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Oracle WebLogic CVE-2024-21182 Added to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was

Google Patches Android Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation 

Google has patched a high-severity Android zero-day vulnerability that attackers have already exploited in the wild.  The issue affects multiple Android releases and serves as a reminder that mobile operating systems remain a valuable target for threat actors seeking access to sensitive enterprise and personal data.  “There are indications that CVE-2025-48595 may be under limited,…

High-severity SharePoint RCE bug patched by Microsoft (CVE-2026-45659)

Microsoft has released patches for a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-45659) in SharePoint that may be exploited in low-complexity attacks. It affects the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. About CVE-2026-45659 CVE-2026-45659 stems from Shareoint deserializing untrusted data, and may be exploited by an authenticated attacker to execute…

KnowledgeDeliver LMS Flaw Exploited to Deploy Godzilla and Cobalt Strike

A now-patched high-severity security flaw affecting Digital Knowledge KnowledgeDeliver, a Learning Management System (LMS) popular in Japan, was exploited as a zero-day to deliver the Godzilla web shell and ultimately facilitate the deployment of Cobalt Strike Beacon. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5426 (CVSS score: 7.5), stems from the use of hard-coded ASP.NET machine keys, leading…

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…

JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability allows privilege escalation, API exposure (CVE-2026-44413)

JetBrains has patched a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-44413) in TeamCity, its popular continuous integration and continuous delivery platform, and is urging organizations with on-premises and self-managed deployments to upgrade to the fixed version or implement a security patch. About CVE-2026-44413 CVE-2026-44413 allows for privilege escalation, and may allow attackers to expose some parts of the TeamCity…

Ivanti EPMM vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-6973)

Ivanti has released fixes for 5 high-severity vulnerabilities in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) solution, one of which (CVE-2026-6973) has being exploited as a zero-day by attackers. “We are aware of a very limited number of customers exploited with CVE-2026-6973,” the company said in a security advisory published on Thursday. About CVE-2026-6973 CVE-2026-6973 is caused…

Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)

Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed “Copy Fail”, has affected virtually every major Linux distribution shipped since 2017, and a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is publicly available. About CVE-2026-31431 According to Theori researchers, CVE-2026-31431 originates from the interaction of three…

Critical Cursor bug could turn routine Git into RCE

Security researchers have disclosed a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Cursor IDE, allowing arbitrary code execution on a developer’s machine through a seemingly routine repository interaction. According to findings by AI pentesting platform Novee Security, once a developer cloned and interacted with a malicious repository, the IDE’s AI agent could trigger embedded Git logic, resulting in…

LMDeploy CVE-2026-33626 Flaw Exploited Within 13 Hours of Disclosure

A high-severity security flaw in LMDeploy, an open-source toolkit for compressing, deploying, and serving LLMs, has come under active exploitation in the wild less than 13 hours after its public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-33626 (CVSS score: 7.5), relates to a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could be exploited to access sensitive data.…

Progress Software fixes sneaky WAF bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21876)

Progress Software has fixed a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities in MOVEit WAF and LoadMaster, including a flaw (CVE-2026-21876) that may allow attackers to bypass firewall detection. MOVEit WAF (web application firewall) is designed to protect Progress’s managed file transfer platform MOVEit Transfer from web-based attacks. (A zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer was infamously exploited in…

Azure SRE Agent flaw let outsiders silently eavesdrop on enterprise cloud operations

A high-severity authentication flaw in Microsoft’s Azure SRE Agent exposed sensitive agent data to unauthorized network access, according to a confirmed vulnerability disclosure. The issue was identified by Enclave AI researcher Yanir Tsarimi, who detailed the findings in a blog post describing how agent interactions could be accessed without proper authentication controls. The vulnerability has…

Another Microsoft Defender privilege escalation bug emerges days after patch

Days after Microsoft patched a high-severity issue affecting its Windows Defender antivirus tool through April’s Patch Tuesday, researchers warn of another vulnerability that could enable SYSTEM privileges through local escalation. In a newly disclosed proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit, dubbed “RedSun,” GitHub user going by the name “Nightmare Eclipse” demonstrated how Microsoft Defender’s handling of certain cloud-tagged…

Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2026-34197 Added to CISA KEV Amid Active Exploitation

A recently disclosed high-severity security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Classic has come under active exploitation in the wild, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). To that end, the agency has added the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34197 (CVSS score: 8.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian

PHP Composer flaws enable remote command execution via Perforce VCS

Two high-severity flaws in PHP Composer could let attackers run arbitrary commands via malicious repository configs and crafted inputs affecting Perforce VCS. Two high-severity vulnerabilities in PHP Composer could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands. PHP Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that helps developers install and manage libraries their projects need. By defining…

New PHP Composer Flaws Enable Arbitrary Command Execution — Patches Released

Two high-severity security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Composer, a package manager for PHP, that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities have been described as command injection flaws affecting the Perforce VCS (version control software) driver. Details of the two flaws are below – CVE-2026-40176 (CVSS

Docker CVE-2026-34040 Lets Attackers Bypass Authorization and Gain Host Access

A high-severity security vulnerability has been disclosed in Docker Engine that could permit an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34040 (CVSS score: 8.8), stems from an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-41110, a maximum-severity vulnerability in the same component that came to light in July 2024. “

Chrome Vulnerability CVE-2026-5281 Exploited in the Wild

Google has released a Chrome update for multiple high-severity flaws and confirmed that one of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited in the wild.  We are “… aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-5281 exists in the wild,” said Google in its advisory. Inside CVE-2026-5281 The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-5281, is a use-after-free flaw affecting Chrome’s…

TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks

A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker…

Ubuntu CVE-2026-3888 Bug Lets Attackers Gain Root via systemd Cleanup Timing Exploit

A high-severity security flaw affecting default installations of Ubuntu Desktop versions 24.04 and later could be exploited to escalate privileges to the root level. Tracked as CVE-2026-3888 (CVSS score: 7.8), the issue could allow an attacker to seize control of a susceptible system. “This flaw (CVE-2026-3888) allows an unprivileged local attacker to escalate privileges to…

Google Patches Two Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited in the Wild

Google has released updates to patch two high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser that are already being exploited in the wild..  The flaws affect critical components responsible for rendering web content and executing JavaScript, potentially allowing attackers to crash the browser or execute malicious code on vulnerable systems. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-3909, allows…

Google fixed two new actively exploited flaws in the Chrome browser

Google addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. Google has released security updates to address two high-severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-3909 and CVE-2026-3910, in the Chrome browser. The company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting both flaws. “Google is aware that exploits for…

Google Confirms CVE-2026-21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited

Google on Monday disclosed that a high-severity security flaw impacting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score: 7.8), a buffer over-read in the Graphics component. “Memory corruption when adding user-supplied data without checking available buffer space,” Qualcomm said in an…

Google addresses actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day in fresh batch of 129 Android vulnerabilities

Google disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Monday, warning that the high-severity defect affecting an open-source Qualcomm display component for Android devices “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The memory-corruption vulnerability — CVE-2026-21385 — which Google’s Android security team reported to Qualcomm Dec. 18, affects 234 chipsets, Qualcomm said in a security bulletin. Qualcomm said…

ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket

OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control. “Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself – no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions – just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly…

Trend Micro Patches Critical Apex One RCE Flaws

Trend Micro has released patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security platform. The flaws impact the Apex One management console and could allow remote code execution on unpatched systems. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-71210, “… could allow a remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations,” said…

Google Patches Three High-Severity Chrome Flaws

Google has released a security update for its Chrome browser that addresses three high-severity vulnerabilities, which could pose risk to users. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-3061, allows “… a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page,” said NIST in its advisory. Inside the Chrome Vulnerabilities The security update addresses…

VMware Aria Operations flaws could enable remote attacks

Broadcom patched multiple VMware Aria Operations flaws, including high-severity issues that could enable remote code execution. Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting VMware Aria Operations. VMware Aria Operations is an IT operations management platform that helps organizations monitor and optimize virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments. It provides performance monitoring, capacity planning,…

Flaws in four popular VS Code extensions left 128 million installs open to attack

Critical and high-severity vulnerabilities were found in four widely used Visual Studio Code extensions with a combined 128 million downloads, exposing developers to file theft, remote code execution, and local network reconnaissance. Application security company OX Security published the findings this week, saying it had begun notifying vendors in June 2025 but received no response…

Google fixes first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026

Google patched Chrome zero-day CVE-2026-2441, a high-severity CSS use-after-free flaw actively exploited in the wild. Google has released urgent security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-2441, in Chrome that is already being exploited in real-world attacks. The flaw is a use-after-free bug in the browser’s CSS component. This is the first…

Google patches Chrome vulnerability with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-2441)

Google released a security update for Chrome to address a high-severity zero‑day vulnerability (CVE-2026-2441) on Friday. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-2441 exists in the wild,” the company said. About CVE-2026-2441 CVE-2026-2441 is a use-after-free bug in the CSS processing component of Google Chrome, which allows a remote attacker “to execute arbitrary code…

Multiple Endpoint Manager bugs patched by Ivanti, including remote auth bypass

Ivanti patched over a dozen Endpoint Manager flaws, including a high-severity auth bypass that let attackers steal credentials remotely. Ivanti released patches for more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager, including flaws disclosed in October 2025. The update addresses a high-severity authentication bypass, tracked as CVE-2026-1603 (CVSS score of 8.6), that attackers could exploit…

Chrome Vulnerabilities Allow Code Execution and Browser Crashes 

Google has released a Chrome security update addressing two high-severity vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause browser crashes.  The issues affect core browser components and may be triggered when users visit specially crafted websites. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-1861, allows “… a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via…