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Critical Splunk Enterprise Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code Without Authentication

Splunk has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in Splunk Enterprise that could be exploited to conduct unauthenticated file operations and even remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20253, is rated 9.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, an unauthenticated user could create or truncate arbitrary

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Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Agents Into Running Malicious Code

Cybersecurity researchers have described what they say is a new class of attack that can trick artificial intelligence (AI) coding agents into running arbitrary code on developer machines. Called Agentjacking by Tenet Security, the attack can be triggered by means of a fake error report crafted using Sentry, an open-source error-tracking and performance-monitoring platform. "The attack

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LangGraph Flaw Chain Exposes Self-Hosted AI Agents to Remote Code Execution

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of three now-patched security flaws impacting LangGraph, including a critical vulnerability chain that could result in remote code execution. LangGraph is an open-source framework created by LangChain to build complex, stateful, and multi-agent artificial intelligence (AI) agentic applications. "An SQL injection in LangGraph's function could

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Ivanti Sentry Exploitation Attempts Hitting Honeypots

The critical-severity OS command injection vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The post Ivanti Sentry Exploitation Attempts Hitting Honeypots appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters

Oracle has mitigated CVE-2026-35273, but it has not publicly confirmed the vulnerability’s in-the-wild exploitation. The post Google Confirms Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day by ShinyHunters appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) to Breach Universities

The ShinyHunters extortion crew exploited an unpatched flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into enterprise systems, steal data, and demand payment to keep it private. The campaign hit universities hardest. Google's Mandiant attributes it to the group it tracks as UNC6240, and dates the activity between May 27 and June 9. Oracle did not publish its advisory until June 10, so the bug was a

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New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a day after they published an exploit for Microsoft Defender. "This was an accidental discovery, it took a total of 4 hours to find this," the researcher said in a post on Blogger. "If you ever attempted to use Windows Defender Offline Scan, you're

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Oracle Addresses PeopleSoft Vulnerability Amid Reports of Zero-Day Attacks

Oracle has released mitigations for CVE-2026-35273, but it has not said whether it’s a zero-day exploited in ShinyHunters attacks. The post Oracle Addresses PeopleSoft Vulnerability Amid Reports of Zero-Day Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Prioritize Security Patches Based on Risk

The new BOD 26-04 requires agencies to review and update vulnerability management policies with a focus on KEV catalog entries. The post CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Prioritize Security Patches Based on Risk appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hackers Exploit Langflow Vulnerability for Remote Code Execution

Disclosed in March, the security defect enables unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary locations on the system. The post Hackers Exploit Langflow Vulnerability for Remote Code Execution appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI Broke Vulnerability Management. That's Why CISOs Are Moving Budget to BAS.

For thirty years, vulnerability management ran on a buffer: the months between when a vulnerability was found and when someone could figure out how to weaponize it. The solution was straightforward enough; triage by severity, schedule the fix, validate, and move on. The buffer was what made that work. Today, that buffer is gone. AI didn't make your team slower. It changed the other side of the

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‘GreatXML’ Zero-Day Exploit Bypasses BitLocker

The PoC exploits Microsoft Defender’s offline scan to spawn a SYSTEM shell when rebooting in Recovery Mode. The post ‘GreatXML’ Zero-Day Exploit Bypasses BitLocker appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Patches Exploited Exchange Server Vulnerability

The company warned about zero-day attacks exploiting the Exchange Server vulnerability CVE-2026-42897 on May 14.  The post Microsoft Patches Exploited Exchange Server Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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China-Linked JDY Botnet Expands to 1,500+ Devices for Cyber Reconnaissance

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "resurgence and expansion" of JDY, a covert network associated with China-nexus state-sponsored threat actors. "The JDY botnet comprises over 1,500 SOHO [small office and home office] and IoT devices and operates as a centrally controlled, high-performance scanner used to discover, fingerprint, and continuously map exposed services at scale," Lumen's

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Ivanti, Fortinet, and SAP Release Patches for Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities

Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP have released security updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities that could result in arbitrary code execution and information disclosure. The security flaw patched by Fortinet relates to a command injection vulnerability in FortiSandbox, FortiSandbox Cloud, and FortiSandbox PaaS WEB UI. It's tracked as CVE-2026-25089 (CVSS score: 9.1). "An

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Unpatched Langflow Flaw CVE-2026-5027 Exploited for Unauthenticated RCE

A high-severity unpatched security flaw in Langflow, an open-source low-code platform to build artificial intelligence (AI) applications, has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-5027 (CVSS score: 8.8), a case of path traversal that could allow an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations. "The 'POST/

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CISA Adds Cisco, Chrome, and Arista Flaws to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-20245 (CVSS score: 7.8) - An improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that could allow an

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New Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘RoguePlanet’ Released

Exploiting a race condition in Microsoft Defender, the exploit leads to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM. The post New Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘RoguePlanet’ Released appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Your Automated Pentest Looks Clean. See What It Missed in This Expert Webinar

Your pentest report looks clean. That might be the problem. Run automated pentesting long enough, and the new findings start to dry up. By the third or fourth run, fewer issues appear. The report looks stable. Leadership reads "stable" as "secure." It usually isn't. The work slows down. The risk does not. That gap is what a The Hacker News webinar with Picus Security sets out to close. Autumn

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ServiceNow Patches Vulnerability Exploited Against Some Customers

The company updated hosted customer instances to patch a security issue it reportedly had known about since April 7. The post ServiceNow Patches Vulnerability Exploited Against Some Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek.