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Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Cisco ASA and FTD VPN Heap Inspection Denial-of-Service Flaw
Unauthenticated remote attackers can crash Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices over VPN. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-08-11 with a three-day federal remediation deadline.
Windows AFD WinSock Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation
Use-after-free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) lets local attackers gain SYSTEM privileges via race condition. Actively exploited by Lazarus.
Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability
Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, the attacker could change the application configuration, steal stored credentials for the connected databases, read any data accessible through those connections, and export data.
N-able N-central Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
N-able N-central contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel that allows for authentication bypass.
Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Vulnerability
Apache Tomcat contains a missing encryption of sensitive data vulnerability that allows the bypass of the EncryptInterceptor.
IBM Langflow Code Injection Vulnerability
Langflow contains a code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full remote code execution on default Langflow deployments.
From the desk
Linux dm Bug Silently Breaks LUKS Key Wipe
Kernel refactoring regression in Linux device-mapper causes cryptsetup luksSuspend to silently fail to wipe the LUKS volume key. Patch is in stable.
Linux ksmbd SMB Server: Stack Overflow Fix in Stable
CVE-2026-72044 patches a ksmbd stack overflow in multichannel session binding. Patched in stable; no CVSS assigned yet, no exploitation confirmed.
MaxUpload for WordPress: Unauthenticated File Upload
CVE-2026-15965: MaxUpload (≤1.4.0) lets unauthenticated attackers upload arbitrary files via a filename validation mismatch between chunk and final assembly. CVSS 8.8, no patch confirmed.
Thirteen New Metasploit Modules, One Old Pattern
Rapid7's latest wrap-up adds thirteen exploit modules spanning Ghost CMS, SonicWall SMA1000, Langflow, Ray, and more. The targets rotate. The underlying pattern doesn't.
MindsDB: Unauthenticated RCE, Max CVSS Score
CVE-2026-73678: MindsDB Minds Platform up to 26.1.0 exposes unprotected API endpoints enabling unauthenticated OS command execution. CVSS 10.0.
Patch Now: Critical Auth Bypass Hits WordPress Plugins
Two WordPress plugins patched this week carry CVSS 9.8 authentication bypass flaws. A third allows unauthenticated file deletion that hands attackers RCE.