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Flaws in popular VSCode extensions expose developers to attacks
Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local files and execute code remotely. The security issues impact Code Runner (CVE-2025-65715), Markdown Preview Enhanced (CVE-2025-65716), Markdown Preview Enhanced (CVE-2025-65717), and Microsoft Live Preview (no identifier assigned). Researchers at […]
CISA gives feds 3 days to patch actively exploited BeyondTrust flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered federal agencies on Friday to secure their BeyondTrust Remote Support instances against an actively exploited vulnerability within three days. BeyondTrust provides identity security services to more than 20,000 customers across over 100 countries, including government agencies and 75% of Fortune 100 companies worldwide. Tracked as CVE-2026-1731, this remote code […]
One threat actor responsible for 83% of recent Ivanti RCE attacks
Threat intelligence observations show that a single threat actor is responsible for most of the active exploitation of two critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), tracked as CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340. The security issues have been flagged as actively exploited in zero-day attacks in Ivanti’s security advisory, where the company also announced hotfixes. Both flaws received a critical severity rating and […]
CISA flags critical Microsoft SCCM flaw as exploited in attacks
CISA ordered U.S. government agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager vulnerability patched in October 2024 and now exploited in attacks. Microsoft Configuration Manager (also known as ConfigMgr and formerly System Center Configuration Manager, or SCCM) is an IT administration tool for managing large groups of Windows servers and […]
Critical BeyondTrust RCE flaw now exploited in attacks, patch now
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access appliances is now being exploited in attacks after a PoC was published online. Tracked as CVE-2026-1731 and assigned a near-maximum CVSS score of 9.9, the flaw affects BeyondTrust Remote Support versions 25.3.1 and earlier and Privileged Remote Access versions 24.3.4 […]
WordPress plugin with 900k installs vulnerable to critical RCE flaw
A critical vulnerability in the WPvivid Backup & Migration plugin for WordPress, installed on more than 900,000 websites, can be exploited to achieve remote code execution by uploading arbitrary files without authentication. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-1357 and received a severity score of 9.8. It impacts all versions of the plugin up to 0.9.123 and could lead […]
BeyondTrust warns of critical RCE flaw in remote support software
BeyondTrust warned customers to patch a critical security flaw in its Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) software that could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely. Tracked as CVE-2026-1731, this pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability stems from an OS command injection weakness discovered by Harsh Jaiswal and the Hacktron AI team, and it […]
CISA warns of SmarterMail RCE flaw used in ransomware attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that ransomware actors are exploiting CVE-2026-24423, a critical vulnerability in SmarterMail that allows remote code execution without authentication. SmarterMail is a self-hosted, Windows-based email server and collaboration platform from SmarterTools. The product provides SMTP/IMAP/POP mail services along with webmail, calendars, contacts, and basic groupware functionality. It is commonly […]
Critical n8n flaws disclosed along with public exploits
Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the popular n8n open-source workflow automation platform allow escaping the confines of the environment and taking complete control of the host server. Collectively tracked as CVE-2026-25049, the issues can be exploited by any authenticated user who can create or edit workflows on the platform to perform unrestricted remote code execution on the […]
CISA flags critical SolarWinds RCE flaw as exploited in attacks
CISA has flagged a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability as actively exploited in attacks and ordered federal agencies to patch their systems within three days. Tracked as CVE-2025-40551, this security flaw stems from an untrusted data deserialization weakness discovered and reported by Horizon3.ai security researcher Jimi Sebree, which can allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote command […]