Graduate Achieves Root Access Through Advanced Copy-Paste Pedagogy
Class of 2017 alum demonstrates that four carefully misplaced bytes can turn unprivileged Linux users into root across mainstream distributions.
Our graduates go on to achieve remarkable things. Here are some of their proudest moments in production environments worldwide.
Class of 2017 alum demonstrates that four carefully misplaced bytes can turn unprivileged Linux users into root across mainstream distributions.
Class of 2022 alum demonstrates advanced delimiter studies by letting one crafted push option reinterpret GitHub's internal security metadata.
Class of 2023 alum demonstrates advanced feature-flag incompleteness by letting multi-PR squash merge groups quietly undo earlier pull requests.
Class of 2017 alum demonstrates exceptional stealth by introducing a memory leak vulnerability that persisted across 87,000 servers until December 2025.
Class of 2021 alum successfully deploys a single configuration file to Cloudflare's entire network, affecting 2.4 billion users.
Class of 2022 alum investigates the boundaries of SSD endurance through innovative write patterns affecting users worldwide.