Tag: flaw
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 115
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Gray Rabbits and the Tale of a One-Click Backdoor Red Heron exploits Gitea n-day flaw in multinational campaign, exposing new Linux rootkit Malicious Twitch Browser Extension Exposes 30,000 Users’ OAuth Tokens to Russian Bot…
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AI Helps Hackers Hijack OpenAI Staff Accounts Through a Forum
AI helped researchers exploit a Discourse flaw in under 72 hours, hijacking OpenAI staff accounts and exposing the risks of shared SSO. Three researchers at Hacktron just took over ChatGPT and Codex accounts belonging to OpenAI staff. The attack did not rely on phishing techniques or a leaked password. Through an image upload on OpenAI’s…
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Claude Opus 5 Helped Researchers Take Over OpenAI Staff Accounts via Chained Flaws
Three researchers at the security firm Hacktron used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to chain two flaws and take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of several OpenAI employees, then reach an internal OpenAI code repository.The chain began with a bug in the software that runs OpenAI’s public help forum and moved through a weakness in…
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SolarWinds Patches ARM Hard-Coded Key Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated RCE
SolarWinds has released security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Access Rights Manager (ARM) that, if successfully exploited, could lead to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28326, is rated 8.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. The issue affects all versions of Access Rights Manager 2026.2 and prior.”SolarWinds…
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CISA Flags Three Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three security flaws impacting the Linux kernel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-39682 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability in the TLS receive path First…
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Cisco Zero-Day Highlights API Endpoint Authentication Issues
The authentication bypass flaw CVE-2026-76460 impacts Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE) and received a maximum 10 out of 10 CVSS score. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisco-zero-day-api-endpoint-authentication-issues
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Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine.Kernel maintainers have fixed all four over the past few weeks, so a system running an up-to-date kernel is not affected. But the exploit code is now…
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New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install.The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported the flaw, calls the attack chain Click2Shell.…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Hiscox’s SMB Warning, a Nintendo Switch Flaw, and a Record Deepfake Takedown
This weekly roundup covers a stark small-business cyberattack report out of the UK, a hardware flaw exposing Nintendo Switch owners to nearby attackers, the largest known seizure of AI deepfake porn websites, a candid conversation on AI’s role in offensive security, new US legislation targeting elder fraud, and a fresh national threat-intelligence partnership in the…
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Cisco ISE Vulnerability With CVSS 10.0 Score Under Active Attack
Cisco has released a fix for a maximum-severity flaw in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) platform after confirming the bug was already being exploited by attackers. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76460, carries a perfect CVSS score of 10.0 and was patched by Cisco on September 16, 2026. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cisco-ise-cve-2026-76460/
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Gyazo server flaw exploited to steal 23.6 million user records
The Gyazo image-sharing platform has confirmed it suffered a data breach after hackers exploited a server vulnerability that allowed them to steal 23.6 million user records. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gyazo-server-flaw-exploited-to-steal-236-million-user-records/
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Plugin4Shell Lets Repository Owners Swap Pinned Plugin Code Across Four AI Coding Agents
A flaw in four widely used AI coding agents lets someone who controls a plugin’s code repository swap the plugin an agent installs for a malicious one, even when the agent locked that plugin to a specific reviewed version, security firm Air Security said on Thursday.The firm said Anthropic has patched the flaw in Claude…
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CISA Warns Attackers Are Exploiting Acronis Backup Flaw on Linux Servers
CISA added CVE-2026-87886 to its KEV catalog after confirmed exploitation of an Acronis Backup flaw affecting Linux hosting environments. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/news-acronis-backup-flaw-exploited/
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Google Chrome 153 Update Fixes 16 Security Flaws, Including Two Critical Vulnerabilities
Google has released Chrome version 153 to the Stable desktop channel, addressing 16 security vulnerabilities, including two critical-severity flaws affecting the Dawn graphics component and WebGL. This update is rolling out as version 153.0.8010.52 for Windows and macOS. Linux users will receive version 153.0.8010.52 over the coming days and weeks. Google Chrome 153 Update Fixes…
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New Check Point flaw lets hackers execute code with root privileges
Check Point Software has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability that can let attackers execute code with root privileges on management systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/check-point-warns-critical-flaw-lets-hackers-execute-code-as-root/
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Linux Kernel Hit by 4 LPE Flaws Enabling Attackers to Gain Root Shell
Linux administrators are being urged to patch four newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities, collectively known as DirtyAH6, TUNderflow, PPPoEject, and DiagSpill. These vulnerabilities can allow attackers to corrupt kernel memory and gain root-level access on affected systems. The vulnerabilities are tracked under the following CVE identifiers: CVE-2026-80844, CVE-2026-81000, CVE-2026-68121, and CVE-2026-74469. They affect…
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Plugin4Shell Zero-Click RCE Hits Claude Code, Codex, Copilot and Gemini CLI
A newly disclosed vulnerability known as Plugin4Shell reveals a supply chain weakness in major AI coding agents. This flaw allows attackers to replace trusted, SHA-pinned plugins with malicious code, enabling remote code execution without user interaction. Researchers Or Nevo, Dor Granat, and Niv Hoffman have identified that the issue impacts Anthropic Claude Code, OpenAI Codex,…
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Check Point Fixes Critical CVE-2026-91843 Allowing Root Code Execution
Check Point fixed CVE-2026-91843, a critical flaw that could let attackers run code as root on Security Management and Log Servers with no login needed. Check Point addressed CVE-2026-91843 (CVSS score of 9.8), a critical vulnerability in its Security Management and Log Servers. The flaw could let an attacker with no account run code as…
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WordPress 7.1.1 Fixes 11 Security Flaws Including Stored XSS and Path Traversal
WordPress has released version 7.1.1, a maintenance and security update that addresses 11 vulnerabilities affecting core platform components, themes, REST API functionality, comments, XML-RPC, and plugin management. Site administrators are strongly urged to update immediately due to the potential impacts of stored cross-site scripting, authenticated path traversal, authorization bypasses, and information disclosure flaws. This release…
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Steam Windows Vulnerability Lets Users Escalate Privileges to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM
A newly published proof of concept called >>BrokenPipe<< has revealed a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Steam Client Service on Windows systems. According to the project's GitHub repository, this flaw could allow a standard, non-administrative Windows user to make the Steam Client Service launch an executable with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges. The proof of concept…
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Critical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as Root
A critical vulnerability in Check Point’s Security Management and Log Servers could allow an attacker without login credentials to run code as root on those servers over the network.The Security Management Server is the system that controls firewall policy and administrator access. Check Point has released a fix through its LivePatch update channel and says…
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ThreatsDay: Self-Rewriting Agents, 800+ Flaws Patched, Insider SIM Swaps and 22 More New Stories
Attackers keep finding new keys. The funny part is that defenders keep inventing where to store them.This week, those keys sit in AI tools, exposed services, old bugs, weak logins, and software sold like a monthly subscription. Some attacks use new tricks. Others just reuse what was already lying around. Both work often enough.So the…
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Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files
Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere else on the host, Docker warns in a security announcement on September 15.The escape runs with the rights of the host account that runs the virtual machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-77179,…
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Breach Roundup: China Calls for Stronger AI Oversight
Also, Spain’s First AI Agent-Linked Data Breach, NightmareStresser Domains Seized. This week: a call for stronger AI oversight in China, an AI agent-linked breach in Spain, Cisco active exploits, Check Point patched flaws. NightmareStresser seized – again! South Korea data breach fines, AI made BEC attacks worse. An Android Trojan, an exploited Pixel flaw and…
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Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone
Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an advisory on Wednesday.An attacker who controls a malicious zone and queries a vulnerable resolver can trigger it, enabling remote code execution.Unbound 1.26.1, released the same day, fixes the bug, tracked as…
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BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 to fix fourteen security flaws it disclosed on 16 September in BIND 9, its open-source DNS server software. One of them affects any BIND server that answers DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).A sender with no credentials can crash the server process, named, with a single request that…
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Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks
Cisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under active exploitation.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76460 (CVSS score: 10.0), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication.”This vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication control on an API endpoint,” Cisco said. “An attacker First seen on thehackernews.com…
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BIND 9.20.29 Fixes 14 Security Flaws Enabling DNSSEC Bypass and DenialService Attacks
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released BIND 9.20.29, which addresses 14 security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could enable remote attackers to bypass DNSSEC protections, poison resolver caches, exhaust CPU or memory resources, and crash the named service. This update is particularly important for organizations that operate recursive, DNSSEC-validating resolvers, as they are primarily exposed to…