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Updated July 31, 2026 — 169 published advisories, with new analysis most weekdays. Recent coverage includes a Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center zero-day already under active exploitation (CVE-2026-20316), an OpenWrt DHCPv6 flaw that hands over root without any authentication (CVE-2026-53921), a pre-authentication remote code execution bug affecting every on-premises JetBrains TeamCity build server (CVE-2026-63077), a CVSS 10.0 Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator flaw already exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-16812), and the fastjson deserialization remote code execution bug still shipping without a patch (CVE-2026-16723). If one of these touches a system you run and you are not sure what to do next, our 24/7 staffed security operations center handles the triage for you.

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CVE-2026-8732
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Jun 1, 2026
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CRITICAL: WP Maps Pro Bug (CVE-2026-8732) Spawns Admin Accounts on 15,000 WordPress Sites

A CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated admin account creation flaw in the WP Maps Pro WordPress plugin (CVE-2026-8732) is under active mass exploitation. Wordfence blocked 2,858 attempts and Defiant blocked more than 3,600 within a single 24 hour window. The bug abuses a vendor-support shortcut to mint administrator accounts via an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint. All versions through 6.1.0 are vulnerable. Patch to 6.1.1 and hunt for rogue admins emailed support@flippercode.com.

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CVE-2026-0257
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-0257 •May 31, 2026

HIGH: Palo Alto GlobalProtect Auth Bypass (CVE-2026-0257) Actively Exploited, Now on CISA KEV

A GlobalProtect authentication override flaw in PAN-OS lets unauthenticated attackers forge session cookies and walk into the VPN. Rapid7 observed two waves of in the wild exploitation in May, CISA added the bug to the KEV catalog on May 29 with a June 1 federal deadline, and Palo Alto Networks has confirmed active exploitation against unpatched devices.

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CVE-2026-35616
critical
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-35616 •May 29, 2026

CRITICAL: FortiClient EMS Bug CVE-2026-35616 Weaponized to Push EKZ Infostealer Across Managed Fleets

Threat actors are abusing CVE-2026-35616, a CVSS 9.1 pre-authentication API bypass in FortiClient EMS, to hijack endpoint management consoles and push the newly identified EKZ infostealer to every managed endpoint disguised as FortiEndpoint_Patch.exe. Patch to 7.4.7 immediately and hunt for indicators in EMS logs and on managed hosts.

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CVE-2026-9082
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-9082 •May 23, 2026

HIGH: Drupal Core SQL Injection CVE-2026-9082 Hits CISA KEV Days After Disclosure

Drupal disclosed SA-CORE-2026-004 (CVE-2026-9082), a Highly Critical SQL injection in the core database abstraction API that lets unauthenticated attackers escalate privileges and reach remote code execution on PostgreSQL-backed sites. Imperva is tracking 15,000+ attack attempts against nearly 6,000 sites across 65 countries. CISA added the bug to KEV on May 22 with a federal patch deadline of May 27, 2026.

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CVE-2026-20223
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CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-20223 •May 22, 2026

CRITICAL: Cisco Secure Workload Hit With CVSS 10.0 REST API Flaw That Hands Over Site Admin

Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-20223, a maximum severity CVSS 10.0 flaw in Secure Workload that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain Site Admin privileges by sending crafted requests to internal REST API endpoints. The vulnerability crosses tenant boundaries on both SaaS and on-premises deployments, has no workarounds, and is fixed in releases 3.10.8.3 and 4.0.3.17.

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CVE-2026-41091
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-41091 •May 21, 2026

HIGH: Microsoft Defender Burns Again as Two New Zero-Days Hit Active Exploitation

Microsoft confirmed on May 21 that CVE-2026-41091, a CVSS 7.8 link-following privilege escalation in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, and CVE-2026-45498, a denial-of-service flaw in the Defender Antimalware Platform, are both under active exploitation. CISA added both to the KEV catalog with a June 3 federal remediation deadline. Defender engine version 1.1.26040.8 and Antimalware Platform 4.18.26040.7 contain the fixes and ship automatically through definition updates.

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CVE-2026-45585
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-45585 •May 20, 2026

HIGH: Microsoft Ships Mitigation for YellowKey BitLocker Bypass Zero-Day (CVE-2026-45585)

Microsoft published mitigation guidance for CVE-2026-45585, the YellowKey BitLocker bypass zero-day publicly disclosed by researcher Chaotic Eclipse last week. The flaw lives in the FsTx Auto Recovery Utility inside Windows Recovery Environment and lets anyone with physical access and a USB stick spawn an unrestricted shell with the BitLocker-protected volume already mounted. Windows 11 24H2, 25H2, 26H1 and Windows Server 2025 are affected.

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CVE-2020-17103
critical
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2020-17103 •May 19, 2026

CRITICAL: 'MiniPlasma' Windows 0-Day Resurrects 2020 SYSTEM Escalation Bug Microsoft Thought It Killed

A working zero-day exploit dubbed MiniPlasma escalates standard users to SYSTEM on fully patched Windows 11. It abuses cldflt.sys, the same Cloud Filter driver behind CVE-2020-17103 that Microsoft 'fixed' in 2020. PoC is public on GitHub. No patch yet. Assume compromise paths exist on every Windows endpoint until the next Patch Tuesday.

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CVE-2026-42945
critical
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-42945 •May 18, 2026

CRITICAL: 18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Hits Active Exploitation in Days

A heap buffer overflow lurking in NGINX's ngx_http_rewrite_module since 2008 went from coordinated disclosure to active in-the-wild exploitation in roughly seventy-two hours. CVE-2026-42945 affects every release from 0.6.27 through 1.30.0 across both Open Source and Plus, can crash worker processes trivially, and can reach remote code execution on hosts where ASLR is disabled. Patches are available in NGINX 1.30.1 and 1.31.0.

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CVE-2026-20182
critical
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-20182 •May 17, 2026

CRITICAL: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN CVE-2026-20182 Hits CVSS 10.0 with Active Exploitation by UAT-8616

Cisco patched CVE-2026-20182, a CVSS 10.0 authentication bypass in Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker gain administrative access via the vdaemon peering service on UDP/12346. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a federal remediation deadline of May 17, 2026. Threat cluster UAT-8616 is actively exploiting it. No workarounds, only patches.

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CVE-2026-42897
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-42897 •May 16, 2026

HIGH: Microsoft Exchange Server XSS Flaw CVE-2026-42897 Under Active Attack

Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2026-42897 is a cross-site scripting flaw in Outlook Web Access that lets a crafted email execute JavaScript in the victim OWA session. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 15, 2026 after confirmed in-the-wild exploitation, with a May 29 federal mitigation deadline. Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition are affected. Exchange Online is not. Microsoft scored it CVSS 8.1, and patches shipped in the May 2026 security update.

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CVE-2026-41940
critical
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-41940 •May 12, 2026

CRITICAL: cPanel WHM Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-41940 Exploited for Two Months Before Patch

cPanel and WHM are bleeding root through CVE-2026-41940, a CVSS 9.8 CRLF-injection authentication bypass that has been exploited in the wild since late February 2026. The April 28 patch is available now, but attackers running automated campaigns from over 2,000 source IPs have been deploying a cross-platform Go backdoor on compromised hosts for two months. Patch immediately and assume breach on any internet-exposed unpatched server.

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CVE-2026-6973
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-6973 •May 11, 2026

HIGH: Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 Under Active Exploitation, CISA Mandates 3-Day Federal Patch Deadline

Ivanti has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-6973, an authenticated remote code execution flaw in on-premises Endpoint Manager Mobile rated CVSS 7.2. CISA added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 7 and gave federal agencies until May 10, 2026 to remediate. The exploitation pattern strongly suggests reuse of admin credentials harvested during the unauthenticated EPMM compromises disclosed in January 2026.

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CVE-2026-43284
high
CVE AdvisoryVulnerabilityCVE-2026-43284 •May 9, 2026

HIGH: 'Dirty Frag' Linux Kernel Bugs Hand Locals Root, One Half Already Patched, RxRPC Half Still Open (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500)

Two Linux kernel page-cache write bugs collectively named Dirty Frag let any unprivileged local user pop a root shell in one command. CVE-2026-43284 in xfrm-ESP was patched May 8. CVE-2026-43500 in RxRPC is still unpatched. Microsoft has already seen active exploitation in the wild and a public proof-of-concept is on GitHub.

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