Tag: remote-code-execution
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GitLab Users Urged to Patch After Research Reveals Critical RCE Chain
Researchers chained two Oj parser bugs to achieve GitLab RCE via Jupyter notebook diffs, affecting authenticated users on unpatched versions. Depthfirst researchers published a working remote code execution exploit for GitLab on July 24, chaining two memory corruption bugs in Oj, a Ruby JSON parser with a native C implementation, into full command execution inside…
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vBulletin Pre-Auth RCE Flaw Allows Remote PHP Code Execution
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in vBulletin, tracked as CVE-2026-61511, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on vulnerable forum servers. This issue affects vBulletin versions 6.2.1 and earlier, as well as 6.1.6 and earlier, according to a July 27, 2026, disclosure from SSD Secure Disclosure. If exploited successfully, this vulnerability…
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Two Old Oj Flaws Chained to Trigger GitLab Remote Code Execution
A newly disclosed GitLab vulnerability has revealed how two long-standing memory-safety flaws in the widely used Ruby JSON parsing library, Oj, can be combined to achieve remote code execution on default GitLab installations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/gitlab-vulnerability-oj-parser-rce/
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GitLab RCE Flaws Allow Attackers to Execute Commands via Malicious Jupyter Notebooks
A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability chain in GitLab’s Jupyter Notebook diff renderer. This issue is rooted in two long-standing memory safety vulnerabilities within the Oj Ruby JSON parser. The vulnerabilities impact both GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition releases from version 15.2.0 through 19.0.1. They allow an authenticated project member to execute commands…
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Week in review: ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild, Hugging Face breached
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: AI agents are still logging in as humans Most large companies run more than … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/26/week-in-review-servicenow-pre-auth-rce-exploited-in-the-wild-hugging-face-breached/
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Fastjson 1.x RCE Vulnerability Targeted in Attacks With No Patched Available
Security firms ThreatBook and Imperva say attackers are targeting a critical flaw in Fastjson, Alibaba’s JSON library for Java. In affected Spring Boot applications, a malicious JSON request can execute code without authentication, with the privileges of the Java process.Tracked as CVE-2026-16723, the vulnerability carries an Alibaba-assigned CVSS score of 9.0. The confirmed chain requires…
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Cl0p Affiliates Target Internet-Exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM with Unauthenticated RCE
Tags: authentication, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, extortion, flaw, Internet, login, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, threatThreat actors linked to the Cl0p (aka Chubby Scorpius, FIN11, Graceful Spider, and Lace Tempest) ransomware campaign are exploiting flaws in internet-exposed PTC Windmill and FlexPLM deployments as part of a new data extortion campaign.”Attackers chain a pre-authentication information disclosure in the FlexPLM WSDL endpoint with a server-side flaw in the Windchill login servlet, enabling…
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Researcher Publishes GitLab RCE PoC Letting Authenticated Users Run Commands as Git
Security researcher Yuhang Wu at depthfirst has published a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that executes commands as git on an unpatched self-managed GitLab 18.11.3 server.An ordinary authenticated user triggers it by committing two crafted Jupyter notebooks and requesting their diff. The chain needs no administrator rights, continuous integration (CI) runner access, victim interaction First seen…
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Cl0p Targets Internet-Exposed Windchill Servers in Global Engineering Data-Theft Campaign
Cl0p ransomware affiliates are actively exploiting internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM deployments in a global data-theft campaign targeting high-value engineering environments. Observed post-exploitation activity includes filesystem enumeration via files such as “flst.txt,” followed by staging and exfiltration of sensitive engineering and product design data. This chaining enables unauthenticated remote code execution, allowing attackers to deploy…
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Apache Syncope Flaws Let Users Gain Admin Roles and Execute Remote Code
Tags: apache, authentication, cve, cyber, flaw, injection, remote-code-execution, service, sql, vulnerabilityApache Syncope has released versions 4.1.24.1, 4.1.24.1.2, and 4.0.74.0.7 to address six security vulnerabilities affecting the 4.1, 4.0, and 3.0 release branches. These vulnerabilities include a self-service privilege escalation bug, multiple post-authentication remote code execution (RCE) pathways, authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF), and SQL injection issues. Apache Syncope Flaws CVE-2026-62183 affects deployments that utilize the…
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Kimi K3 Agents Found Redis Zero-Days and Built RCE Exploit, Researchers Say
Redis shipped seven security releases on July 23 after researchers published authenticated RCE PoCs for stock Redis 6.2.22, 7.4.9, 8.6.4, and 8.8.0.All four chains require RESTORE. The Streams chains also need EVAL and XGROUP; the 8.8.0 chain needs EVAL and the bundled RedisBloom module. Redis says the underlying memory flaws may lead to remote code…
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New Kimi K3 AI Agent Uncovers Redis Remote Code Execution Flaws in Just 27 Minutes
Moonshot AI’s newly unveiled Kimi K3 model is attracting considerable attention in the cybersecurity community after successfully demonstrating its ability to autonomously identify critical vulnerabilities in Redis within minutes. This 2.8-trillion-parameter AI agent reportedly discovered multiple remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities across various Redis versions, specifically 6.2.22, 7.4.9, 8.6.4, and 8.8.0. This highlights the increasing…
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Critical FreePBX Flaws Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code and Take Over Administrator Accounts
Critical security vulnerabilities in FreePBX have been disclosed, exposing organizations to risks of unauthenticated remote code execution and the takeover of administrator accounts. These flaws, tracked under GitHub advisories GHSA-37j8-fhxx-9vhp and GHSA-g27h-xf3q-h3rm, affect FreePBX versions 16 and 17, carrying a CVSS v4 base score of 9.3, which highlights their severity. Security researchers warn that these…
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Another SharePoint RCE exploited: Patch, then rotate your machine keys (CVE-2026-50522)
Attackers are exploiting a critical SharePoint remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-50522) to extract the servers’ IIS machine keys. >>WatchTowr is … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/22/sharepoint-cve-2026-50522-exploited/
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CISA orders urgent action on actively exploited Langflow RCE flaw
Tags: ai, cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, framework, government, infrastructure, rce, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday ordered U.S. government agencies to prioritize patching an actively exploited vulnerability in the Langflow visual framework for building AI agents. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-actively-exploited-langflow-rce-flaw/
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SolarWinds Serv-U Update Fixes 15 Critical Vulnerabilities Enabling Remote Code Execution as Root
SolarWinds has released Serv-U 2026.3, which includes fixes for a cluster of 9.1 CVSS critical vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation up to root on Unix-like systems. This update significantly strengthens the managed file transfer (MFT) and FTP server platform against potential takeovers. While Windows instances are rated as having a…
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Public PoC triggers active exploitation of critical SharePoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-50522
Critical SharePoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-50522 is under active exploitation after the release of a PoC exploit code. A critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50522 (CVSS score of 9.8), is being actively exploited following the release of a public proof-of-concept (PoC) code, according to watchTowr researchers. Patched in Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday, the deserialization…
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Critical SharePoint RCE flaw exploited to steal machine keys
Hackers are actively exploiting the critical CVE-2026-50522 vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to steal machine keys and maintain access even after affected servers are patched. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-sharepoint-rce-flaw-exploited-to-steal-machine-keys/
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Hackers Exploit ServiceNow AI Platform Flaw to Gain Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Tags: advisory, ai, authentication, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, hacker, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2026-6875, a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This vulnerability allows attackers to escape a restricted server-side script sandbox and execute code without valid credentials. Reports from Defused indicate observed exploitation activity targeting this flaw. Initially, ServiceNow’s advisory stated it was not aware of any…
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WordPress wp2shell Exploitation Grows as Public Exploit Fuels Mass Scanning
Attackers have begun to exploit two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress that, when combined together, enable unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and complete compromise of vulnerable websites.The two security flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137, have been codenamed wp2shell.”By the early hours of Saturday morning (UTC), successful exploitation was already well First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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New ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Model Files in Langflow RCE Attack
Researchers at Sysdig have linked a second attack on the same Langflow server to JADEPUFFER, the AI-agent-driven operator it first documented earlier this month.The same operator has now been spotted deploying ENCFORGE, a new compiled Go ransomware designed to encrypt model weights, vector indexes, training datasets, and other AI infrastructure files across the host filesystem.The…
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Attackers Exploit Critical ServiceNow RCE Flaw CVE-2026-6875
Attackers are exploiting critical ServiceNow flaw CVE-2026-6875, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on self-hosted instances. Searchlight Cyber researchers disclosed a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6875, in the ServiceNow AI Platform on July 14. The same day, ServiceNow released patches for self-hosted instances. Since July 17, attackers have started exploiting it in…
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WordPress Remote Code Execution Flaws Get Public Exploits
PoCs are now available for the two WordPress vulnerabilities that power the wp2shell RCE attack chain. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/wordpress-remote-code-execution-flaws-get-public-exploits/
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ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-6875)
Tags: ai, authentication, cve, exploit, intelligence, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityAttackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-6875, a critical pre-authentication vulnerability in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence firm Defused. About … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/servicenow-cve-2026-6875-exploited/
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GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Discovers WordPress Pre-Auth SQL Injection Leading to RCE
Tags: authentication, cyber, exploit, flaw, injection, rce, remote-code-execution, sql, vulnerability, wordpressA critical vulnerability chain in WordPress, called wp2shell, that allegedly allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit a pre-authentication SQL injection flaw to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on typical WordPress installations running MySQL. Security researcher Adam Kues discovered this vulnerability chain using GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra during a multi-agent audit of the WordPress source code. GPT-5.6 Sol…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: WordPress RCE, SonicWall 0-Days, AI Service Attacks, SharePoint 0-Day and More
Tags: ai, attack, breach, data-breach, malware, rce, remote-code-execution, service, wordpress, zero-dayA single request should not be able to do this much. But this week, small inputs led to code execution, memory loss, stolen keys, and disabled security tools.The paths were often simple: exposed systems, weak checks, old drivers, fake prompts, and public code used for malware delivery. Some bugs were new. Others were already being…
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Critical 7-Zip Flaw Allows Code Execution by Opening Crafted XZ-Compressed Files. Update it now!
7-Zip fixed a vulnerability that could let attackers run code by tricking users into opening malicious XZ-compressed archive files. 7-Zip released version 26.02 to address a remote code execution vulnerability in its handling of XZ-compressed data. The flaw, discovered by researcher Landon Peng, can be triggered through a specially crafted archive. If a user opens…
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CVE-2026-42533: Critical NGINX Bug Could Turn HTTP Requests Into Server Takeovers
F5 fixes critical nginx flaw CVE-2026-42533 that can crash servers and, in some cases, allow remote code execution through crafted HTTP requests. F5 released patches for a critical nginx vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42533 (CVSS score of 9.2), that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a heap buffer overflow using specially crafted HTTP requests. >>heap…
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One Malicious Web Request Can Turn an Exposed SharePoint Server Into a Persistent Backdoor
Tags: advisory, backdoor, cisa, cyber, data-breach, exploit, malicious, microsoft, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed cluster of Microsoft SharePoint Server vulnerabilities is actively being exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to convert a single crafted web request into full remote code execution and long-term persistence across enterprise environments. Security updates released in July 2026, alongside a CISA advisory, confirm that multiple vulnerabilities are already being weaponized against…