Rapid7 details a critical unauthenticated overflow in HP Poly VoIP phones that can lead to root RCE, with patches available for affected models. Rapid7’s latest disclosure on CVE-2026-0826 should get serious attention from anyone running HP Poly VoIP phones in an enterprise setting. It’s a critical unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow that can give a remote…
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HP Poly VoIP vulnerability sets the stage for executive voice deepfakes
HP has released patches for a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple IP-enabled conference phones from its Poly Voice line. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain root privileges on the underlying operating system, potentially enabling them to execute other attacks such as eavesdropping on conversations and recording voice data for AI-enabled impersonation attacks. The…
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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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Critical Palo Alto Networks software bug hits exposed firewalls
Palo Alto Networks is warning customers about a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting its PAN-OS user-ID authentication portal that is already being exploited in the wild. The flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on exposed firewalls, the company said in a security advisory. PAN-OS is the software that runs all Palo…
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Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables Remote Code Execution
Palo Alto Networks has released an advisory warning that a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in its PAN-OS software has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, has been described as a case of unauthenticated remote code execution. It carries a CVSS score of 9.3 if the User-ID Authentication Portal is configured to…
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Flawed Cisco update threatens to stop APs from getting further patches
Cisco admins are scrambling to patch a critical flash memory overflow vulnerability in over 200 Cisco Systems IOS XE-based models of wireless access points (APs), caused by a recent flawed software update. If the issue is not corrected quickly, the AP’s memory will become so flooded that new software updates will be blocked and the…