Tag: flaw
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The First AI-Crafted Zero-Day Was Easy to Spot. The Next One May Not Be
Google reported the first confirmed AI-assisted zero-day exploit, raising new concerns about logic flaws, supply chain risk, and containment. The post The First AI-Crafted Zero-Day Was Easy to Spot. The Next One May Not Be appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-google-ai-crafted-zero-day-exploit/
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VMware Fusion Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Gain Root Privileges
A newly disclosed vulnerability in VMware Fusion has raised serious security concerns after researchers confirmed it could allow attackers to escalate privileges to root on affected systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-41702, has been rated high severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, highlighting its potential impact in real-world environments. VMware Fusion Flaw Broadcom, which…
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Cisco warns of an actively exploited SD-WAN flaw with max severity
Tags: access, advisory, cisco, cloud, control, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data-breach, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, malicious, mitigation, network, service, software, update, vulnerabilityroot user account,” Cisco said. “Using this account, the attacker could access NETCONF, which would then allow the attacker to manipulate network configuration for the SD-WAN fabric.”The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, received a max-severity rating of CVSS 10.0. The company said that the issue is configuration-independent, meaning vulnerable systems remain exposed regardless of deployment-specific settings.Cisco…
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PraisonAI Vulnerability Actively Exploited Within Hours of Being Made Public
A high-severity vulnerability in PraisonAI is drawing urgent attention after security researchers observed exploitation attempts within hours of public disclosure. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-44338 and documented in the GitHub advisory GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj, exposes a critical authentication bypass in the platform’s legacy API server, potentially allowing attackers to execute AI workflows without credentials. PraisonAI Vulnerability The…
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Microsoft Reports Severe Zero-Day Flaw in On-Prem Exchange Servers
The zero-day vulnerability affects on-premises installations for all versions of Exchange Server 2016, 2019 and Subscription Edition First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-zeroday-exchange-servers/
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Fragnesia Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Privilege Escalation
Security researchers have disclosed a newly identified local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, dubbed “Fragnesia,” which belongs to the broader Dirty Frag family of flaws. The issue, officially tracked as CVE-2026-46300, affects the Linux Kernel’s XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and allows unprivileged local attackers to escalate privileges to root by corrupting page-cache memory. First seen on…
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Microsoft warns of Exchange zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
On Thursday, Microsoft shared mitigations for a high-severity Exchange Server vulnerability exploited in attacks that allow threat actors to execute arbitrary code via cross-site scripting (XSS) while targeting Outlook on the web users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-warns-of-exchange-zero-day-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver Flaws Expose Systems to RCE Attacks
Amazon Redshift users are facing a serious security risk after researchers uncovered a high-severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-8178, affects the widely used Amazon Redshift JDBC Driver and raises concerns for organizations that rely on Java-based database connectivity. Redshift JDBC Driver Flaws The…
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Multiple cPanel Vulnerabilities Could Lead to Sensitive Resource Exposure
Multiple newly disclosed vulnerabilities in cPanel & WHM, including the critical CVE”‘2026″‘41940 authentication bypass bug and a cluster of May 2026 flaws, could allow attackers to access sensitive resources and hosting accounts if servers remain unpatched. Organizations running Internet”‘facing cPanel instances are urged to update immediately, as at least one of the issues is already…
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Google Patches 79 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities, 14 Rated Critical
Google has rolled out a major Chrome security update, fixing 79 vulnerabilities in the Stable channel, including 14 critical flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash systems. The update, now available as version 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and Mac and 148.0.7778.167 for Linux, is being gradually deployed to users worldwide. The latest…
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Google Patches 79 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities, 14 Rated Critical
Google has rolled out a major Chrome security update, fixing 79 vulnerabilities in the Stable channel, including 14 critical flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash systems. The update, now available as version 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and Mac and 148.0.7778.167 for Linux, is being gradually deployed to users worldwide. The latest…
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Google Patches 79 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities, 14 Rated Critical
Google has rolled out a major Chrome security update, fixing 79 vulnerabilities in the Stable channel, including 14 critical flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash systems. The update, now available as version 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and Mac and 148.0.7778.167 for Linux, is being gradually deployed to users worldwide. The latest…
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Google Patches 79 Chrome Security Vulnerabilities, 14 Rated Critical
Google has rolled out a major Chrome security update, fixing 79 vulnerabilities in the Stable channel, including 14 critical flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash systems. The update, now available as version 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and Mac and 148.0.7778.167 for Linux, is being gradually deployed to users worldwide. The latest…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Flaw Under Active Exploitation for Admin Access
Cisco has disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN platform that is already being exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain administrative control over enterprise networks without authentication. Critical SD-WAN flaw under attack The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and affects Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (vSmart) and…
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Researchers uncover YellowKey and GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days
Researchers disclosed two new Windows zero-days named YellowKey and GreenPlasma affecting BitLocker and the CTFMON framework. A security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse, also called Nightmare-Eclipse, disclosed two new Windows zero-day vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma. The flaws affect BitLocker and the Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). YellowKey could allow attackers to bypass BitLocker protections,…
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Next.js Security Flaw Leaks Cloud Credentials, API Keys, and Admin Interfaces
Next.js, one of the most widely used React frameworks, has been hit by a high-severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to extract sensitive cloud credentials, API keys, and even access internal admin interfaces. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-44578, exposes a critical weakness in how certain server-side deployments handle WebSocket upgrade requests. Next.js Security Flaw The…
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Palo Alto Firewalls Hit by Zero-Day Allowing Arbitrary Code Execution as Root
A devastating zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks firewalls is under active exploitation by suspected state-sponsored hackers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to seize complete control of enterprise security infrastructure. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0300 with a critical CVSS score of 9.3, targets the User-ID Authentication Portal service in PAN-OS software and has been weaponized since at…
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AI agent finds 18-year-old remote code execution flaw in Nginx
Tags: ai, api, application-security, cve, cvss, data, dos, endpoint, exploit, flaw, github, leak, mitigation, network, open-source, remote-code-execution, risk, service, technology, update, vulnerability, wafngx_http_rewrite_module, a component that handles URL rewrites, and impacts Nginx versions from 0.6.27 to 1.30.0. The issue has been given a 9.2 CVSS severity score and was patched in versions 1.31.0 and 1.30.1.The commercial product, Nginx Plus, owned and developed by network and application security firm F5, is also vulnerable, and received patches in versions…
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Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin
Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-auth-bypass-flaw-in-burst-statistics-wordpress-plugin/
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Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin
Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-auth-bypass-flaw-in-burst-statistics-wordpress-plugin/
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Hackers exploit auth bypass flaw in Burst Statistics WordPress plugin
Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-auth-bypass-flaw-in-burst-statistics-wordpress-plugin/
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Cisco warns of new critical SD-WAN flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Cisco is warning that a critical Catalyst SD-WAN Controller authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks that allowed attackers to gain administrative privileges on compromised devices. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-new-critical-sd-wan-flaw-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks/
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, tracked as CVE-2026-20182 (CVSS score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Cisco fixed CVE-2026-20182, a flaw in SD-WAN control…
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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Auth Bypass Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access
Cisco has released updates to address a maximum-severity authentication bypass flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Controller that it said has been exploited in limited attacks.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, carries a CVSS score of 10.0.”A vulnerability in the peering authentication in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly First seen…
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Linux Kernel bug Fragnesia allows local root access attacks
Fragnesia, a new Linux kernel flaw tracked as CVE-2026-46300, could let local attackers gain root access through page cache corruption. Researchers disclosed a new Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability named Fragnesia, tracked as CVE-2026-46300 (CVSS score of 7.8). The flaw affects the XFRM ESP-in-TCP subsystem and could allow local attackers to gain full root access…
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Broadcom releases VMware Fusion security update for root access bug
Broadcom patched a high-severity VMware Fusion flaw, CVE-2026-41702, that could let local attackers gain root privileges. Broadcom released a security update for VMware Fusion to address a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41702, that could allow local attackers to escalate privileges to root on affected systems. The flaw is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability affecting operations…
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18-year-old NGINX vulnerability allows DoS, potential RCE
An 18-year-old flaw in the NGINX open-source web server, discovered using an autonomous scanning system, can be exploited for denial of service and, under certain conditions, remote code execution. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/18-year-old-nginx-vulnerability-allows-dos-potential-rce/
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NGINX Rift: an 18-year-old flaw in the world’s most deployed web server just came to light
Researchers found a critical 18-year-old buffer overflow flaw in NGINX, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 and named NGINX Rift. If you run NGINX, and statistically speaking, there is a very good chance you do, this week brought news worth stopping for. Security researchers at depthfirst disclosed a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in both NGINX Plus and…
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Fragnesia: New Linux kernel LPE bug was spawned by Dirty Frag patch (CVE-2026-46300)
Researchers have found and disclosed yet another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel: CVE-2026-46300, aka >>Fragnesia<<. The flaw is … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/14/fragnesia-cve-2026-46300-linux-lpe-vulnerability/
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New Fragnesia Flaw Hands Linux Local Users Root Access
New Fragnesia kernel flaw lets unprivileged local users escalate to root on Linux systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fragnesia-linux-kernel-lpe-root/