Uhulumeni wase-US ukhiphe isexwayiso sokuthi abahlaseli basebenzisa ngamandla ukuba sengozini Kwepayipi Elingcolile ku-Linux. Ukuba sengozini kuvumela umsebenzisi wasendaweni ukuthi athole amalungelo ezimpande. Ama-ejensi kahulumeni e-US ayalelwe ukuthi alungise ubungozi kumasistimu azo ngaphambi komhla ka-16 Meyi.
Ukuba sengozini kubizwa ngokuthi Ipayipi Elingcolile ngenxa yokusebenzelana okungavikelekile phakathi kwefayela le-Linux, eligcinwa unomphela kusigcinalwazi, kanye nepayipi le-Linux, okuyindawo yedatha yenkumbulo engasetshenziswa njengefayela. Uma umsebenzisi enepayipi angabhalela kulo futhi ifayela engakwazi, ukubhalela isilondolozi sememori yepayipi kungase futhi kuguqule ngokungazi amakhasi afakwe kunqolobane ezingxenye ezahlukene zefayela lediski.
Lokhu kubangela ukuthi isilondolozi senqolobane yangokwezifiso sibhalwe kabusha kudiski yi-kernel futhi okuqukethwe kwefayela elilondoloziwe kulungiswe unomphela, kungakhathaliseki izimvume zefayela. Umsebenzisi wendawo angakwazi ukwengeza ukhiye we-SSH ku-akhawunti yezimpande, enze igobolondo lempande noma engeze umsebenzi we-cron osebenza njenge-backdoor futhi wengeze i-akhawunti entsha yomsebenzisi enamalungelo ezimpande, kodwa futhi ukuhlela amafayela ngaphandle kwebhokisi lesihlabathi kungenzeka.
I-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) yoMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya wase-US igcina uhlu lobungozi obuhlaselwe bese ibeka umnqamulajuqu lapho izinhlangano zikahulumeni kufanele zifake isibuyekezo senkinga ethintekile. Uhlu, olunikeza ukuqonda ngobungozi abahlaseli abangasebenzisa, luvame ukunwetshwa ngobungozi obusha obuhlaselwe.
Ngesibuyekezo sakamuva, isamba sezingozi eziyisikhombisa ezisanda kuhlaselwa zengezwe ohlwini. Ngaphezu kokuvuza Kwepayipi Elingcolile ku-Linux, futhi kuthinta ubungozi obune ngaphakathi Windows okuvumela umhlaseli wendawo ukuthi andise amalungelo akhe. IMicrosoft ikhiphe isibuyekezo sokunye kwalokhu kukhubazeka (CVE-2022-26904) emasontweni amabili edlule. Ngokusho kweMicrosoft, ubungozi bebungakahlaseli ngesikhathi kukhishwa isichibi. Lokho sekushintshile, ngokusho kwe-CISA, ephinde ikhombise ukuthi abahlaseli basebenzisa ngokushesha kangakanani ubungozi obuveziwe.