Tag: vulnerability
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Researchers trace SonicWall SMA1000 exploitation to late June
Multiple threat actors, including INC ransomware, have targeted vulnerable firewall systems. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/researchers-sonicwall-sma1000-exploitation-june/825654/
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Hackers steal customer data from major hospital software vendor
The breach is another reminder of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to supply-chain attacks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/craneware-health-care-data-breach/825643/
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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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Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber threats they create
AI companies can find vulnerabilities and write patches. But only the government can build the long-term defense strategy America needs. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/why-blocking-ai-models-wont-stop-cyber-threats-op-ed/
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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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Researchers Build WordPress Exploit Using OpenAI’s GPT
A researcher who discovered a critical vulnerability in WordPress has used OpenAI’s latest model to develop an exploit chain First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/researchers-wordpress-exploit/
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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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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…
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New 7-Zip Vulnerability Could Let Crafted XZ Archives Run Code During Extraction
Opening a crafted XZ archive in 7-Zip could let an attacker run code on the machine. The flaw, CVE-2026-14266, is a heap-based buffer overflow in how the archiver processes XZ chunked data, and Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) detailed it on July 15. A fix shipped on June 25 in 7-Zip 26.02.The overflow lets…
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Critical ServiceNow code execution flaw now exploited in attacks
Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-6875) in the ServiceNow AI Platform, according to threat intelligence company Defused. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-servicenow-code-execution-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/
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Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter The 50 Biggest Cybersecurity Stories Microsoft Patch, AI Attack, Exploits Releases, Data Breaches More
Welcome to this week’s edition of the GBHackers cybersecurity newsletter, your weekly cybersecurity bulletin covering the 40 most important stories from July 1317, 2026. What a week: Microsoft shattered records with 570 vulnerabilities patched in a single Patch Tuesday, China-linked hackers weaponized Claude Code and DeepSeek against government networks, GPT-5.6 wrote a complete Chrome […]…
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Kimai Docker Vulnerability Exposes Default APP_SECRET, Enabling Account Takeover
Kimai users who are running the official Docker image are strongly urged to update their installations after a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-52824 and GHSA-jr9p-4h4j-6c58, was discovered. This vulnerability exposes installations to the risk of account takeover due to a publicly known application secret. The flaw affects Kimai versions 2.57.0 and earlier, and it has…
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CVE-2026-42533 Exposes Critical Pre-Auth nginx RCE Flaw
A newly disclosed security flaw, CVE-2026-42533, has revealed a critical Pre-Auth nginx vulnerability that could allow attackers to achieve reliable RCE (remote code execution) without authentication. The issue affects nginx versions 0.9.6 through 1.30.3 (stable) and 1.31.2 (mainline), while patched releases include 1.30.4 and 1.31.3. Affected NGINX Plus versions include R33-R36 (fixed in R36 P7) and 37.0.0.1-37.0.2.1…
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Meet Dusseldorf, Microsoft’s open-source out-of-band security platform
Out-of-band vulnerabilities surface when an application quietly reaches out to an external system during an attack, and capturing that traffic calls for infrastructure that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/microsoft-dusseldorf-out-of-band-application-security-testing-oast-platform/
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PENTDEM AI Pentesting Daemon Uses 34 Security Tools to Automate WAF Bypass and Attack Chains
Tags: ai, attack, bug-bounty, cyber, firewall, LLM, open-source, penetration-testing, tool, vulnerability, wafPENTDEM is an open-source autonomous AI pentesting daemon that integrates 34 security tools with LLM-directed analysis to automate various tasks, including reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, evidence validation, Web Application Firewall (WAF) fingerprinting, and multi-stage attack-path modeling. This Python-based project is designed for authorized security testing and bug-bounty workflows, offering both an autonomous agent mode and a…
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Containerd – Kritische Schwachstelle in Open-Source-Software für Container-Runtime
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/containerd-schwachstellen-kubernetes-cri-plugin-a-ff000657e310717ca6ed5b9de656deab/
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Critical NGINX Vulnerability Can Crash Workers and May Allow Remote Code Execution
F5 has shipped fixes for a critical nginx flaw that lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker trigger a heap buffer overflow in the worker process with crafted HTTP requests. CVE-2026-42533 was patched on July 15 in nginx 1.30.4 (stable) and 1.31.3 (mainline), and in NGINX Plus 37.0.3.1; anyone on an earlier build should upgrade.Triggering it can…
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Attackers Can Take Over WordPress Sites Using Newly Released wp2shell Exploits
Public exploits are now available for two critical WordPress flaws that attackers can chain to gain remote code execution without authentication. Public proof-of-concept exploits are now available for the critical wp2shell vulnerabilities affecting WordPress Core. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137, can be chained to achieve pre-authentication remote code execution on default WordPress installations…
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Week in review: High severity WordPress vulnerabilities, fake OAuth IDs bypass sign-in logs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Two new high severity WordPress vulnerabilities, patch immediately! The 7.0.2 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/19/week-in-review-oauth-client-ids-spoofed-sonicwall-sma-appliances-targeted-in-zero-day-attacks/
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Update now: 7-Zip fixes RCE flaw exploitable with malicious archives
7-Zip version 26.02 was released to fix a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute malicious code by convincing users to open specially crafted compressed files. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/update-now-7-zip-fixes-rce-flaw-exploitable-with-malicious-archives/
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OpenSSL Fixes HollowByte Memory Exhaustion Bug
Okta disclosed HollowByte, an 11-byte OpenSSL flaw that lets remote attackers exhaust server memory and trigger denial-of-service attacks. Okta’s Red Team disclosed a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenSSL they named HollowByte, and the attack payload is exactly 11 bytes. A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends that payload and the server allocates up to 131 KB of memory…
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WordPress Core “wp2shell” RCE flaws get public exploits, patch now
Public exploits have been released for the critical “wp2shell” remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting WordPress Core, making it imperative that administrators patch their sites immediately. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-core-wp2shell-rce-flaws-get-public-exploits-patch-now/
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Two new high severity WordPress vulnerabilities, patch immediately!
The 7.0.2 WordPress security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. The vulnerabilities reported to the WordPress security team include: … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/18/wordpress-vulnerabilities-wp2shell-cve-2026-60137-cve-2026-60137/
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Two new high severity WordPress vulnerabilities, patch immediately!
The 7.0.2 WordPress security release addresses one critical and one high severity security issue. The vulnerabilities reported to the WordPress security team include: … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/18/wordpress-vulnerabilities-wp2shell-cve-2026-60137-cve-2026-60137/
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U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, fortinet, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed the SharePoint remote code execution bug…
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Critical WordPress Core Flaw Lets Anonymous Hackers Gain Remote Code Execution
A newly disclosed a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WordPress Core, dubbed >>wp2shell,<< that requires no authentication and affects stock WordPress installations with zero plugins installed. Given that WordPress powers an estimated 500 million websites globally. The flaw represents one of the most significant CMS security disclosures in recent memory. The issue stems…
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OpenSSL DoS Vulnerability Lets Remote Attackers Exhaust Server Memory With an 11-Byte Payload
A newly disclosed vulnerability reminds us how deeply our digital infrastructure relies on foundational libraries. The Okta Red Team recently discovered >>HollowByte,<< a Denial of Service (DoS) flaw in OpenSSL that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to force a server to allocate disproportionate memory chunks before any security handshake even begins, using a payload just…
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Citrix Secure Access Client Flaw Lets Low-Privileged Windows Users Gain SYSTEM Privileges
Cloud Software Group has issued a High-severity security bulletin (CTX696734) disclosing two vulnerabilities in the Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows and the Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows. The more serious of the two, tracked as CVE-2026-53565, allows a standard, low-privileged user on a local system to escalate privileges and gain full SYSTEM access,…