Vulnerability News

Hackers are exploiting a high-severity flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS that allows authenticated attackers to run code with root privileges on affected firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2026-0322, the vulnerability affects the management interface, with the company confirming “very limited...

Cisco has warned that attackers are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email Gateway that can give them root access to affected appliances. Tracked as CVE-2026-76519, the flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and allows...

F5 has disclosed three serious security flaws in NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source that can let remote, unauthenticated attackers crash worker processes by sending crafted HTTP requests. In certain setups, the memory errors could also allow code execution, although...

The curl project released curl 8.23.0 on October 14, 2026, announcing 24 security fixes affecting the widely used data transfer tool and its underlying library, libcurl. The vulnerabilities include credential leaks, authentication errors, command injection, and flaws that can...

Security researchers earned a $250,000 reward from Google after building a full-chain Chrome exploit with AI agents. The XBOW team says the work took six days and about $40,000 in computing costs, using OpenAI’s publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol model....

Microsoft has released fixes for a Windows SmartScreen vulnerability that allows an attacker with local access to gain higher privileges. Tracked as CVE-2026-85851, the flaw was disclosed on October 13, 2026, and carries a CVSS base score of 7.8. Microsoft...

Microsoft has patched an actively exploited Windows Shell zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass Mark of the Web protections. Tracked as CVE-2026-96951, the flaw was addressed in the October 2026 Patch Tuesday updates. It carries a CVSS score...

Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday briefing outlines 1,118 vulnerabilities across 15 risk groups, alongside a new approach designed to help security teams review large update releases. Called risk cohorts, these groups bring together flaws that require similar questions about an...

Fortinet disclosed a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in the FortiSandbox graphical user interface that could let remote attackers access protected functions without valid credentials. Tracked as CVE-2026-107656, the flaw carries a reported CVSSv3 score of 9.6 and affects both FortiSandbox...

Docker has disclosed a critical Docker Hub vulnerability that could let attackers impersonate other users and publish container images under trusted names. Tracked as CVE-2026-105445, the flaw affected personal access tokens transferred during account conversions. Docker resolved the issue...