The Node.js Project released security updates on October 21, 2026 for the 26.x, 24.x and 22.x lines (26.12.1, 24.22.1, 22.23.4), fixing 10 vulnerabilities: four high, three medium and three low (gbhackers.com). The most serious is CVE-2026-111497, nicknamed Node2Shell (aikido.dev), an out-of-bounds write in the bundled Brotli decoder that…
GitLab released critical patch versions on October 21, 2026 for CVE-2026-110264, a CVSS 10.0 integer overflow in the regular expression compiler of GitLab CE/EE. A specially crafted expression could let an unauthenticated attacker run arbitrary code on a self-managed server (docs.gitlab.com). Affected releases go back to version 7.0 (June…
Two critical vulnerabilities affect PHP, in all versions since PHP 5 (2004). The NSA warned about them on Wednesday 21 October 2026, saying they let attackers reach the server file system or the database used by the web application (techcrunch.com). The PHP Foundation released four updates on 21 October 2026, including PHP 8.5.12. Each fl…
Wiz Research disclosed multiple memory-safety vulnerabilities in the core PHP engine, grouped under two CVEs with severity up to CVSS 9.2, and patched by the PHP team on October 21, 2026. The flaws allow unauthenticated remote code execution or disclosure of process memory (passwords, tokens, API keys, certificates) on any site running an…
Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-20327, a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Intelligence Center. An authenticated, local attacker could send a crafted request and read the contents of the device's internal database. Cisco rates the Security Impact as Medium. Software updates are available and…
CISA added one vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on 2026-09-14 based on evidence of active exploitation: CVE-2026-76461, a SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Email Gateway. CISA describes this vulnerability type as a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and a significant risk to the f…
Researcher Mohan Pedhapati of Hacktron ran an AI-driven audit against vinext, Cloudflare's Next.js reimplementation reportedly built in a week with AI assistance. The scan produced 45 findings, of which 24 were manually validated, including several Critical issues. The most serious bugs allow cross-user session data leakage, shared cache …
The Yokai research team at Hakai Security disclosed CVE-2026-40083, a SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti versions up to and including 1.2.30. An authenticated user with SNMP management (agent) permissions can run arbitrary SQL queries, reading or modifying the entire database. Exposed data includes bcrypt credential hashes, API tokens, …
The Yokai Research Team at Hakai Security disclosed two Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities in MagicMirror², an open-source smart mirror platform: CVE-2026-63642 (blind SSRF in the newsfeed module) and CVE-2026-63643 (SSRF in the calendar module). Both let a client make the MagicMirror² server send HTTP requests to attacker…
F5 Labs analyzes CVE-2025-23061 and its predecessor CVE-2024-53900, a CVSS 9.0 flaw in the Mongoose MongoDB client library that allows remote code execution on Node.js API servers. The bug abuses the populate method, which accepts a $where clause containing arbitrary JavaScript. The initial fix for CVE-2024-53900 blocked only top-level $w…
Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-20362, a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Finesse. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit it by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. Successful exploitation could expose limited sensitive information from services associated…
In October 2026, the Discord server protection service Double Counter suffered a data breach attributed to a vulnerability in the Metabase analytics tool. The company's disclosure notice states that attackers accessed a subset of its data. That data was later published publicly and contains about 275k unique email addresses and Discord us…
The German municipality of Tangerhütte (Saxony-Anhalt) was hit by a cyberattack that its software provider Innocon believes was carried out with artificial intelligence. Attackers exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Innocon software behind the municipality's digital town hall, according to an MDR investigation. A municipal IT …
Drupal published an advisory on October 14, 2026 for CVE-2026-108097, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Field UI module (fieldui) of Drupal core. The advisory gives it a risk score of 19/25, with basic attack complexity, no authentication required, and full confidentiality and integrity impact. Drupal core alone is not…
Sansec warns that a maximum-severity flaw, CVE-2026-103849 (dubbed BlockStrap), in Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce could allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on store servers. No in-the-wild exploitation has been observed yet, but Sansec identified four potential attack paths in under 24 hours and expects mass exploitation…
Cisco disclosed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-76466 (CVSS v3.1 9.8), in the database service of Cisco Expressway Series (Expressway-C and Expressway-E). An unauthenticated remote attacker with network access and the relevant cookies could execute arbitrary operating system commands as root. The flaw stems from the use of persistent c…
Patchstack reports a critical remote code execution vulnerability in PHP that is already being actively exploited after details leaked on October 20. Because the flaw sits in the language runtime, any PHP-based application on a vulnerable version is exposed, including WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Joomla and Laravel sites. Patchstack confir…
A coordinated attack on supermarket refrigeration controllers began on the night of 11-12 October 2026 and hit hundreds of stores in France. Attackers remotely forced units into continuous defrost cycles, with temperatures reaching 50°C (122°F), spoiling food and causing fires, according to Paris prosecutors (itsecurityguru.org). The firs…
Yokai Research (Hakai Security) published an analysis and a public proof-of-concept for GHSA-f9x3-7vq9-cph6, a critical authentication bypass (CVSS v4 9.2) in the Laravel framework's built-in TokenGuard, which backs auth:api. The flaw was discovered by KIKOmanasijev and reported via the GitHub Security Advisory program. When the user tabl…
Researchers describe WP2Shell, a chain of two WordPress core flaws, CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137, that lets unauthenticated attackers progress from public REST API endpoints to remote code execution. It affects default installations with no third-party plugin required. Public exploit code exists and exploitation attempts have been ob…