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Windows Subsystem For Linux "WSL" Updated For A Yet-To-Be-Public Security Vulnerability
Microsoft today released an updated version of Windows Subsystem for Linux 'WSL' that allows running Linux binaries atop Windows 11
It looks like next week Microsoft will be making public a heavy-hitting WSL security vulnerability that they have gone ahead to release the new version of WSL in advance while confirming the CVE security disclosure details will be made public on 12 August. The WSL 2.5.10 release issued minutes ago simply states:"Fixed CVE-2025-53788 (Details to be published on Aug 12th)" When digging into the commit for the open-source changes of WSL 2.5.10, it notes:"Switch wslinfo --vm-id to not rely on presence of VM ID environment variable (#13318) * Switch WSLg to use wslinfo --vm-id instead of relying on environment variable This is the first time I have seen a new WSL open-source release in advance of Microsoft making the CVE security bulletin public.
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