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Wednesday, August 12, 2026 · generated · about 6 min read

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Patch today vendors with the most new CVEs today

Ranked by CVE count. Each vendor opens the CVE Feed filtered to that vendor and these dates.

Top developments ranked by cross-source trending

  1. Image: The Record

    Microsoft’s massive Patch Tuesday releases continue as AI reshapes bug discovery

    News The Record6m ago16 sources

    This month’s update features about five times the volume of patches Microsoft was shipping in a typical month before AI-assisted vulnerability discovery took hold.

    Also in Bleeping Computer The Record Bleeping Computer +3

    CVE-2026-55040 ↗CVE-2026-68820 ↗CVE-2026-70329 ↗

  2. Nightmare-Eclipse Drops ShieldBreak Windows Defender 0-day Vulnerability

    News Cyber Security News2h ago5 sources

    The prolific and controversial security researcher known as Nightmare-Eclipse (also tracked under the alias Chaotic Eclipse) has released a ninth Windows zero-day exploit called ShieldBreak, and this time the target is Microsoft’s own fix. ShieldBreak demonstrates a complete bypass of the patch Microsoft shipped for RoguePlanet, the Windows Defender elevation-of-privilege flaw tracked as CVE-2026-50656 , proving that the underlying weakness in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine was never fully closed. RoguePlanet was originally disclosed as a race condition in mpengine.dll, the core…

    Also in SecurityWeek Fortinet PSIRT Microsoft Security +3

    CVE-2026-50472 ↗CVE-2026-54984 ↗CVE-2026-56174 ↗

  3. Kimwolf v7 Android Botnet Makes HTTP/2 DDoS Traffic Look Like Legitimate Browsing

    News The Hacker News17h ago5 sources

    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the Kimwolf/AISURU Android and Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that comes with significant improvements to improve its operational resilience and conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The new version, tracked as Kimwolf v7, was discovered by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 in February 2026. "Kimwolf v7 adds an HTTP/2-based

    Also in Bleeping Computer CyberScoop CISA Alerts & Advisories +1

  4. CAV3RN Uses Google Apps Script as C2 Relay to Hide Malware Traffic Behind Google Infrastructure

    News Cyber Security News2h ago3 sources

    CAV3RN is a modular espionage framework that is becoming harder to see on a network. Its newest communication component hides remote-control traffic behind Google Apps Script, a service many organizations use legitimately. That design can make a harmful connection look less unusual at first glance. The framework has been used against targets in Israel and has continued to gain new components. Researchers have not described the initial infection route in this update, but once installed, its modules can exchange messages, collect software details, receive tasks, and update parts of the toolkit…

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories Cyber Security News Kaspersky Securelist

  5. Top 10 Best Business VPN Solutions in 2026

    News Cyber Security News4h ago3 sources

    The best business VPN solutions in 2026 are increasingly the ones that aren’t traditional VPNs at all. Twingate and Tailscale lead for modern least-privilege remote access, Cisco Secure Client (AnyConnect) and Palo Alto GlobalProtect remain the enterprise incumbents, and NordLayer offers the most approachable published pricing for small teams. A business VPN encrypts remote connections into your corporate network but because traditional VPN appliances have become a primary target for attackers, modern organizations are shifting toward Zero Trust architecture principles to restrict access by…

    Also in Zero Day Initiative CCCS Alerts & Advisories

  6. Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development

    News The Hacker News10 Aug4 sources↑ developing — 3 yesterday

    AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 50 times, the problem is no longer just finding vulnerabilities. It is keeping security from becoming the bottleneck, or worse, losing control of what gets shipped.

    Also in Microsoft Security Microsoft Security Blog CyberScoop

    CVE-2026-65768 ↗

  7. Cisco ASA and FTD Flaw Exploited in the Wild Can Trigger Remote DoS

    News The Hacker News6h ago3 sources

    Cisco has warned that a new vulnerability impacting Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20349 (CVSS score: 8.6), is a case of insufficient error checking when processing HTTP requests that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger

    Also in Bleeping Computer Cisco Security Advisories

  8. Top 10 Best DDoS Protection Services in 2026

    News Cyber Security News5h ago3 sources

    Cloudflare is the best DDoS protection service for most organizations in 2026, scoring highest in our evaluation on the combination of network capacity, always-on mitigation speed, and cost predictability it publicly absorbed a record 31.4 Tbps attack in Q4 2025 without metering customers for the privilege. Akamai Prolexic scores highest for enterprise scrubbing, and AWS Shield leads for AWS-native estates. DDoS protection services detect and filter denial-of-service traffic before it exhausts your bandwidth or servers. Here are the ten best, scored. The 2026 DDoS Protection Scorecard Each…

    Also in The Register Security Bleeping Computer

  9. Ivanti EPM Update Patches Remotely Exploitable Flaws

    News SecurityWeek4h ago2 sources

    The vulnerabilities could be exploited to leak credentials for external SQL connections or crash an agent service.

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories

  10. ClickFix Attack Abuses Signed IBM SPSS IDE to Deploy New CNCMachineRMS RAT

    News Cyber Security News4h ago2 sources

    ClickFix campaigns are once again turning an ordinary user action into the opening move of a serious intrusion. A newly documented chain uses a fake fix prompt to lead victims toward CNCMachineRMS, a previously undocumented remote access trojan that gives an attacker lasting control of a Windows device. The campaign stands out because it hides behind software that is both legitimate and signed. After the ClickFix lure, attackers launch IBM SPSS WinWrap Basic IDE and steer its scripting function toward malicious files, allowing the activity to blend in with trusted software rather than an…

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories

Vulnerability watch what to look at, most urgent first

Details CVEProductSeverity CVSSEPSS KEVFixIn the news
Highest scoring today 10new CVEs, highest CVSS first
CVE-2026-58231 SAP Commerce Cloud (Data Hub Adapter)SAP Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-58115 SIMATIC IoT2050 AdvancedSiemens Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-48056 streamberttruelockmc Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-17061 SIMULIA Execution EngineDassault Systèmes Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-48362 ColdFusion 2025Adobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-27302 Adobe Campaign ClassicAdobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-71398 Adobe Campaign ClassicAdobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-45618 liquidjsharttle Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-72603 wg-easywg-easy Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-48765 typebot.iobaptisteArno Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9

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Worth reading quieter, still worth your time

  1. Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers

    Media Ars Technica Security15h ago2 sources

    Google’s Chrome browser has added a new feature that could go a long way in preventing a form of account takeover that’s grown increasingly common as users adopt two-factor authentication, passkeys, and similar protections. The new Chrome protection is known as device-bound session credentials (DBSCs). The measure stores a unique encryption key in a silicon-resident fortress that’s built into the device running the browser. On Windows machines, this fortress is called a TPM, short for Trusted Platform Module. On macOS and iOS, it’s known as a secure enclave. Other platforms have differing…

    Also in Malwarebytes Labs

  2. CVE-2026-63520: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (FIXED)

    Research Rapid7 Blog23h ago2 sources

    Overview Rapid7 Labs conducted a zero-day research project against Microsoft SharePoint, resulting in the discovery of two new vulnerabilities that, when chained together, achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) against a vulnerable SharePoint server. Today, both Rapid7 and Microsoft are disclosing the second vulnerability in this chain, the RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-63520. The first vulnerability in the chain, CVE-2026-55040, was disclosed by Rapid7 and Microsoft last month. Our full disclosure timeline for the exploit chain can be seen below in Figure 1. Figure 1: The road to…

    Also in Microsoft Security

    CVE-2026-63520 ↗

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Top developments come from the Security Feed's cross-source trending detection. Vulnerability watch comes from the CVE Feed's daily NVD and CISA KEV sync.