Tag: flaw
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Cisco SD-WAN Security Flaw Actively Exploited for Root-Level Command Execution
Cisco has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that is actively being exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges on affected systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20245, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and is caused by improper input validation (CWE-116) within the command-line interface of…
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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
Microsoft has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities in its Edge browser, all discovered during the Pwn2Own competition and reported by security researcher Orange Tsai of DEVCORE Research Team. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-45492, CVE-2026-45494, and CVE-2026-45495, were publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, with patches already issued by Microsoft. Overview of the Vulnerability CVE-2026-45492 Origin […]…
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Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code
Microsoft has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities in its Edge browser, all discovered during the Pwn2Own competition and reported by security researcher Orange Tsai of DEVCORE Research Team. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-45492, CVE-2026-45494, and CVE-2026-45495, were publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, with patches already issued by Microsoft. Overview of the Vulnerability CVE-2026-45492 Origin […]…
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VECT 2.0 Ransomware Breaks Files Beyond Its Own Recovery
VECT 2.0 ransomware can leave victims with files that even the attacker’s own decryptor cannot reliably restore. While researchers previously exposed a cross-platform design flaw that discards nonces for earlier parts of large files, our Windows-focused analysis shows additional implementation errors that create more recovery gaps. These errors can leave files renamed, partially encrypted, inconsistently…
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New GitHub Zero-Day Exposed Developer Tokens to Attackers
A github.dev flaw could let attackers steal GitHub OAuth tokens through a one-click attack, exposing private repositories and codebases. The post New GitHub Zero-Day Exposed Developer Tokens to Attackers appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-github-dev-vscode-webview-oauth-token-vulnerability/
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Breach Roundup: Microsoft Tries to Mend Researcher Bridges
Also: Gas Station Monitoring Systems Under Attack, Spanish Teen Doxer Arrested. This week, more happened than fits here: Microsoft tried to make nice with researchers, gas tank gauges under attack in the United States, fake FIFA websites are everywhere. Russia cried cyberespionage, Spanish police arrested a teenaged doxer, a Oracle Weblogic flaw was actively exploited.…
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Breach Roundup: Microsoft Tried to Mend Researcher Bridges
Also: Gas Station Monitoring Systems Under Attack, Spanish Teen Doxer Arrested. This week, more happened than fits here: Microsoft tried to make nice with researchers, gas tank gauges under attack in the United States, fake FIFA websites are everywhere. Russia cried cyberespionage, Spanish police arrested a teenaged doxer, a Oracle Weblogic flaw was actively exploited.…
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Cisco Patches CVE-2026-20230 in Unified CM as Exploit Code Goes Public
Cisco has patched a bug in Unified Communications Manager that lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network write files to the box and, from there, climb to root.It is tracked as CVE-2026-20230, and proof-of-concept exploit code is already public. Cisco’s PSIRT says it has not seen the flaw used in attacks yet. The PoC shortens…
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U.S. CISA adds Mirasvit Full Page Cache Warmer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Mirasvit Full Page Cache Warmer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Mirasvit Full Page Cache Warmer flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-45247 (CVSS ver 4.0 score of 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The CVE-2026-45247 flaw is a…
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Microsoft 365 Android Apps Had a Token Flaw IT Teams Should Check Now
A debug flag left active in six Microsoft 365 Android apps allowed another installed app on the same device to request account tokens without user interaction. The post Microsoft 365 Android Apps Had a Token Flaw IT Teams Should Check Now appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-365-android-token-flaw/
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Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users
SafeBreach found a now-fixed Gemini Android flaw that let malicious WhatsApp and Slack alerts manipulate AI responses and tools. The post Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-whatsapp-slack-alerts-could-manipulate-gemini-android/
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Everest Forms Pro Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution on WordPress Sites
Critical Everest Forms Pro RCE flaw exploited to create rogue WordPress admin accounts First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/everest-forms-pro-rce-actively/
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Claude Code GitHub Action Flaw Let One Malicious Issue Hijack Repositories
A security researcher found a flaw in Anthropic’s Claude Code GitHub Action that let an attacker take over vulnerable public repositories running it, with nothing more than a single opened GitHub issue. Because Anthropic’s own action repo used the same workflow, a working attack could have pushed malicious code into the action itself and onto…
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Critical Cisco Unified CM Bug Patched as Public Exploit Code Emerges
Cisco patched a critical Unified CM flaw with public PoC code that allows unauthenticated attackers to launch SSRF attacks remotely. Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, affecting Unified CM and Unified CM SME. The flaw, caused by improper validation of certain HTTP requests, allows a remote attacker without authentication to perform server-side…
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Comodo Internet Security 0-Day Flaw Triggers Windows System Crashes
A remotely exploitable zero-day vulnerability in Comodo Internet Security’s kernel-level firewall driver allows attackers to crash Windows systems with a single IPv6 packet, and the vendor has yet to respond. Security researcher Marcus Hutchins publicly disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in Comodo Internet Security on June 3, 2026, after multiple attempts to reach the vendor…
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Gamaredon Uses WinRAR Vulnerability to Launch Modular Spy Campaign on Ukrainian Targets
Gamaredon exploits a WinRAR flaw to drop modular, nearly fileless malware on Ukrainian targets, hiding payloads in Windows streams and resolving C2s via Telegram. Sekoia’s Threat Detection & Research team dropped a YARA rule in late December 2025 to hunt for new initial access vectors, and by January 2026 it had already generated a dozen…
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Gamaredon Uses WinRAR Vulnerability to Launch Modular Spy Campaign on Ukrainian Targets
Gamaredon exploits a WinRAR flaw to drop modular, nearly fileless malware on Ukrainian targets, hiding payloads in Windows streams and resolving C2s via Telegram. Sekoia’s Threat Detection & Research team dropped a YARA rule in late December 2025 to hunt for new initial access vectors, and by January 2026 it had already generated a dozen…
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Cisco warns of critical Unified CM flaw with PoC exploit code
Cisco has released security updates to patch a critical-severity Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) flaw that allows attackers to gain root privileges. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-critical-unified-cm-flaw-with-poc-exploit-code/
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CISA Adds Exploited Magento RCE Flaw CVE-2026-45247 to KEV Catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical flaw impacting Mirasvit Cache Warmer, a popular Magento full-page cache extension, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45247 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a case of deserialization of untrusted First seen…
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Acer Confirms Patch in Progress for Wave 7 Router 0-Day Flaw
Acer has confirmed that it is actively developing a firmware patch to address critical zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its Wave 7 routers, following responsible disclosure by an independent security researcher. According to an official advisory published on June 2, 2026, the vulnerabilities impact Acer Wave 7 devices running firmware version T7c_GBL_1.01.000055 or earlier. The flaws expose…
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Hackers Exploit Google Gemini Flaw Using Malicious Messages from WhatsApp, Slack, and SMS
Hackers are exploiting a newly discovered flaw in Google’s Gemini voice assistant by sending malicious messages via popular platforms such as WhatsApp, Slack, Signal, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS. The vulnerability, uncovered by SafeBreach Labs, shows how attackers can secretly inject instructions into Gemini’s conversation context via instant message notifications. This lets them manipulate the assistant…
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CISA adds Android and Linux kernel flaws to exploited vulnerabilities catalog
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cisa-adds-android-and-linux-kernel-flaws-to-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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First month of Mythos Preview testing exposes 10K flaws
Anthropic’s Mythos Preview exposed 10,000-plus security flaws at tech giants in one month, revealing both opportunities and risks for the future of cybersecurity. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366643606/First-month-of-Mythos-Preview-testing-exposes-10K-flaws
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First month of Mythos Preview testing exposes 10K flaws
Anthropic’s Mythos Preview exposed 10,000-plus security flaws at tech giants in one month, revealing both opportunities and risks for the future of cybersecurity. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366643606/First-month-of-Mythos-Preview-testing-exposes-10K-flaws
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Smashing Security podcast #470: This AI security flaw might be impossible to fix
A website called “UK visa portal” has been quietly collecting passport scans, selfies, and personal data from thousands of travellers who thought they were applying through official channels. They weren’t. And when a journalist tried to warn the company, it was lawyers who responded. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-470/
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CISA Flags 2-Year-Old Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability as Actively Exploited
CISA added Oracle WebLogic flaw CVE-2024-21182 to its KEV catalog, giving federal agencies until June 4 to patch exposed servers. The post CISA Flags 2-Year-Old Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability as Actively Exploited appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cisa-oracle-weblogic-vulnerability-exploited/
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Autonomous AI Tool Finds 2-Year-Old RCE Flaw in Redis (CVE-2026-23479)
Redis has patched a use-after-free in its blocking-client code that lets an authenticated user run arbitrary OS commands on the machine hosting the database. The flaw was found by an autonomous AI tool built to hunt bugs in large codebases.Tracked as CVE-2026-23479, the flaw was introduced in Redis 7.2.0 and remained in every stable branch…
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Gentlemen Ransomware Exploits Fortinet Flaws, AI, and Custom C2 Tools
A newly analyzed leak tied to The Gentlemen ransomware group reveals how modern ransomware operations are evolving in structure and tooling while relying on the same proven intrusion techniques seen over the past four years. The leak also highlights operator continuity across major ransomware brands. A threat actor known as “Tinker” appears across Conti (2022),…
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WordPress Plugin Flaw Opens Door to Privilege Escalation Attacks Across 500,000+ Sites
A critical security flaw in the Kirki Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer WordPress plugin is exposing sites to account takeover and privilege escalation attacks, with roughly 150,000 estimated to be running vulnerable versions introduced in the 6.0 release. Tracked as CVE-2026-8206 and rated 9.8 (Critical), the bug affects Kirki versions 6.0.0 through […]…
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Critical Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Security Header Injection Attacks
Apache ActiveMQ users are being urged to apply immediate patches following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-42253, that enables HTTP response header injection via improperly handled JMS message properties. The flaw affects both Apache ActiveMQ and ActiveMQ Web components. It has been rated with “important” severity by the Apache Software Foundation. CVE-2026-42253: HTTP Response…