Running your own Amnezia VPN server? You need to patch this critical Linux flaw now
- Amnezia VPN has published a three-step guide to protect self-hosted servers from a critical Linux kernel flaw
- Servers running the Xray protocol face the highest risk
- Amnezia Premium, Free, and Business users don't need to do anything
Amnezia VPN has warned people who run their own servers through its app that a critical Linux kernel flaw leaves them exposed, and those using the Xray protocol need to rebuild their setups to stay safe.
The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-98432, sits in the code Linux uses to accept new IPv4 TCP connections and has been present since Linux 4.4. The kernel's security team gave it a severity score of 9.8 out of 10.
Even the best VPN is only as secure as the server it runs on, and that's the problem here. Amnezia VPNsays its Premium, Free, and Business services are unaffected because the provider has already updated and audited its...
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