHSA-7CFQ-5MHV-JRP9 Inspektor Gadget: Unprivileged container can crash USDT note parser via crafted ELF (no shipped gadget affected)

Summary A malicious container can crash or destabilize the privileged Inspektor Gadget process when a gadget using USDT probes is deployed. The vulnerability is in the USDT note parser pkg/uprobetracer/usdt.go which is invoked when a gadget with a SEC"usdt/..." section attaches to a target binary...

Improper Input Validation

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the getUsdtInfo function in the USDT note parser. An attacker can cause the process to crash or exhaust memory by supplying a crafted ELF file with manipulated note sizes. This is only exploitable if a gadg...

Improper Input Validation

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the getUsdtInfo function in the USDT note parser. An attacker can cause the process to crash or exhaust memory by supplying a crafted ELF file with manipulated note sizes. This is only exploitable if a gadg...

DTrace: Arbitrary file creation via dtprobed

Background DTrace is a dynamic tracing tool for analysing or debugging the whole system. Specifically, dtprobed is a component of the DTrace system that keeps track of USDT probes within running processes, parsing and storing the DOF they provide for later consumption by dtrace proper. Descriptio...

CVE-2026-21991: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

A DTrace component, dtprobed, allows arbitrary file creation through crafted USDT provider names...

BeatBanker: A dual‑mode Android Trojan

Recently, we uncovered BeatBanker, an Android‑based malware campaign targeting Brazil. It spreads primarily through phishing attacks via a website disguised as the Google Play Store. To achieve their goals, the malicious APKs carry multiple components, including a cryptocurrency miner and a banki...

WhatsApp cryptocurrency scam goes for the cash prize

This weekend a scammer tried his luck by reaching out to me on WhatsApp. It’s not that I don’t appreciate it, but trust me, it’s bad for your business. I received one message from a number hailing from the Togolese Republic. WhatsApp message from an unknow sender “Jay, your financial account has...

Chinese Nationals Arrested for Laundering $73 Million in Pig Butchering Crypto Scam

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ has charged two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73 million from victims through shell companies. The individuals, Daren Li, 41, and Yicheng Zhang, 38, were arrested in Atlanta and Los Angeles ...

Some ERC20Votes tokens will not work if you set approve() to any value without setting to zero first

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Not setting allowance to Zero before changing the allowance can hinder the deployment of the ERC20ProxyDelegator contract for some ERC20 tokens Proof of Concept Some ERC20 tokens like USDT with Voting enabled will not work when changing the allowance fro...

USDT tokens should approve to zero first otherwise it may cause other tokens to get stuck in the case of aprooveMultipleTokens

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Unsafe ERC20 approve that do not handle non-standard erc20 behavior. Some token contracts do not return any value. Some token contracts revert the transaction when the allowance is not zero. Proof of Concept When receiving tokens to the destination chain...

SafeTransferLib's safeApprove() does not set allowance 0 first which would lead to the escrow encountering issues when dealing with tether's USDT or tokens like it.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Medium... a number of features within the protocol will not work if an approval reverts in the escrow or anywhere else NB: Report mainly focuses on the usage of the SafeTransferLib's safeApprove, but bug is attached to the underlying call made to approve...

The vulnerability of the parse_usdt_arg() function in the tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c module of the Linux kernel’s BPF component allows a hacker to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of the parseusdtarg function in the tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c module of the Linux kernel’s BPF component is related to a memory overflow issue. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure remotely...