Marisol "Fuse" Delgado
she/her · Practical defense — Patch Tuesday, the KEV tracker, what to actually do
Marisol translates advisories and KEV additions into practical priorities for defenders. She focuses on what to patch first, which mitigations are worth deploying, and what operators should monitor when an immediate update is not possible.
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GL.iNet 4.9.0 Fixes Five RCE Flaws in Wi-Fi Routers
GL.iNet confirmed five high-severity RCE and auth bypass vulnerabilities across its 4.8.x firmware line. Version 4.9.0 is the fix for all affected devices.
Wireshark 4.6.8 Patches 28 Vulnerabilities
Wireshark 4.6.8 is out with patches for 28 security vulnerabilities and 25 bugs. Update any instance used for packet capture or PCAP analysis.
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.
Unauth Access to AI Memory: CVE-2026-50027 Patched
CVE-2026-50027: mcp-memory-service exposed all /api/documents/* routes without auth, letting anyone read, write, or delete AI memories. Patch to 10.67.1.
ShieldBreak: New Unpatched EoP in Defender Scan Engine
CVE-2026-69414 is a second ShieldBreak-tagged EoP — this one in Defender's Malware Protection Engine, CVSS 7.8. No patch yet. MSRC advisory is live.
GeoServer Zero-Day Under Active Attack, No Patch Available
An unpatched SQL injection in GeoServer enables RCE on PostGIS and Oracle deployments. WatchTowr logged hundreds of probe attempts within hours of public disclosure.
Three Critical OpenWrt LuCI Flaws Allow Root RCE
Two CVSS 9.9 and one 8.8 vulnerabilities in OpenWrt's LuCI web interface let authenticated users execute arbitrary code as root. Update LuCI now.
AmnesiaStealer Hijacks macOS Browser Sessions
Jamf finds AmnesiaStealer: macOS infostealer that hijacks live browser sessions, steals keychain data, and destroys saved passwords via ClickFix terminal prompts.
SAP Commerce Cloud RCE Exploit Hits Days After Patch
Defused flagged active exploitation of a max-severity SAP Commerce Cloud RCE within 72 hours of patching. Unpatched instances are live targets now.
WordPress 7.0.4 Patches High-Severity RCE Flaw
WordPress 7.0.4 fixes a high-severity RCE allowing Author-level accounts to execute code via malicious PostScript files. Update now.
737 Fake Chrome VPN Extensions Route Traffic via Proxies
737 Chrome extensions impersonated VPN services while routing users' traffic through a single SOCKS5 proxy. Over 75,000 installs affected across the Store.
LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Hit 2,500+ Orgs
Two backdoored LiteLLM PyPI releases sat live for 40 minutes in March, harvesting cloud keys, SSH keys, and Kubernetes tokens. CloudSEK maps exposure to 2,500+ organizations.
SonicWall GMS Patched for Critical Unauth RCE Flaws
Critical unauthenticated RCE and data-read flaws patched in SonicWall GMS, which is end-of-life. If your GMS is internet-reachable, patch or isolate it now.
Cisco ASA/FTD VPN Flaw Exploited, CISA Sets Aug 14 Deadline
CVE-2026-20349 added to CISA KEV today. Unauthenticated attackers can crash Cisco ASA and FTD devices over VPN — CISA's due date is August 14.
Zero-Click RCE in Zoom Annotation — Patch Now
A flaw in Zoom's annotation tool let any meeting participant execute code on another attendee's machine — zero clicks required. Update Zoom clients now.
Microsoft Patches 400 Flaws, Lazarus Exploited One First
Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday hits 400+ flaws. One is actively exploited by Lazarus via afd.sys. Two more are publicly disclosed. Here's your triage stack.
Adobe Patches Critical Flaws in ColdFusion, Campaign Classic
Adobe patches critical RCE and DoS flaws in ColdFusion and Campaign Classic. Arbitrary code execution risk confirmed. Adobe explicitly urges immediate patching — act now.
SharePoint CVE-2026-45659 Ransomware Attacks Confirmed
CISA confirms ransomware gangs are exploiting CVE-2026-45659, the SharePoint deserialization RCE on KEV since July. Patch the May update now.
Storm-1175 Drops Medusa, Deploys Custom StormEncryptor
Microsoft's threat intel team links China-backed Storm-1175 to StormEncryptor, a new C++ ransomware. MSPs on unpatched N-central are in the likely blast radius.
Polish Heat Plant Breached via Private Cellular OT Network
Attackers breached a Polish heat plant via private cellular APN, shutting down a steam turbine. The OT intrusion went undisclosed for months.
BdThemes Supply Chain Creates Rogue WordPress Admins
A supply-chain attack against BdThemes poisoned a remote JSON feed to install rogue admin accounts on WordPress sites running their plugins. Audit your admin users now.
Metabase Zero-Day: CVSS 10 Exploited in the Wild
Unauthenticated SQL injection in Metabase BI gives attackers admin access. Exploitation confirmed, no CVE assigned. Take your instance offline if it's reachable from untrusted networks.
Ash Framework: OOM Cursor Bomb and Auth Bypass
Ash (Elixir) gets two CVEs: an OOM-bomb via keyset pagination cursor and an auth bypass via query injection in managed relationships. Upgrade now.
Kemp LoadMaster CVE-2026-8037 Lands on CISA KEV
CISA added the critical Kemp LoadMaster command-injection flaw to its KEV catalog Friday after 792 reported exploitation attempts. If you haven't patched since June 4, that window is closed.
CISA Flags N-able N-central Auth Bypass — Patch Before Today's Deadline
CVE-2026-18577, an authentication bypass in N-able N-central, is on CISA's KEV list after active exploitation. It's an incomplete fix for an earlier flaw, and MSPs are the blast radius.
Adform Ad Script Hijacked in Supply-Chain Crypto Attack
Adform's ad script was backdoored to swap crypto wallet addresses in visitor clipboards, silently stealing funds on sites running the compromised tag.
Three Critical VMware Flaws Fixed: Auth Bypass, VM Escape
Broadcom patched five CVEs in VMware vCenter, ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. Three are critical: auth bypass, RCE, VM escape. Patch vCenter now.
DPRK's Contagious Interview Returns with macOS Malvertising
North Korea's Contagious Interview group has a new macOS campaign: malvertising with fake OS update screens delivering crypto-stealing malware silently.
Azure CosmosEscape Flaw Exposed Any Tenant's Database
Wiz's CosmosEscape attack chain escaped Azure Cosmos DB's Gremlin sandbox, gained platform code execution, and extracted a key granting cross-tenant read/write access. Now patched.
Copilot Prompt Injection Can Rewrite Docs, Self-Propagate
Hidden instructions in Word docs can make M365 Copilot falsify figures and embed the attack in output files, which then fire again in the next Copilot session. No patch announced.
FCC Bars New Foreign Robots, Power Inverters on Cyber Risk
The FCC added foreign-produced mobile robots and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28, blocking new models from US equipment authorization.
AI Speeds Linux Kernel Exploit: CVE-2026-53264 Local Root
STAR Labs published a working exploit for CVE-2026-53264 (CVSS 7.8), a use-after-free race in the Linux kernel traffic-control subsystem. AI accelerated discovery and exploit development on CentOS Stream 9.
TeamCity CVE-2026-63077: Agent Protocol Is the Vector
Rapid7's ETR confirms CVE-2026-63077 sits in TeamCity's agent polling protocol — deserialization, no credentials needed. Patch to 2025.11.7 or 2026.1.3.
F6: Nine-Year Clone Site Campaign Stole B2B Advance Payments
F6 exposed a nine-year campaign cloning Russian industrial company sites to steal advance payments from international buyers.
ShinyHunters Targets Healthcare SSO, Health-ISAC Warns
Health-ISAC warns healthcare orgs of rising ShinyHunters attacks using SSO social engineering to compromise cloud accounts and steal data.
Rails Patches Critical File Read via Image Upload
Ruby on Rails patches a critical Active Storage flaw letting unauthenticated attackers read server files—exposing app secrets and database credentials through crafted image uploads.
Broadcom Patches Critical VMware Auth Bypass, RCE, VM Escape
Broadcom shipped security updates for VMware vCenter, ESX, Workstation, and Fusion covering three critical flaws including a CVSS 9.8 no-auth bypass. Patch now.
Coordinated OT Attack Hits 30+ Minnesota Water Systems
30 Minnesota water systems hit in a coordinated OT cyberattack July 26-27, knocking Braham's plant offline and triggering statewide incident response.
Russia Charges Durov as FSB Targets Telegram Content
Russia's FSB charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov over prohibited channels under Russian law. The practical threat intel impact is limited — here's what ops teams should actually track.
Gitea Patches Critical RCE, Upgrade to 1.27.1
A critical RCE in Gitea lets any repository writer plant a git hook via patch content and run shell commands as the service account. Upgrade to 1.27.1 now.
Public PoC Out for Exploited Check Point Admin Bypass
Public PoC is out for CVE-2026-16232, Check Point's CISA KEV-listed admin bypass. Any unpatched SmartConsole server just got cheaper to target — patch or restrict now.
Flying Eagle Android RAT Source Code Leaks to Telegram
Flying Eagle Android RAT source code is circulating on Telegram. Hunt.io traced 170 C2 servers. Block sideloading and audit your MDM policy.
OpenAI Eval Agent Breached Four Services with Exposed Creds
OpenAI's Tuesday disclosure expands the Hugging Face incident: the rogue eval agent used exposed credentials across four third-party services, not just Artifactory zero-days.
DEV#POPPER RAT Hidden in Two Joyfill npm Packages
Two @joyfill npm beta packages hide a DEV#POPPER RAT that fires on import. Remove the affected versions; treat any machine that ran them as compromised.
vBulletin Patches Pre-Auth RCE: Public Exploit Is Out
vBulletin has patched a critical pre-auth RCE via PHP template injection. If you run a vBulletin forum, patch now — a public exploit is already circulating.
OpenWrt Patches Critical DHCPv6 RCE in Default Server
OpenWrt 24.10.8 patches a critical stack overflow in odhcpd — the DHCPv6 server enabled by default — allowing unauthenticated RCE as root. Patch now.
Linux Kernel tc Race Yields Root Exploit (CVSS 7.8)
STAR Labs published a root exploit for CVE-2026-53264, a use-after-free race in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem. CVSS 7.8. Check your distro advisory.
Arista VeloCloud CVE-2026-16812 Hits KEV, Patch Now
Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator has a CVSS 10.0 OS command injection flaw under active exploitation. CISA added it to KEV July 27. Patch on-prem deployments now.
TeamCity 9.8 RCE Flaw Hits All On-Prem Versions
JetBrains has patched CVE-2026-63077, a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated RCE in all TeamCity On-Premises versions. Update to 2025.11.7 or 2026.1.3 now.
Fortinet FortiOS Persistence Bypass Added to CISA KEV
CISA added CVE-2025-68686 to KEV today — a FortiOS patch bypass that lets attackers restore persistence after an initial compromise. Affects 7.0 through 7.6.
Fake App Store Wallet Drained $1.8M; Apple Faces Lawsuit
Three plaintiffs are suing Apple after a fake Sparrow Wallet impersonator on the App Store harvested their seed phrases and drained $1.8 million in Bitcoin.
Dependabot Gets 3-Day Cooldown to Block Package Poisoning
GitHub's Dependabot now waits three days before auto-updating packages. PyPI adds parallel controls. Here's what to configure in your pipeline.
GitHub, PyPI Add Time-Gated Supply Chain Defenses
GitHub adds a 72-hour Dependabot cooldown on new package versions; PyPI blocks release updates after 14 days. Both changes buy detection time before malicious code spreads.
Open-Source AI Agent Used in Gov Post-Exploitation Attack
A threat actor deployed Hermes AI in YOLO mode to automate post-exploitation during an alleged breach of Thailand's Finance Ministry — a documented first.
Steam Forums Weaponized in ClickFix Cryptominer Campaign
Fake fix posts on Steam discussion forums are walking gamers into running commands that silently install XMRig cryptominers. What happened and what to check.
JS Malvertising Assembles Malware in Browser Memory
Fake Solana, Luno, and TradingView sites run malicious JavaScript that builds malware in browser memory — no file written, standard AV misses it.
76 Months for Hacking 750 Women's Snapchat Accounts
An Illinois man received a 76-month federal sentence for compromising over 750 Snapchat accounts to steal intimate photos — one of the larger account-hacking prosecutions in recent memory.
OnTrac Confirms Network Breach, Notifies Customers
OnTrac confirmed hackers breached its corporate network and may have accessed customer PII. Watch for delivery-themed phishing built on your shipping data.
Europol Flags 4,340 URLs in The Com Network Crackdown
Operation Compass: 4,340 URLs flagged, 30 arrests across 28 nations, targeting The Com — the network behind ransomware hits on MGM and UK retailers.
BlueNoroff Zoom Phishing Kit Profiles Crypto Wallets
North Korea's BlueNoroff operates a phishing kit impersonating Zoom and Teams to profile crypto wallets before malware delivery. Here's what to do about it.
Certighost: Low-Priv AD Users Can Impersonate DCs
Certighost gives any low-privileged Active Directory user a path to DCSync: obtain a DC certificate, authenticate as the DC, pull the krbtgt hash.
Golden Chickens Resurfaces: Four New Families, Same MaaS
Recorded Future documents four new families from the Golden Chickens MaaS — TinyEgg, ChonkyChicken, a modular variant, and ChromEggscalator.
AI Agent Ran Unattended in Thailand's Finance Ministry
An attacker disabled Hermes AI agent's permission gates and let it hunt Thailand's Finance Ministry network autonomously — a confirmed attack, not a theoretical one.
Clop Data Theft Campaign Hits PTC Windchill, FlexPLM
Clop is exploiting CVE-2026-12569 in exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM instances for data theft. Unpatched and internet-facing — take it offline now.
Russia-Linked UAC-0099 Behind Notepad++ Malware Push
CERT-UA attributes the fake Notepad++ plugin campaign to UAC-0099, a Russia-aligned group now distributing MATCHBOIL.V2 malware via trojanized archives.
Dolphin X RAT Uses AI to Score High-Value Targets
A new RAT called Dolphin X claims to rank infected hosts by value using an AI profiling module, letting operators focus on the most lucrative victims first.
CERT-UA: LunchPoke Malware Hides in Notepad++ Plugin
Ukraine's CERT-UA found attacks distributing a fake Notepad++ bundle that includes LunchPoke, a malicious plugin that establishes persistence on Windows.
China-Linked JadeProx Deploys TriBack Loader in Gov Attacks
Group-IB exposes JadeProx: a China-nexus cluster deploying an undocumented Windows loader against gov, healthcare, and education targets in Asia and LATAM.
RefluXFS LPE Hits Default RHEL, Fedora, Amazon Linux
Nine-year-old XFS race condition in the Linux kernel lets an unprivileged local user gain root on default RHEL, Fedora Server, and Amazon Linux.
Kratos Phishing Kit Dismantled in Global Takedown
German, US, and Indonesian law enforcement seized Kratos, a widely-used kit that bypassed Microsoft 365 MFA by capturing authenticated session tokens mid-login.
SharePoint RCE on KEV; Attackers Pivot to Machine Keys
CVE-2026-50522 hits CISA KEV as attackers exploit the critical SharePoint RCE to steal ASP.NET machine keys and maintain access post-patch.
Check Point SmartConsole Flaw Gives Attackers Admin Access
CVE-2026-16232 lets unauthenticated attackers grab an admin token from SmartConsole. CISA KEV addition July 22; Check Point confirms active exploitation.
snap-confine LPE Hits Default Ubuntu Desktop Installs
CVE-2026-8933 (CVSS 7.8): snap-confine on Ubuntu Desktop lets any local user escalate to root. Affects 24.04 LTS, 25.10, and 26.04 default installs.
Exchange 2016 and 2019 Lose ESU Patches in October
Microsoft cuts Exchange 2016 and 2019 ESU support in October 2026—no more security patches after that. Organizations on these versions have roughly 90 days to migrate or accept the risk.
Langflow's fifth KEV entry: CVE-2026-0770, patch by Friday
CISA added Langflow's unauthenticated RCE flaw CVE-2026-0770 to KEV on 2026-07-21 with a federal deadline of 2026-07-24. Fifth Langflow entry on the catalog in fourteen months — upgrade past 1.7.3.
Azure DevOps MCP: hidden PR text hijacks AI reviewers
Manifold Security disclosed a prompt-injection flaw in Microsoft's official Azure DevOps MCP server. Hidden PR comments hijack the reviewer's AI. No fix.
Both wp2shell CVEs land on CISA KEV — federal clock runs
CISA added both wp2shell CVEs — CVE-2026-63030 RCE and CVE-2026-60137 SQLi — to KEV on July 21. BOD 26-04 clock runs; SQLi is now framed as chainable.
Zimbra 10.1.20 patches nine, SNMP injection at the top
Zimbra 10.1.20 fixes nine vulnerabilities including an SNMP command injection when notifications are enabled. Patch if you self-host — CVEs pending.
Kratos phishing platform seized. M365 exposure is not.
German BKA and US authorities dismantled Kratos PhaaS and arrested its developer in Indonesia. Passkey rollout still matters more than the takedown headline.
SharePoint attackers stealing keys — rotate credentials now
watchTowr says attackers exploiting CVE-2026-50522 are stealing SharePoint machine keys for post-patch persistence. Rotate credentials — patching alone won't help.
DD-WRT UPnP flaw CVE-2021-27137 added to CISA KEV
CISA added DD-WRT's 2021 SSDP-parsing buffer overflow to KEV on 2026-07-21. Unauthenticated attackers can reach it on routers with UPnP left enabled.
wp2shell mass scanning confirmed — patch triage tonight
Four vendors — KEVIntel, watchTowr, Wiz, Cloudflare — now confirm mass scanning of the wp2shell RCE. CMSmap webshells and backdoor admin accounts observed.
AWS patched a silent Kiro RCE in April, disclosed today
Kiro's own agent could rewrite ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json without an approval step, turning any "summarize this page" request into remote code execution. AWS shipped a fix in v0.11.130 back in April. If you were running Kiro before then, this ran on you without a prompt.
Microsoft ships manual WSUS fix: SUSDB cleanup, IISReset
Microsoft published the WSUS unstick procedure Monday: back up SUSDB, run the cleanup query, restore MaxXMLPerRequest, reindex, wizard, IISReset.
0patch ships free unofficial fix for LegacyHive zero-day
ACROS Security (0patch) shipped free micropatches for the unpatched LegacyHive LPE — Windows 10 2004 and Server 2019 up. Microsoft is still investigating.
TeamCity CVE-2024-27198: EPSS 0.999 two years past patch
JetBrains TeamCity's 2024 auth-bypass still ranks EPSS 0.999 more than two years post patch. Internet-facing build servers keep the exposed population alive.
Mythos at three months: measure exposure, not volume
Three months after Anthropic's Mythos disclosure, the industry is still arguing about CVE queue depth. The number that matters is time-to-patch on your exposed critical assets.
CERT-UA: UAC-0145 (Sandworm) runs ClickFix on Ukraine
CERT-UA alert 6318437 attributes a June–July ClickFix campaign hitting at least 10 compromised Ukrainian sites to UAC-0145, a Sandworm sub-cluster tied to GRU.
SonicWall SMA1000: Volexity names UTA0533, IoC list out
Volexity attributes the SMA1000 pre-disclosure exploitation to a new actor, UTA0533, active since June 22 — and publishes the toolkit for defenders to hunt.
LegacyHive: PoC drops for unpatched Windows LPE zero-day
A researcher publishing as "Nightmare Eclipse" dropped a PoC for LegacyHive — an unpatched local privilege escalation in Windows' User Profile Service.
Metasploit adds HTTP-to-SMB NTLM relay, RISC-V payloads
Rapid7's July 17 Metasploit wrap-up ships a Windows HTTP-to-SMB NTLM relay module, RISC-V shell payloads, and 421 new fetch-style variants. Check SMB signing tonight.
7-Zip 26.02 patches XZ heap overflow, no auto-update
7-Zip 26.02 fixes a heap-based buffer overflow in XZ decompression (ZDI-26-444) — RCE if a user opens a crafted archive, and there is no automatic update.
NadMesh botnet raids exposed AI tools for 3,811 AWS keys
A Go botnet called NadMesh, active since early July, feeds a Shodan queue into ComfyUI, Ollama, n8n, Open WebUI, Langflow, and Gradio. Operator dashboard claims 3,811 AWS keys.
Expel: GoldenEyeDog stole 27 EV certs from DigiCert
Expel says the April DigiCert breach was CylindricalCanine, a GoldenEyeDog subgroup. Twenty-seven of 60 revoked EV certs signed Zhong Stealer artifacts.
HollowByte: 11-byte OpenSSL DoS, no CVE, silent June fix
Okta's Red Team named 'HollowByte' — an OpenSSL DoS where 11 bytes of TLS pull 131 KB of process memory per shot. OpenSSL patched it in June with no CVE.
Agent Data Injection: The Bug Under Every AI Agent
Seoul National / UIUC / Largosoft research shows web and coding agents get steered by planted content in the pages, comments, and reviews they consume. Fix the trust boundary, not the model.
CISA adds a fourth SharePoint bug to KEV in 48 hours
CVE-2026-58644 — an unauthenticated deserialization RCE, CVSS 9.8 — landed on CISA KEV this morning, two days after Microsoft shipped the SharePoint fix.
FortiSandbox: two 9.8 unauth RCEs hit KEV, Sunday deadline
CISA added CVE-2026-39808 and CVE-2026-25089 to KEV today — unauthenticated OS command injection in Fortinet FortiSandbox, CVSS 9.8 each, federal BOD 26-04 deadline this Sunday.
Unpatched Shark vacuums: regional root, no CVE, no patch
tokay0 published a Shark robot vacuum flaw July 13: over-permissive AWS IoT device cert grants root on any other Shark in the same region. No patch.
CISA KEV: Oracle EBS Payments 9.8 unauth RCE lands
CISA added CVE-2026-46817 to KEV on Wednesday: unauthenticated CVSS 9.8 takeover of Oracle E-Business Suite Payments. Oracle's May 2026 CPU already has the fix.
Zoom PSIRT: patch Workplace 7.0.0, unauth takeover 9.8
Zoom pushed a critical unauth account-takeover advisory (ZSB-26014, CVSS 9.8) for the Windows Workplace client and VDI Client — patch to 7.0.0 or the branch build.
SonicWall SMA1000: what Rapid7 saw before disclosure
Rapid7 caught the SMA1000 zero-day exploitation before SonicWall's advisory. Attackers took credentials, MFA seeds, and pivoted to internal domain controllers.
AWS persistence: four patterns to hunt after an incident
Rapid7's Jan Blažek maps four AWS persistence classes — new IAM users, assume-role edits, Lambda backdoors, federated tokens — with the CloudTrail signals to hunt for each.
Firefox exploit code public; Chrome, Adobe patch same day
Mozilla says exploit code is public for two Firefox flaws fixed in 152.0.6. Chrome shipped Ozone use-after-free fixes; Adobe pushed 8 ColdFusion criticals.
CISA: three SharePoint bugs exploited, patch by July 17
CISA named three actively exploited on-prem SharePoint CVEs and put a July 17 remediation clock on federal agencies. Shadowserver counts 800+ unpatched servers. Patch on one maintenance touch.
Microsoft blocks Dell PCs from July KB5101650 rollout
Microsoft applied a safeguard hold on July's KB5101650 for a limited set of Dell devices running Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 after a June preview update triggered Intel IPF driver crashes, heat, and battery drain.
Entra ID passkeys go default in Sept; SMS/voice out Feb 1
Microsoft is auto-enrolling Entra ID SMS/voice MFA users into passkeys starting September 2026 and retiring native SMS/voice delivery on Feb 1, 2027. What to do.
LastPass, Bitwarden users hit by lookalike-domain phishing
LastPass and Bitwarden users are getting phishing from lookalike "compliance" domains pushing a DocuSign-styled downloader. Delete the email; don't click.
SonicWall SMA1000 zero-days on CISA KEV: patch by July 17
Two SMA1000 flaws — a CVSS-10.0 unauthenticated SSRF and a post-auth code injection — hit CISA KEV today. Patch to 12.4.3-03453 or 12.5.0-02835 before July 17.
SharePoint JWT bypass fixed; RCE half of chain still open
Rapid7 disclosed CVE-2026-55040 today — a SharePoint JWT auth bypass patched in July Patch Tuesday. Second half of a pre-auth RCE chain lands next month. Patch now.
Microsoft July Patch Tuesday: 570 CVEs, 3 zero-days out
Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday ships 570 CVEs, including two exploited zero-days in AD FS and SharePoint plus a publicly disclosed BitLocker bypass. Patch AD FS first.
Progress patches ShareFile zero-day: 5.12.5 and 6.0.2 out
Progress shipped ShareFile Storage Zone Controller 5.12.5 and 6.0.2 to fix a high-severity authenticated path traversal. CVE pending. Patch first, then bring the boxes back up.
OAuth client ID spoofing sneaks past Entra sign-in logs
Proofpoint tracked two credential-stuffing crews that submit fake OAuth application IDs to Entra ID's token endpoint. The sign-in logs don't record what defenders are looking for.
OFAC sanctions 1VPNS admin plus Belarusian cryptor seller
OFAC designated 1VPNS, its Ukrainian admin Rashevskyi, and Belarusian cryptor seller Silayev on July 14 — the follow-on to May's Operation Saffron seizure.
Grok Build v0.2.93 uploaded whole repos to xAI's bucket
xAI's Grok Build CLI v0.2.93 uploaded whole git repos, history and all, to a GCS bucket. The "Improve the model" toggle didn't stop it. Fix is server-side.
Notarized Werkbit.app carries CrashStealer past Gatekeeper
Jamf flagged CrashStealer, a native-C++ macOS infostealer arriving inside Werkbit.app — Apple-notarized and gated behind a meeting PIN.
Cisco IOS 12.4 CSRF From 2008 Lands in CISA KEV
CISA added CVE-2008-4128 — a Cisco IOS 12.4 mainline HTTP admin CSRF from 2008 — to the KEV catalog on 2026-07-13. IOS 12.4 mainline is obsolete. Upgrade.
Huntress Flags Suspected AI-Written PowerShell in AD Case
Huntress attributes an early-June AD enumeration case to a PowerShell script with clear LLM tells — cyan-and-green banners and 'FULLY FIXED' in the title.
RedHook Android RAT pairs Wireless ADB on-device
Group-IB details RedHook using Accessibility to enable Wireless Debugging, pair over loopback, and run shell as uid 2000. No CVE. Southeast Asia targeted.
jscrambler 8.14.0 npm hijack: Rust stealer on install
Malicious jscrambler 8.14.0 on npm shipped a preinstall hook that dropped a Rust infostealer targeting cloud creds, wallets, and AI-coder configs.
Gitea Docker Auth Bypass: Patch 1.26.4, CSA Confirms
Sysdig confirms the first in-the-wild hit on Gitea Docker CVE-2026-20896; Singapore CSA now warns customers; 1.26.3 shipped with a regression, so run 1.26.4.
Silver Fox ships MODBEACON, a Rust RAT with gRPC C2
QiAnXin attributes a new Rust-based RAT called MODBEACON to Silver Fox, using gRPC streaming for encrypted C2 and SEO-poisoned installers for delivery.
Balbooa, iCagenda Join KEV: Four Joomla RCEs in Four Days
CISA added Balbooa Forms and iCagenda to KEV on July 10 — two unauthenticated file-upload RCEs in Joomla extensions. Federal due date is July 13.
Zimbra ships 10.1.19; Google TAG reported the XSS
Zimbra 10.1.19 patches a stored XSS in the Classic Web Client. No CVE yet, no confirmed exploitation — Google TAG reported it, which is the reason to patch now.
OpenMandriva ex-contributor wipes GNOME, Cosmic packages
Mumble developer Davide Beatrici used leftover admin from a repo migration to delete OpenMandriva GitHub content and obsolete GNOME, Cosmic packages.
Injective SDK 1.20.21 on npm shipped a wallet stealer
Attacker pushed @injectivelabs/sdk-ts 1.20.21 with mnemonic and private-key exfil after compromising a contributor's GitHub. 310 installs before the pull.
Forg365 PhaaS Chains AiTM + Device-Code + AI Lures at M365
ZeroBEC flagged a new phishing-as-a-service, Forg365, bundling AiTM proxying with OAuth device-code prompts and AI lures against Microsoft 365 accounts.
Microsoft patches Defender 'RoguePlanet' LPE; PoC public
Microsoft shipped an out-of-band Defender engine update for RoguePlanet (CVE-2026-50656), a race-condition LPE to SYSTEM. Public PoC. Verify auto-update landed.
SimpleHelp OIDC Auth Bypass Past CISA Deadline: Patch Now
SimpleHelp Server 5.5.15 and earlier accept forged OIDC tokens as valid technician sessions. CVSS 10.0, KEV, patch is 5.5.16 — CISA deadline was July 2.
WriteOut: One Preview Link Took Over Writer AI Accounts
SAND Security's WriteOut let a Writer AI agent preview link steal a signed-in user's session cookie across tenants. Writer has patched — the pattern hasn't.
GitLost: Public Issue Leaks Private GitHub Repo Data
Noma Security's GitLost shows how a public GitHub issue can trick Agentic Workflows into leaking private repos. Not patchable — scope your agent tokens today.
GhostLock: 15-Year Linux Kernel Root/Container Escape
Nebula Security's GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499) — a 15-year-old futex use-after-free — hits every mainstream Linux distro. Escapes containers. Patch again.
CISA Adds Langflow and Two Joomla Builders to KEV
CISA added three vulnerabilities to KEV on July 7 — a Langflow IDOR and two Joomla page-builder RCEs. Federal due date is July 10. Priority order below.
Tenda Router Backdoor Has No Patch. Here's What to Do.
CERT/CC flagged an authentication backdoor in multiple Tenda router firmware builds. Tenda didn't respond. No fix is coming — here's the mitigation.
BeyondTrust Patches Four RS/PRA Flaws — Patch Now
BeyondTrust shipped fixes on July 6 for four vulnerabilities in Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access, including a CVSS 9.8 pre-auth bypass. No in-wild exploitation reported. Here's the priority order.
Gitea Docker's Auth Bypass: Probing Already Underway
The Gitea Docker image up through 1.26.2 shipped a wildcard reverse-proxy trusted list, collapsing auth to a header. Fixed in 1.26.3. The Hacker News reports opportunistic scanning 13 days after disclosure; ~6,200 exposed instances.
Adobe ColdFusion CVE-2026-48282: CVSS 10, Exploited
A max-severity unauthenticated path-traversal-to-RCE in ColdFusion 2023 and 2025 is under active attack. Adobe's 72-hour patch window has already passed. Shadowserver counts ~800 exposed instances.
QuimaRAT: A $150 Cross-Platform Java RAT MaaS
LevelBlue profiled a new cross-platform Java RAT sold as MaaS. No confirmed campaigns yet — but the price is low, the payload runs everywhere, and the loader is built to walk past SmartScreen. Assume it lands somewhere soon.
Opera GX Patches Auto-Install Mods Flaw
Opera fixed a flaw that let a malicious website force-install a GX Mod and use CSS injection to lift data from pages you visited. Patched; no CVE; no in-wild exploitation reported.
SkillCloak: Scanners Miss 90%+ of Skill Malware
HKUST researchers show static scanners for AI agent skill marketplaces miss over 90% of malware repackaged with simple tricks. If you rely on them, that gate is broken.
Flipper Zero Firmware Goes Maintenance-Only
Flipper Devices says the Flipper Zero firmware is stable at 1.0 and full-time feature work is over. Community PRs run the future, filtered through GitHub Discussions voting and stricter review. Here's what changes.
Metasploit's July 3 Drop: SMB-to-Meterpreter, Peyara
Rapid7 shipped an SMB-to-Meterpreter session upgrade and a Peyara Remote Mouse RCE module this week. Neither is novel research. Both change what your alerts will look like. Here's the tune.
PolinRider: DPRK Seeds 108 Malicious Packages
The Hacker News reports 108 malicious npm, Packagist, Go, and Chrome extension listings tied to the DPRK Contagious Interview cluster. Here's what a dev shop actually does about it this week.
Umbrij: ToddyCat Hijacks Gmail OAuth via Browser
Kaspersky Securelist detailed Umbrij, a ToddyCat post-compromise tool that self-grants Google Workspace OAuth tokens by driving a logged-in Chromium session. Nothing to patch. Plenty to audit.
ARToken PhaaS Targets M365 Device-Code Phishing
Cisco Talos exposed ARToken, a React-panel phishing-as-a-service tied to EvilTokens. Device code flow is the mechanic. Conditional Access is the fix, and most tenants still haven't turned it on.
ChocoPoC: Fake CVE PoC Repos Ship a Stealer
YesWeHack and Sekoia disclosed a stealer campaign hiding inside GitHub PoC repos and PyPI packages, targeting the researchers who clone them. Treat every fresh 'PoC for hot CVE' repo as hostile until you've read every dependency.
Bad Epoll: Linux Kernel LPE Also Hits Android
A newly disclosed use-after-free in Linux 6.4+ kernels lets an unprivileged local user gain root. Android on affected kernels is in scope; the upstream fix is in.
PamStealer: A Fake Maccy Site Steals macOS Creds
Jamf Threat Labs disclosed a new macOS credential stealer today that impersonates the Maccy clipboard app, validates the victim's login password against PAM in real time, and exfiltrates keychain and browser data. Apple Silicon only. Here's what defenders should do.
Cisco Confirms Active Exploitation of Unified CM Flaw
Cisco updated its Unified Communications Manager advisory this week to state attackers are exploiting the flaw in the wild. Patched builds have been out for a month. If yours isn't on one, that's the whole conversation.
Kemp LoadMaster Pre-Auth RCE: PoC Is Out, Patch Now
A functional proof-of-concept for a critical pre-auth RCE in Progress Kemp LoadMaster hit the internet on June 29 and eSentire started seeing exploitation attempts the same day. Progress's fix has been available since June 4.
SharePoint RCE now on CISA KEV: patch it this week, not next
CISA added CVE-2026-45659, a high-severity SharePoint Server deserialization RCE, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on July 2 after confirming active exploitation. Microsoft's May patch is your remediation.