2026-019: Critical Vulnerability in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions
On 21 October 2026, GitLab published a security advisory addressing several vulnerabilities among which a critical flaw that could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on a GitLab server. CERT-EU recommends organisations…
Cisco Patches 34 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products
Critical-severity security defects could lead to command execution, authentication bypass, and XSS attacks. The post Cisco Patches 34 Vulnerabilities Across Multiple Products appeared first on SecurityWeek .
Signal flaw could expose audio and video even after users hang up
A flaw in Signal’s calling library could let the other person on a call keep receiving a user’s audio, and possibly video, after that user hangs up. Tracked as CVE-2026-113380, the vulnerability affects RingRTC versions before 2.72.0.…
Also covered by Malwarebytes Labs
Node.js Brotli Decoder Bug Could Allow Remote Code Execution in All Supported Versions
Node.js released security updates on October 21 for its three supported release lines, 22.x, 24.x and 26.x, fixing 10 flaws. The most serious is a bug in the Brotli decompression code that Node.js bundles, which the project says can allow…
Oracle Patches Over 1,200 Vulnerabilities With October 2026 CPU
Nearly 100 vulnerabilities have been assigned a critical severity rating and Fusion Middleware received the most patches. The post Oracle Patches Over 1,200 Vulnerabilities With October 2026 CPU appeared first on SecurityWeek .
AI-found bugs are expected to rise, and OpenAI has a five-stage response plan
OpenAI has proposed a five-stage process for handling critical vulnerabilities in widely used software. The process grew out of a two-month response to flaws in PHP, the open-source language that runs websites and web applications. Calif…
Someone Tried to Exploit PHP2Shell 4 Days Before the Vulnerabilities Were Publicly Disclosed
Amazon's Threat Intelligence team on Wednesday said it detected an attempt to exploit the newly disclosed PHP2Shell vulnerabilities on October 17, 2026, against its MadPot honeypot service, as the flaws come under broad exploitation in the…
Also covered by SecurityWeek
How APT41 revived the BlackLotus bootkit to attack diplomatic organizations in Central Asia
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a new UEFI bootkit, BlackX. It exploits the Baton Drop vulnerability (CVE-2022-21894) and is similar to the BlackLotus bootkit.
Why It’s Urgent to Update PHP on Your WordPress Site: Two Critical PHP Vulnerabilities and What Our Testing Found
Two critical PHP flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, can allow unauthenticated code execution. Updating WordPress won't fix them. Update and restart PHP. The post Why It’s Urgent to Update PHP on Your WordPress Site: Two Critical…
Using AWS WAF to apply mitigations for PHP2Shell RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)
On October 21, 2026, the PHP project released emergency fixes for two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the PHP core runtime, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and collectively named PHP2Shell. Both are…
Also covered by Tenable Blog, Huntress
Amazon Threat Intelligence identifies PHP2Shell exploitation prior to public disclosure in MadPot
Amazon Threat Intelligence identified a PHP2Shell exploitation attempt dating to Oct. 17, 2026, in MadPot telemetry, four days before public disclosure of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. The exploit attempt originated from an IP…
Two critical PHP flaws put the web on alert as emergency patches arrive
Organizations are scrambling to protect themselves following the disclosure of two critical vulnerabilities in commonly used code that powers much of the internet. The flaws discovered in the PHP scripting language could allow attackers to…
PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618/109619): first exploit requests arrived 5.5 hours before PHP shipped the fix, and the "scanners" carry Mirai-style loaders
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Critical PHP Vulnerability (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619) [infocon yellow], (Wed, Oct 21st)
PHP.net announced that it will release a critical update today. We decided to change the infoCon to YELLOW due to the widespread use of PHP, the expected severity of the flaw (CVSS 9.4), and the availability of early PoC exploits before…
Also covered by Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Unit 42 (Palo Alto), Kaspersky Securelist, Sucuri Blog
'PHP2Shell' Bugs Signal Red Alert for Security Industry
Security teams are scrambling to remediate two critical PHP vulnerabilities following leaked details and reports of exploitation attempts.
The internet is having a very bad cybersecurity day
From AI-discovered PHP vulnerabilities to flaws in Node.js and popular AI tool LiteLLM, cybersecurity teams have plenty to worry about this week.
Critical GitLab Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Could Allow Unauthenticated RCE Across 12 Years of Releases
GitLab released fixes on October 21 for a flaw that lets an attacker run code on a self-managed server without logging in, and it affects every version of the software going back to 7.0, released in 2014. The fix matters even for…
CISA: Hackers chain Plex flaws in Plex2Shell attacks to breach servers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that attackers are actively exploiting four vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server. [...]
PHP says AI review of critical bugs first sparked alarm in August, but signs surfaced in 2024
In a lengthy statement about two critical vulnerabilities, the PHP Foundation explained how one dated to 2024, how a recent third-party review by AI companies heightened attention on both, why it scrambled to post information earlier than…
2026-018: Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP
On 20 October 2026, the PHP project announced an upcoming security release addressing two critical vulnerabilities in PHP. Public reports indicated that these vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution. The PHP team released the…
PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors
Several cybersecurity companies saw exploitation attempts of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 before PHP released the patches. The post PHP2Shell Patches Land as First Exploitation Attempts Hit Sensors appeared first on SecurityWeek .
PSA: PHP Security Updates Available for Two Critical Vulnerabilities, Update Now
The PHP project has released PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 to fix two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. We recommend making sure every site you…
PHP2Shell: Why websites are going offline for emergency security updates
Websites are temporarily going offline as admins address two critical PHP flaws that could let attackers run malicious code on their servers.
Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today
Expect to see quite a few websites serving "404" or "Page Not Found" errors today: Nearly 70 percent of websites need to update their core software to fix a pair of vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to seize full control over affected…
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in PHP
Overview On October 21, 2026, the PHP project announced security releases for two critical vulnerabilities in PHP. CVE-2026-109618 can corrupt memory during out-of-memory (OOM) handling, while CVE-2026-109619 is a use-after-free flaw…
Two critical RCEs in PHP core
Two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHP core could have implications across its wider ecosystem. Talos has published a blog to explain what we know so far, and details the Snort coverage available, including rules in the…
PHP patches for critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities
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PHP ships emergency patches for critical PHP2Shell flaws
The PHP security team released emergency security patches for two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) tracked collectively as PHP2Shell. [...]
Also covered by The Hacker News, HackRead
Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerability
Cloudflare has deployed default web application firewall (WAF) protections for newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities before public disclosure. The rules use request and response signals to stop exploit attempts and prevent exposed data from…
PHP releases emergency fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities
The project overseeing the programming language is releasing patches Wednesday, with the internet racing to patch the 9.2 rated flaw. The post PHP releases emergency fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities appeared first on CyberScoop .
Q3 2026 Threat Update: Attackers Are Exploiting Vulnerabilities Within 3 Days
Three days is the average time between a high-severity vulnerability becoming public and its exploitation, according to the latest Quarterly Threat Landscape Report from Rapid7. And 71% of the exploitation tracked in Q3 occurred within the…
The Science of Exploitability: Decoding BlueHammer
Executive Summary BlueHammer (CVE-2026-33825) is an eight-stage local privilege-escalation chain targeting the Windows Defender Antimalware Platform before 4.18.26030.3011. It does not grant initial access; an attacker needs standard-user…
Memory Bugs Account for Most of Chrome’s 353 New Security Fixes
The update fixes 353 flaws, including 163 memory corruption and 125 use-after-free vulnerabilities. The post Memory Bugs Account for Most of Chrome’s 353 New Security Fixes appeared first on SecurityWeek .
PHP2Shell: What Actually Protects You Before the 14:00 UTC PHP RCE Patch, and What Doesn't
You cannot fully block the two critical PHP flaws called PHP2Shell before today's fix, and the one setting being passed around as a workaround is not enough on its own, the security firm that suggested it now says. PHP will release the fix…
Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Leaked Ahead of Scheduled Security Patches
Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP were leaked one day before their scheduled disclosure and security patches
Moving past autonomous exploitation to machine-speed security
Frontier AI advancements have created a world where exploitation outpaces defense. The average enterprise takes 32 to 43 days to patch , but the mean time to exploit a vulnerability is 10 hours . This asymmetry creates questions around how…
PHP2Shell: PHP Patches Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities, Urges Immediate Updates
Updated: October 21, 2026 PHP has released security updates for two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Apache mod_php deployments warrant immediate attention: PHP reports a demonstrated exploit…
php2shell: Assessing Elastic detection coverage relevant to CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 are critical PHP core RCE flaws that leaked ahead of disclosure. We cover what is verified, why exploitation converges on a web server spawning a shell, and the Elastic detections developed to catch this…
PSA: Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release
PHP has released 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35 to fix two critical vulnerabilities announced in this advance notice. WordPress updates won’t apply this fix, so check your PHP version and update now. See our new advisory for details.…
Oracle October 2026 Critical Patch Update Addresses 1209 CVEs
Oracle addresses 1209 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2026 with 1295 patches, including 112 critical updates. Key Takeaways The October 2026 Critical Patch Update (CPU) contains fixes for 1209 unique CVEs in 1295 security updates 112…
PHP rce CVE-2026-109618
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PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure. [...]
Threat Brief: Active Exploitation of PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 (Updated October 20)
Ransomware operators including Spikey Scorpius (aka Qilin) and Tarnished Scorpius (aka Inc) are exploiting PAN-OS vulnerability CVE-2026-0257. The post Threat Brief: Active Exploitation of PAN-OS CVE-2026-0257 (Updated October 20) appeared…
CVE-2026-46633: Proving exploitability of Twig sandbox bypass
I continued researching sandbox bypasses discovered in Twig by project Glasswing. This time, I focused on CVE-2026-46633, which still had no public exploits. This writeup documents my development of payloads for the CVE-2026-46633 and the…
The Real Jump Scare Isn’t the Attacker; It’s The Vulnerabilities You’re Focusing On
Key Takeaways Teams are remediating more than ever, but exposure from the vulnerabilities that matter is still rising faster than they can keep up with. Mean time to exploitation is about −7 days. Mean time to remediate sits around +30…
Wordfence Argus Discovers High Severity Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in Duplicator
Wordfence Argus helped uncover CVE-2026-82814, a high-severity unauthenticated PHP object injection in Duplicator and Duplicator Pro. Update to version 5.0.0 or newer. The post Wordfence Argus Discovers High Severity Unauthenticated PHP…
There's only so much code: the rise in vulnerability numbers
The September Microsoft Patch Tuesday release included 975 vulnerability advisories. This month, 1,415 vulnerabilities were just dropped. Compared to a pre-June average of 100 a month, that increase is staggering. Where did they come from?…
Researchers Warn OpenCode Quietly Patched Critical RCE Flaw, Leaving Users At Risk
OpenCode silently patched a critical RCE flaw, leaving vulnerable users unaware of the security risk, researchers at Pillar Security warned
CVE-2026-106173 Deep-Dive: Fortinet FortiSIEM gRPC Path Traversal File Write to RCE
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Hitachi Energy RTU500 Product
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of vulnerabilities that affect RTU500 product versions listed in this document. These vulnerabilities if exploited can have impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability of the product.…
Moxa AIG-302 ThingsPro Edge
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to obtain and disclose sensitive information. The following versions of Moxa AIG-302 ThingsPro Edge are affected: Moxa AIG-302 ThingsPro Edge…
HMS Networks PEAK-System PCAN Windows drivers
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could crash the Windows kernel. The following versions of HMS Networks PEAK-System PCAN Windows drivers are affected: PEAK-System Device Driver Setup <=5.1.2.1151…
CVE-2026-106931 added to CISA KEV — EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition
EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition contains an OS command injection vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root or SYSTEM privileges on the system running the affected product.
CVE-2026-110936 added to CISA KEV — Siemens Software Center
Siemens Software Center contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to place a specially crafted DLL in a directory that the application searches, leading to arbitrary code…
Authentication Bypass, Remote Code Execution, and Database Read in Eptura Archibus (FIXED)
Overview While performing continuous red teaming exercises through Rapid7’s Vector Command service, Rapid7 discovered three new vulnerabilities in Eptura Archibus . A legacy API endpoint could be exploited to bypass authentication and run…
Exploited Vulnerabilities Typically Take Three Months to Patch, Moody’s Finds
Known exploited vulnerabilities take a median time of 87 days to be patched, according to a new Moody’s report
Rapid7 Analysis: NetScaler intrusions chaining CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88779
Overview In early October 2026, Rapid7 analysts investigated a compromise of a Citrix NetScaler ADC appliance. The appliance was running an affected 14.1 build and was exposed to active exploitation targeting NetScaler authentication and…
Rapid7 Analysis: GitLab CI/CD Regex Integer Overflow (CVE-2026-97229)
Overview On October 12, 2026, GitLab released 19.4.2 , 19.3.5 , and 19.2.8 to fix CVE-2026-97229 , an integer overflow in its CI/CD regular-expression handling. The issue was reported through HackerOne by joaxcar . GitLab assigned it a…
ZDI-26-785: FreeBSD Kernel Shared Memory Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of FreeBSD Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this…
Also covered by Elastic Security Labs
ZDI-26-783: LibreOffice PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LibreOffice. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious…
ZDI-26-780: X.Org Server GestureBuildSprite Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of X.Org Server. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this…
ZDI-26-779: (0Day) Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect XSLT Debugger XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a…
CVE-2026-102764 added to CISA KEV — BeyondTrust Remote Support
BeyondTrust Remote Support contains an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to perform file operations on the appliance.
Also covered by Rapid7 Blog
CVE-2025-61624 added to CISA KEV — Fortinet Multiple Products
FortiOS, FortiPAM, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager contain a path traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker with admin profile and at least read-write permissions to write or delete arbitrary files via specific…
The Q3 Vulnerability Pulse: Discovery ≠ Exploitation
Is the cybersecurity world really facing a "Bugmageddon?" Thor breaks down the latest CVE and KEV trends in the latest Threat Source newsletter.
AWS Security Agent (now part of AWS Continuum) exploited 33 of 37 new real-world CVEs
We applied AWS Security Agent (now part of AWS Continuum), our autonomous penetration-testing agent, to 37 real, recently disclosed Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), each packaged as a live, containerized target with a flag…
600,000 WordPress Sites Affected by SQL Injection Vulnerability in Backuply WordPress Plugin
On September 17th, 2026, we received a submission for a Second-Order SQL Injection vulnerability in Backuply, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for authenticated attackers…
CISA Malcolm
View CSAF Summary The following versions of CISA Malcolm are affected: Malcolm <=v26.07.1 (CVE-2026-107336, CVE-2026-107361, CVE-2026-107337, CVE-2026-107335, CVE-2026-107334) Malcolm <=v26.08.0 (CVE-2026-107333, CVE-2026-107362) CVSS…
Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology EseeCloud
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain control over affected IP cameras. The following versions of Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology EseeCloud are affected: EseeCloud App <=4.9.6…
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Milo
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to delete protected data, recover user credentials and impersonate legitimate users, or cause the server to stop responding to all clients. The…
2026-017: Critical Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email Gateway
On 14 October 2026, Cisco published a security advisory addressing a critical vulnerability affecting the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco Secure Email Gateway. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote…
Also covered by CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, CERT-FR (ANSSI)
ZDI-26-776: QNAP TS-453E syslog log_message Format String Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of QNAP TS-453E devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.5. The…
ZDI-26-775: GStreamer rtpL16depay Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GStreamer. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the…
ZDI-26-774: NoMachine Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NoMachine. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.…
ZDI-26-772: Fortinet FortiSandbox Admin Profile Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Fortinet FortiSandbox. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 4.9. The…
ZDI-26-771: Fortinet FortiSandbox login_user_profile Hard-Coded Credentials Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Fortinet FortiSandbox. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.3. The following…
Unit 42 Uncovers PEERSTITCH, a Stealthy FortiGate Implant
We investigated an intrusion where attackers exploited CVE-2024-47575 to target 500+ firewalls and deploy PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident ARM64 malware. The post Unit 42 Uncovers PEERSTITCH, a Stealthy FortiGate Implant appeared first on…
Unauthenticated SQL Injection In Channel Software WebAlliance eCommerce
Overview While performing continuous red teaming exercises through Rapid7’s Vector Command service, Rapid7 discovered CVE-2026-108065 , an SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in Channel Software WebAlliance eCommerce.The exploit allows a…
TruConfidence: Why Your Patch Automation Can Finally Be Autonomous
TruConfidence: The AI-Powered Remediation Intelligence & Orchestration engine powering TruRisk Eliminate 2.0 delivers autonomous remediation at scale with proof at every step. Executive Summary Vulnerabilities are now discovered faster…
Security Alert: Microsoft Releases October 2026 Security Updates
Also covered by Qualys Blog
CVE-2026-105134 added to CISA KEV — Ahsay AhsayCBS
Ahsay AhsayCBS contains a command injection vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute operating system commands via manipulation of the random parameter in the Replication Receiver component’s…
CVE-2026-0322 added to CISA KEV — Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains a code injection vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker with network access to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.
Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws
Microsoft today issued updates to fix more than 1,400 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Today's epic patch batch dwarfs September's record of nearly 1,000 fixes, which was already about ten times…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2026 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Microsoft has released its monthly security update for October 2026, which includes 1415 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 85 that Microsoft marked as "critical."
Also covered by CrowdStrike
Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-104935)
Overview On October 13, 2026, Ivanti published a security advisory for CVE-2026-104935 , a high-severity authentication bypass by spoofing ( CWE-290 ) affecting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS). The vulnerability has a CVSSv3.0 score of 8.6 and…
When LLM Gateways Go Wrong: Findings from LiteLLM
TL;DR; Our security assessment of LiteLLM (v1.77.7), a widely used open-source LLM gateway, uncovered multiple high-impact vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2026-35029, CVE-2026-59823) which have been resolved as of LiteLLM version 1.83.9.…
Swann Communications SWIFI-SE2KIC
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to view video information without authentication. The following versions of Swann Communications SWIFI-SE2KIC are affected: SWIFI-SE2KIC firmware…
Inductive Automation Ignition Software
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated low-level user to escalate their privileges to a higher level. The following versions of Inductive Automation Ignition Software are affected:…
CVE-2026-96951 added to CISA KEV — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Shell contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Wordfence Argus Discovers Critical Vulnerability in Ghostscript, the Program That Turns Uploaded PDFs into Thumbnails on Your Server
On September 8, 2026, Artifex released Ghostscript 10.08.0, closing a critical heap buffer overflow that the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, using Wordfence Argus, discovered and reported sixteen days earlier. It is tracked as…
Exploitability Needs Runtime Evidence: Understanding Runtime Vulnerability Reachability for Containers
Key Takeaways Qualys Runtime Vulnerability Reachability for Containers brings runtime evidence directly into vulnerability prioritization. Package presence in a container image does not mean the vulnerable software is actually part of the…
2026-016: Critical Vulnerability in GitLab CE and EE
On 12 October 2026, GitLab released versions 19.4.2, 19.3.4 and 19.2.8 of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), fixing 24 security issues among which a critical vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated…
Satel Netco Design
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in a user's browser, consume excessive system resources, enumerate files, create or modify files, and potentially…
Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian
View CSAF Summary The following versions of Grid Protection Alliance openPDC and openHistorian are affected: openPDC <2.9.477, <2.9.482 (CVE-2026-104629, CVE-2026-100730, CVE-2026-105281, CVE-2026-85479, CVE-2026-101022) openPDC (Docker…
Red Lion Controls N-Tron 700 Series (Update A)
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a malicious user to access the device and gain administrative access. This access would allow the user to view, edit, and upload configuration files. Further, a…
Configuring your AI vulnerability harness, Part 2: The steering file
This post shows you how to configure an AI model to perform structured, evidence-based vulnerability triage with the consistency of a seasoned security analyst. You’ll learn the design decisions behind five configuration sections that…
Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, and Foxit vulnerabilities
Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Adobe, Apple, Foxit Reader, and Microsoft. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, in…
3 lessons from frontier AI vulnerability research
Read how How Microsoft Security's FORGE Lab is scaling vulnerability research from Windows to the Linux kernel. The post 3 lessons from frontier AI vulnerability research appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .
2026-015: Critical Vulnerability in Multiple Atlassian Products
On 5 October 2026, Atlassian published a security advisory addressing a critical arbitrary file access vulnerability. It affects Bitbucket Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Jira Software Data Center,…
CISO perspectives on managing vulnerability risks in the age of AI
Learn how CISOs can mitigate cybersecurity risks and increase resilience in the age of AI-powered vulnerability management. The post CISO perspectives on managing vulnerability risks in the age of AI appeared first on Microsoft Security…
How to fix a bug in a fix
Project Zero often works with software vendors to remediate the vulnerabilities we report and provide broader guidance on making software more secure. Some vendors express concern about potential scenarios in which they are unable to fix…
Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — September 2026
If you operate a website, you’re already aware that a single unpatched vulnerability can render your site inaccessible, compromise your reputation, or necessitate extensive remediation following an attack. Most security breaches we observe…
Also covered by US-CERT Bulletins
Threat Brief: NetScaler Zero Days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 Exploited in the Wild (Updated September 30)
Unit 42 is aware of possible 0-day activity against NetScaler devices. Citrix reports CVE-2026-88771, CVE-2026-88772 have been exploited in the wild. The post Threat Brief: NetScaler Zero Days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 Exploited in…
How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent
A look at the targeted AI taskflows behind these findings, the critical Android bugs they uncovered, and how to run the same open-source agent on your own app. The post How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI…
Swarming Against Citrix 0-Day Exploitation
On 24 September 2026, a malicious cyber actor (MCA) used 149.104.78.141 to attempt zero-day exploitation against a Citrix NetScaler Gateway. At the time, there were no CVE-specific detections for the attack due to it occurring…
2026-014: Critical Vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway
On 27 September 2026, Citrix published a security bulletin addressing 8 vulnerabilities affecting customer-managed Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway, among which 2 critical unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)…
Also covered by Cloudflare Security, Tenable Blog
2026-013: Critical Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP APM
On 22 September 2026, F5 published an advisory addressing a critical vulnerability affecting its BIG-IP APM product. The vendor confirmed active exploitation in the wild. CERT-EU recommends taking appropriate actions as soon as possible.
Windows Exploitation Techniques: Dangling COM Object Registrations
This short blog post is about abusing a privilege escalation bug that Microsoft recently fixed in Windows, CVE-2026-66804, that I and 14 others reported. This issue is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50343, a bug dubbed “Dark Elevator” by…
NightEagle targets Russian companies
Kaspersky GERT experts have uncovered a new campaign by the NightEagle APT, featuring the GhostContainer backdoor and tools hosted on GitHub. The group is also exploiting vulnerabilities in Active Directory and RDP.
Also covered by Citizen Lab
2026-012: Critical Vulnerabilities in Check Point Products
On 9 September 2026, Check Point released emergency security updates addressing two critical vulnerabilities affecting Check Point Security Gateway, Security Management Server, and Spark Firewall deployments configured to use Remote Access…
2026-011: Critical Vulnerabilities in SAP Kernel and NetWeaver Message Server
On 8 September 2026, as part of its September Security Patch Day, SAP released Security Notes addressing two critical vulnerabilities affecting a broad range of SAP products[3]. The most severe, CVE-2026-44756 (CVSS 10.0), is a memory…
Security Alert: Alert Regarding Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB26-141)
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 31, 2026
High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor -- Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 1Hive--gardens-v2 Gardens v2 is a modular governance framework that enables communities to create and manage multiple governance pools with…
The Illusion of a Lock – How AI is changing the speed and scale of hands-on WordPress vulnerability research.
2026: the year the tools learned to hack In May 2026, OpenAI began testing an internal research model against a cybersecurity benchmark called ExploitGym. While the test environment was not supposed to have access to the open internet,…
Volume Is Not Risk: Making Sense of the 'Vulnpocalypse'
A briefing for security leaders on separating vulnerability disclosure volume from exploitable risk in 2026.
From Langflow to Monero: Inside CVE-2026-33017 Cryptominer
We tracked a cryptocurrency-mining campaign exploiting CVE-2026-33017, which revealed how threat actors are now scanning exposed AI application infrastructure for their next foothold.
PeopleSoft PeopleTools Pre-Authentication RCE: A PSIGW SSRF Chain That Executes Inside the JVM
A pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) chain in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools abuses the Integration Broker's PSIGW gateway to execute code inside the application server's Java virtual machine (JVM), evading behavioral and…
A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10: When a Door Closes, a Window Opens
We recently published an exploit chain for the Google Pixel 9 that demonstrated it was possible to go from a zero-click context to root on Android in just two exploits. The Dolby 0-click vulnerability existed across all of Android, until…
Flash Alert: EtherRat and TukTuk C2 End in The Gentleman Ransomware
The EtherRAT malware family was first reported by Sysdig back in December 2025. At that time, the initial access vector was exploitation of CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) targeting Linux servers. In March 2026, a Windows variant campaign was…
Apache ActiveMQ Exploit Leads to LockBit Ransomware
Key Takeaways An audio version of this report can be found on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Audible, & Amazon. This intrusion began in mid-February 2024 after a threat actor exploited a vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604) on an exposed Apache…
Breaking the Sound Barrier, Part II: Exploiting CVE-2024-54529
In the first part of this series, I detailed my journey into macOS security research, which led to the discovery of a type confusion vulnerability (CVE-2024-54529) and a double-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-31235) in the coreaudiod system…
CVE-2025-55182 Exploitation Hits the Smart Home
Shortly after details of CVE-2025-55182 became public, we began noticing large volumes of exploitation attempts across our endpoint and network sensors. The vulnerability, informally referred to as React2Shell, affects Node.js applications…
From a Single Click: How Lunar Spider Enabled a Near Two-Month Intrusion
Key Takeaways Private Threat Briefs: 20+ private DFIR reports annually. Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Table of Contents: Case Summary Analysts Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential…
Blurring the Lines: Intrusion Shows Connection With Three Major Ransomware Gangs
Key Takeaways Private Threat Briefs: 20+ private DFIR reports annually. Contact us today for pricing or a demo! Table of Contents: Case Summary Analysts Initial Access Execution Persistence Privilege Escalation Defense Evasion Credential…
Hidden Links: Analyzing Secret Families of VPN Apps
In this paper co-authored by the Citizen Lab’s Jeffrey Knockel, researchers investigate the secret relationships between VPN operators and the vulnerabilities these VPNs share. The authors warn that the obfuscation of these relationships…