vulnerability
Google: Hackers used AI to develop zero-day exploit for web admin tool
Researchers at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) say that a zero-day exploit targeting a popular open-source web administration tool was likely generated using AI. The exploit could be leveraged to bypass the two-factor authentication (2FA) protection in a popular open-source, web-based system administration tool that remains unnamed. Although the attack was foiled before the mass exploitation […]
Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts
A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host system. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-26956 and has been confirmed to impact vm2 version 3.10.4, although earlier releases may also be vulnerable. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been published. In the security […]
New Cisco DoS flaw requires manual reboot to revive devices
Cisco released security updates to fix a Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) and Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that requires manually rebooting targeted systems for recovery. Large enterprises and service providers leverage the CNC software suite to simplify multivendor network management and operations handling with automation, while the NSO orchestration platform helps them manage […]
Weaver E-cology critical bug exploited in attacks since March
Hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679) in the Weaver E-cology office automation since mid-March to run discovery commands. The attacks started five days after the software vendor released a security update to address the issue, and two weeks before disclosing it publicly. Researchers at threat intelligence company Vega documented the malicious activity and […]
New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-31431 and was discovered by the offensive security company Theori, using its AI-driven pentesting platform Xint Code after scaning the […]
Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available
The critical CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild and has been leveraged in attempts since late February. It is unclear when exploitation started, but KnownHost, a hosting provider that uses cPanel, said the day the vulnerability was disclosed that “successful exploits have been seen […]
cPanel, WHM emergency update fixes critical auth bypass bug
A critical vulnerability affecting all but the latest versions of cPanel and the WebHost Manager (WHM) dashboard could be exploited to obtain access to the control panel without authentication. The security issue, currently identified as CVE-2026-41940 and with a severity score of 9.8, has been addressed in an emergency update that requires running a command manually to retrieve […]
Hackers are exploiting a critical LiteLLM pre-auth SQLi flaw
Hackers are targeting sensitive information stored in the LiteLLM open-source large-language model (LLM) gateway by exploiting a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42208. The flaw is an SQL injection issue that occurs during LiteLLM’s proxy API key verification step. An attacker can exploit it without authentication by sending a specially crafted Authorization header to any LLM […]
New ‘Pack2TheRoot’ flaw gives hackers root Linux access
A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or remove system packages and gain root permissions. The flaw is identified as CVE-2026-41651 and received a high-severity rating of 8.8 out of 10. It has persisted for almost 12 years in the PackageKit daemon, a background service that manages software installation, […]
Hackers exploit file upload bug in Breeze Cache WordPress plugin
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Breeze Cache plugin for WordPress that allows uploading arbitrary files on the server without authentication. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-3844 and has been leveraged in more than 170 exploitation attempts by the Wordfence security solution for the WordPress ecosystem. The Breeze Cache WordPress caching […]