The Hacker NewsSaturday · October 10, 2026FREE

Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access

The Hacker News published an item titled "Researchers Publish Working Exploit for Pre-Auth AnyDesk Linux Flaw That Gives Root Access," dated October 9, 2026. According to the title, the flaw affects AnyDesk on Linux, is pre-authentication, and grants root access, and researchers have published a working exploit for it. The available source text contains no further reporting: no CVE identifier, no affected or fixed version numbers, no researcher or organization names, no vendor statement, and no description of the underlying vulnerability class or exploitation conditions. Because the excerpt is limited to the headline and page styling, the digest cannot state how the flaw is triggered, which deployments are exposed, or whether a patch exists. What the source does establish is that a working exploit for a pre-auth AnyDesk Linux flaw leading to root access has been made public.