CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1312 covers a large set of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, fixed in Microsoft's 13 October 2026 security updates. Exploitation can lead to remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, security policy bypass and loss of data confidentiality. Microsoft states that CVE-2026-96951 is being activ…
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1311 reports multiple vulnerabilities in Ivanti products, covering Connect Secure (ICS), Neurons for UEM and Xtraction. Some of them allow remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, security policy bypass and loss of data confidentiality and integrity. Ivanti states that CVE-2026-104935 is bein…
Microsoft released updates for at least 974 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, its largest Patch Tuesday ever. The previous record was 570 fixes in July. The 2026 total now exceeds 2,600, more than double the 2020 record year (1,245), with three months still to go. Microsoft and other large vendors, including Adobe, Cisco, Goo…
GreyNoise reports that on 31 August 2026 a likely Russian-speaking malicious cyber actor used 45.142.193.132 and AI to develop, test and deploy exploits for PaperCut NG/MF (CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078). Using hundreds of AI agents built on OpenAI's Codex harness, a DeepSeek model and public offensive security tools, the actor compro…
Cisco published a security advisory covering multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface and API endpoints of Cisco License On-Prem, formerly Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem). A remote attacker could exploit them to gain unauthorized access, access sensitive information, cause a denial of service (DoS)…
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1314 reports multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and related components, covered by Microsoft's October 13, 2026 security bulletins (ADV260001 and dozens of CVEs). Some of them allow remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, remote denial of service, security policy bypass and compro…
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday is a record release of roughly 1,415 new CVEs, the first four-digit volume ever, larger than any previous full year of Microsoft patches. Only one flaw is under active attack: CVE-2026-96951, a Windows Shell security feature bypass that evades Mark of the Web (MotW) protections. Two others are public…
An active supply chain attack is abusing a compromised credential for the ConnectWise Cloud Backup (formerly SkyKick) Microsoft 365 OAuth application, giving unknown actors access to customer tenants. Huntress confirmed unauthorized sign-ins in 173 partner/customer tenants, and Microsoft reports broad successful service principal authenti…
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1317 is not the source here; this record covers CERTFR-2026-AVI-1326, which reports multiple vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks products fixed in vendor bulletins of October 14, 2026. Some flaws allow remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation and remote denial of service. Other impact classe…