Hetzner incident

CVE-2026-99999 (PwnEscape)

Minor Ongoing View vendor source →

Hetzner is currently experiencing a minor incident affecting Cloud (Cloud Server), which began 4d ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 16, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 4d 8h
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 16, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC

Affected components

Cloud (Cloud Server)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 19, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC

    On Thursday, October 15, 2026, a security vulnerability in the Linux kernel was disclosed. Shortly after this disclosure, a temporary mitigation was developed; it detects the attack vector at the system level and, based on current knowledge, effectively neutralizes it. Further measures will be implemented over the coming hours and days.