Tag: flaw
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Week in review: Fortibleed campaign’s impact on orgs, Cisco Unified CM flaw exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Encrypted DNS still tells an eavesdropper where to look Encrypted DNS runs … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/28/week-in-review-fortibleed-campaigns-impact-on-orgs-cisco-unified-cm-flaw-exploited/
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2 Linux kernel flaw PoCs published, enabling local privilege escalation
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/2-linux-kernel-flaw-pocs-published-enabling-local-privilege-escalation
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DirtyClone: Fourth Linux Kernel Flaw in Six Weeks Escalates to Root
DirtyClone: a Linux kernel privilege escalation that silently rewrites executables in memory, leaving no disk trace. Patch now. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough on June 25 for CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS score of 8.8), a Linux kernel privilege escalation they call DirtyClone. It’s the fourth vulnerability in the DirtyFrag family, all sharing the same…
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Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Unprivileged Users to Gain Full Root Access
A newly disclosed flaw in the Linux kernel’s traffic-control subsystem, now assigned CVE-2026-46331 and referred to as >>Pedit COW,<< has been found to grant any unprivileged local user full root access on vulnerable systems. Within just 24 hours of the CVE being formally assigned on June 16, 2026, a working proof-of-concept exploit dubbed packet_edit_meme surfaced…
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Linux Kernel DirtyClone Vulnerability Lets Local Attackers Gain Root Privileges
A critical Local Privilege Escalation flaw has been uncovered within the Linux kernel, allowing unprivileged local users to seamlessly gain root access by manipulating the system’s page cache. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2026-43503, represents a severe gap in the XFRM/IPsec subsystem’s packet-processing path that bypasses earlier mitigations. By exploiting this flaw, attackers can execute a…
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Amazon Q Developer Vulnerability Allows Code Execution via Malicious Repositories
A critical security flaw discovered in the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) left developers vulnerable to arbitrary code execution and cloud credential theft. Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 and CVE-2026-12958, these high-severity vulnerabilities highlight significant risks in how AI coding assistants manage trust boundaries. The root cause of this vulnerability lies in…
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CISA sets urgent deadline to fix Cisco flaw exploited in attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cisco, communications, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, update, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is giving federal agencies until Sunday to patch a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server that is being actively exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-sets-urgent-deadline-to-fix-cisco-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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Software, AI companies form alliance to tackle open-source security flaws
The emergence of frontier AI models has increased the speed and capabilities of malicious hackers. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/software-ai-alliance-open-source-security-flaws/823889/
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Amazon Q Developer Flaw Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code via MCP Configs
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer let a malicious repository run commands and steal a developer’s cloud credentials. The path was short: a developer opens the repo, trusts the workspace, and Amazon Q does the rest. Amazon has patched it.Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 (CVSS 8.5), the bug sat in how Amazon’s AI coding assistant handled…
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New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries
A flaw in the Linux kernel’s traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems.CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed “pedit COW,” is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeared within a day of the CVE assignment on June 16. Red Hat rates the…
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CISA Adds Exploited PTC Windchill RCE Flaw to KEV as Web Shell Attacks Continue
Tags: attack, cisa, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, rce, remote-code-execution, software, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting PTC Windchill PDMlink and PTC FlexPLM enterprise Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability in question is First seen on thehackernews.com…
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macOS Flaw Allowed Standard Users to Disable CrowdStrike and Kandji Security Tools
A macOS XPC flaw let regular users disable CrowdStrike and Kandji tools, exposing security gaps that vendors patched after XM Cyber reported the security issue. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/macos-flaw-users-disable-crowdstrike-kandji-security-tools/
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New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets
DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration for this variant.Tracked as CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8), it lets a local user corrupt file-backed memory through a cloned network packet and gain root. The patch…
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco and PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco and PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Cisco and PTC Windchill and FlexPLM flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two flaws added to the catalog are: CVE-2026-12569 is a critical remote…
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Critical open-source projects get a new security framework
Open source software projects are getting a new framework for handling security vulnerabilities as AI shortens the time between flaw discovery and exploitation. The Linux … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/26/akrites-open-source-security-framework/
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FOSSBilling Flaw Lets Admin Attackers Abuse DI Container for SQL Access and RCE
A critical server-side template injection (SSTI) vulnerability in FOSSBilling, tracked as CVE-2026-28496, is exposing instances to potential full database compromise and remote code execution (RCE), with early signs of active exploitation appearing shortly after public disclosure. This flaw is documented under GitHub advisory GHSA-57mv-jm88-66jc and affects all versions up to 0.7.2. It has been patched…
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Secure Code Warrior CEO on surviving the AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’
As enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that code-generating models are still producing critical security flaws First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645144/Secure-Code-Warrior-CEO-on-surviving-the-AI-vulnerability-apocalypse
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Hackers Exploit WinRAR CVE-2025-8088 to Plant Startup Shortcut and Run PowerShell Loader
Hackers have weaponized a WinRAR path-traversal flaw tracked as CVE-2025-8088 to silently plant a Startup shortcut and run a multi-stage PowerShell loader that maps a headerless, reflectively loaded PE in memory. The campaign reuses the Ukrainian reconnaissance-themed lure seen in earlier UAC-0226/GIFTEDCROOK activity but significantly advances operational packaging: instead of relying on a user to…
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CVE-2026-20245 Zero-Day Exploited in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager to Gain Root Access
A newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-20245, has been exploited by a threat actor targeting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. By exploiting a flaw in the platform’s file to upload functionality, the threat actor escalated privileges from a compromised administrative account to root access and used extensive anti-forensic measures to erase evidence of the attack. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Cisco Unified CM Flaws to KEV Catalog
Tags: cisa, cisco, communications, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, risk, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, highlighting active exploitation risks in enterprise communication environments. The newly listed flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, involves a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Cisco Unified CM and Unified…
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In Less Than 24 Hours, Attackers Weaponize Cisco CUCM Flaw
The flaw enables server-side request forgery (SSRF) and escalates privileges to root, impacting Cisco Unified CM and Unified CM SME deployments. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/less-than-24-hours-attackers-weaponize-cisco-cucm-flaw
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Breach Roundup: How Hackers Exploited a Cisco SD-WAN Flaw
Also, Three Ubiquiti Flaws Under Exploitation. This week, Mandiant detailed a Cisco SD-WAN hack as attackers exploited Ubiquiti flaws. London Hydro disclosed a customer data breach, researchers flagged cross-cloud bucket hijacking risks an INC ransomware leak, Texas and Gravity SMTP incidents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/breach-roundup-how-hackers-exploited-cisco-sd-wan-flaw-a-32080
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Patched Samsung KNOX kernel flaw (CVE-2026-20971) detailed
Tags: flawFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/samsung-knox-kernel-flaw-cve-2026-20971-patched-in-january-2026
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20245 Exploited Months Before Disclosure
Hackers exploited Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN flaw CVE-2026-20245 as a zero-day months before disclosure, enabling privileged command execution. Google-owned Mandiant reported that an unknown threat actor exploited Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerability CVE-2026-20245 (CVSS base score of 7.8) as a zero-day at least two months before it was publicly disclosed. The flaw allows an authenticated attacker with…
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ManageEngine AD360 Integrated Products Hit by Account Takeover Vulnerability
ManageEngine has disclosed a critical account takeover vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11374, affecting various integrated products within its AD360 identity and access management suite. The flaw affects ADSelfService Plus, RecoveryManager Plus, M365 Manager Plus, and ADAudit Plus when used with AD360 and via single sign-on (SSO) integration. This vulnerability stems from predictable SSO ticket generation, which…
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Langflow RCE Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Arbitrary Python Code Without Authentication
Tags: ai, authentication, cve, cyber, data-breach, exploit, flaw, framework, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Langflow, tracked as CVE-2026-33017, is being actively exploited in the wild within hours of its disclosure. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary Python code on exposed instances without any authentication. It affects the widely used open-source AI workflow framework designed for building large language model…
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Google Chrome Update Patches 18 Security Flaws, Including Critical WebGL and Autofill Vulnerabilities
Google has released Chrome version 149.0.7827.196/197 for Windows and macOS, and version 149.0.7827.196 for Linux. This update addresses 18 security vulnerabilities, including several critical memory safety flaws in the WebGL and Autofill components. The announcement was made on June 23, 2026, and the update is being rolled out gradually over the coming days and weeks.…
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Attackers Hit Cisco SD-WAN Flaw 2 Months Before Disclosure
Researchers believe rogue peering was used to connect to the victim’s SD-WAN devices to gain admin privileges and root-level access. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-hit-cisco-sd-wan-flaw-2-months-before-disclosure
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20245 Exploited to Gain Root Access
An unknown threat actor exploited a recently disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN as a zero-day at least two months before it was publicly disclosed, according to new findings from Google-owned Mandiant.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20245 (CVSS score: 7.8), allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges First seen…
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Cisco Vulnerability Exploited Months Before Disclosure, Google Warns
A high-severity flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager disclosed in early June was exploited as early as March First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisco-vulnerability-exploited/