Remote Command Execution
Hackers exploit critical React Native Metro bug to breach dev systems
Hackers are targeting developers by exploiting the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-11953 in the Metro server for React Native to deliver malicious payloads for Windows and Linux. On Windows, an unauthenticated attacker can leverage the security issue to execute arbitrary OS commands via a POST request. On Linux and macOS, the vulnerability can lead to running arbitrary executables with […]
SolarWinds warns of critical Web Help Desk RCE, auth bypass flaws
SolarWinds has released security updates to patch critical authentication bypass and remote command execution vulnerabilities in its Web Help Desk IT help desk software. The authentication bypass security flaws (tracked as CVE-2025-40552 and CVE-2025-40554) patched today by SolarWinds were reported by watchTowr’s Piotr Bazydlo and can be exploited by remote unauthenticated threat actors in low-complexity attacks. Bazydlo also […]
Hackers now exploiting critical Fortinet FortiSIEM flaw in attacks
A critical Fortinet FortiSIEM vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code is now being abused in attacks. According to security researcher Zach Hanley at penetration testing company Horizon3.ai, who reported the vulnerability (CVE-2025-64155), it is a combination of two issues that allow arbitrary writes with admin permissions and privilege escalation to root access. “An improper […]
Cisco finally fixes AsyncOS zero-day exploited since November
Cisco has finally patched a maximum-severity Cisco AsyncOS zero-day exploited in attacks against Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and Secure Email and Web Manager (SEWM) appliances since November 2025. As Cisco explained in December, when it disclosed the vulnerability (CVE-2025-20393), it affects only Cisco SEG and Cisco SEWM appliances with non-standard configurations when the Spam Quarantine […]
Cisco warns of unpatched AsyncOS zero-day exploited in attacks
Cisco warned customers today of an unpatched, maximum-severity Cisco AsyncOS zero-day actively exploited in attacks targeting Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and Secure Email and Web Manager (SEWM) appliances. This yet-to-be-patched zero-day (CVE-2025-20393) affects only Cisco SEG and Cisco SEWM appliances with non-standard configurations, when the Spam Quarantine feature is enabled and exposed on the Internet. […]
Popular JavaScript library expr-eval vulnerable to RCE flaw
A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The security issue was discovered by security researcher Jangwoo Choe and is tracked as CVE-2025-12735. According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the severity rating is critical, with a […]
Critical Cisco UCCX flaw lets attackers run commands as root
Cisco has released security updates to patch a critical vulnerability in the Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software, which could enable attackers to execute commands with root privileges. The Cisco UCCX platform, described by the company as a “contact center in a box,” is a software solution for managing customer interactions in call centers, supporting up […]
Maximum severity GoAnywhere MFT flaw exploited as zero day
Hackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-10035) in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT that allows injecting commands remotely without authentication. The vendor disclosed the flaw on September 18, buit the company had learned about it a week earlier, and did not share any details on how it was discovered or if it was being exploited. CVE-2025-10035 […]
SAP fixes maximum severity NetWeaver command execution flaw
SAP has addressed 21 new vulnerabilities affecting its products, including three critical severity issues impacting the NetWeaver software solution. SAP NetWeaver is the foundation for SAP’s business apps like ERP, CRM, SRM, and SCM, and acts as a modular middleware that is broadly deployed in large enterprise networks. In its security bulletin for September, the provider of enterprise […]
CISA tags Windows, Cisco vulnerabilities as actively exploited
CISA has warned US federal agencies to secure their systems against attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco and Windows systems. While the cybersecurity agency has tagged these flaws as actively exploited in the wild, it has yet to provide specific details regarding this malicious activity and who is behind it. The first flaw (tracked as CVE-2023-20118) enables […]