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Saturday, October 24, 2026 · generated · about 5 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: Cyber Security News

    Palo Alto Confirms PHP RCE Vulnerabilities Impact PAN-OS and Multiple Network Products

    News Cyber Security News6h ago8 sources

    Palo Alto Networks has confirmed that two critical PHP remote code execution vulnerabilities affect PAN-OS and previously impacted two cloud services. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, the flaws have prompted planned firewall hotfixes and guidance to restrict access to management interfaces. The company updated its security advisory on October 24, 2026. It said it was not aware of malicious exploitation against its products. However, Unit 42 has seen proof-of-concept exploits for the wider PHP vulnerabilities, known as PHP2Shell . PHP RCE Vulnerabilities Both flaws involve PHP’s…

    Also in Cisco Security Advisories Palo Alto Unit 42 CCCS Alerts & Advisories +3

    CVE-2026-109618 ↗CVE-2026-109619 ↗View on Security Feed

  2. AI Agents as Insider Threats: Inside Microsoft's Bet on a Unified Security Stack

    News Dark Reading23 Oct7 sources

    Microsoft's Project Perception adds Guardian Agents to monitor and contain anomalous AI agents, but experts warn that policing unpredictable agents with other agents may compound — not contain — the risk.

    Also in Bleeping Computer Bleeping Computer Infosecurity Magazine +3

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  3. Leaked LiteLLM Master Key Let Attackers Steal GitHub Tokens and Hijack Release Pipeline

    News The Hacker News1h ago5 sources

    LiteLLM on Friday revealed that an Agent Platform master key accidentally published to a public GitHub repository in late May 2026 ultimately allowed the threat actor to push a malicious version of the popular Python package. "On May 27, 2026, a configuration file was committed to the public LiteLLM-Labs/lite-harness repository which inadvertently contained the master key to a deployment of

    Also in Cyber Security News SecurityWeek Bleeping Computer +2

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  4. Hackers got a four-day head start on epic PHP2Shell vulnerability

    Media Ars Technica Security22 Oct8 sources

    Amazon has warned that vulnerabilities in a programming language that underpins much of the Internet, discovered using AI tools, are being “broadly exploited” as governments and companies rush to secure their systems. The world’s largest cloud computing provider on Wednesday said it had identified an attempt by hackers to exploit the bug four days before the weakness was disclosed to the public. Amazon added the flaws were “now being broadly exploited in the wild.” Read full article Comments

    Also in Bleeping Computer The Register Security Infosecurity Magazine +3

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  5. Ruby Fixes Three Regex Engine Bugs Responsible for Four Critical GitLab RCE Flaws

    News The Hacker News18h ago4 sources

    Ruby has released versions 4.0.9, 3.4.12, and 3.3.13 to fix three bugs in Onigmo, the regular expression engine built into the language. The bugs lie behind four critical security flaws that GitLab patched over the past month. GitLab found that a specially crafted pattern could corrupt memory while Ruby compiles it, potentially leading to code execution on its own servers. Ruby says any

    Also in The Hacker News The Register Security CCCS Alerts & Advisories +2

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  6. Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches

    News The Register Security23 Oct4 sources

    Linus Torvalds is embracing AI to write Linux kernel code, and some people are having fits. He has a message for them. So do I. Roy Schestowitz, editor of Tux Machines, summed up his reaction to the news as "Linus Torvalds Turns to Slop." In the podcast Pivot to AI, podcaster David Gerard agreed: "Linux kernel goes full AI slop code." Meanwhile, in the Tom's Hardware comments section, commenter "LordVile" wrote: "This is a publicity stunt from his AI overlords [The Linux Foundation] who pay his wage." They followed this by saying this is the "same reason he's flipped-flopped on AI." I've…

    Also in The Hacker News CISA Alerts & Advisories CISA Alerts & Advisories +2

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  7. BlackX UEFI Bootkit Bypasses Secure Boot on Patched Windows Systems Missing Revocations

    News The Hacker News18h ago3 sources

    Diplomatic organizations in Central Asia have been targeted by a sophisticated new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit called BlackX. The activity, which singled out diplomatic entities in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in early 2026, is suspected to be orchestrated by a China-linked state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41, Kaspersky said in a technical report

    Also in Microsoft Security Microsoft Security The Hacker News +2

    CVE-2026-102208 ↗CVE-2026-61359 ↗CVE-2026-83862 ↗View on Security Feed

  8. Critical Okta Access Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers With Admin Access Execute System Commands

    News Cyber Security News21h ago2 sources

    Okta has disclosed a critical security flaw in Okta Access Gateway that lets an authenticated administrator run system commands through the appliance’s Admin Console. Tracked as CVE-2026-115547, the vulnerability affects versions before 2026.10.2 and has a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.1, according to the October 22, 2026 advisory. The issue involves weak input validation when the Admin Console processes specially formatted configuration values. An attacker with administrative access can use those values to trigger command execution under the OAG service account. The disclosure does not describe an…

    Also in Wiz Research

    CVE-2026-115547 ↗View on Security Feed

  9. Hackers Breach Enterprise Firewalls and VPNs, Exposing Over 70,000 Credentials

    News The Hacker News23h ago2 sources

    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale campaign that has targeted exposed network edge devices such as Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect firewalls. "Artifacts from this investigation also indicate that operators in this campaign have obtained access to numerous organizations worldwide, and have attempted to further compromise some victims,

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories CCCS Alerts & Advisories

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  10. IT department and auditors at major pharmacy chain got into a rip-roaring fight about using 'password' on Cisco firewall

    News The Register Security22 Oct3 sources

    Welcome back to PWNED, the column where we talk about companies and organizations that leave the doors wide open to attackers. This week’s sad story involves a major American pharmacy chain that couldn’t fill a prescription for password security. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at pwned@sitpub.com. Anonymity is available upon request. Our tale comes courtesy of red team and pen testing specialist Dahvid Schloss, who currently serves as COO of Suzu Labs, a cybersecurity company that boasts “we break your systems before adversaries do.” Over a…

    Also in Zero Day Initiative CCCS Alerts & Advisories

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Vulnerability watch what to look at, most urgent first

Details CVEProductSeverity CVSSEPSS KEVFixIn the news
Highest scoring today 10new CVEs, highest CVSS first
CVE-2026-53942 infrastructureconda Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-115889 wasmtimebytecodealliance Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-115893 wasmtimebytecodealliance Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-115931 postiz-appGitroomHQ Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-63244 Learning Management SystemWizLearn Technologies Pte. Ltd. Critical 9.8 0.5% — None linked — EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-112862 Participants Databasexnau webdesign Critical 9.8 0.3% — None linked — EPSS 0.3%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-25784 BlueSpiceHallo Welt! GmbH Critical 9.8 0.3% — None linked — EPSS 0.3%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-112846 Save LifeThemeREX Group Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-112847 ZenSoulThemeREX Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-112848 Hostme v2AivahThemes Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked

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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.