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Sunday, October 25, 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: Cyber Security News

    Microsoft Teams to Use AI for Detecting Phishing Attacks Using Teams Conversations

    News Cyber Security News6h ago5 sources

    Microsoft is preparing to add AI phishing detection to Microsoft Teams, using conversation context to spot scams that may contain no harmful links or attachments. The feature will focus mainly on first conversations with external contacts, where attackers can pose as trusted support staff and ask employees to share sensitive information. Microsoft detailed the change in Message Center notice MC1519866 , published on October 21, 2026. Targeted Release is scheduled to begin in early November and finish by mid-November. Worldwide general availability is expected to start in early December and…

    Also in Bleeping Computer Bleeping Computer Dark Reading +3

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

    News Cyber Security News24 Oct4 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

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

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

    News The Hacker News24 Oct4 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

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

    News The Hacker News23 Oct2 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

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

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

    News Cyber Security News23 Oct2 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

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

    News The Hacker News23 Oct2 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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  7. Ruby Fixes Three Regex Engine Bugs Responsible for Four Critical GitLab RCE Flaws

    News The Hacker News23 Oct2 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

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  8. Quest Diagnostics confirms data breach exposed patient records

    News Bleeping Computer23 Oct2 sources

    American clinical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics disclosed that patient records have been exposed after a threat actor gained unauthorized access to its Quanum LSM system.

    Also in SecurityWeek

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  9. Atlassian Patches 75 Flaws in Data Center and Server Products

    News SecurityWeek23 Oct2 sources

    Atlassian’s October bulletin lists 176 vulnerability entries, including 14 critical-severity issues, all in third-party components.

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories

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

    News The Register Security23 Oct2 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…

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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-2026-115933 postiz-appGitroomHQ Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-114196 Paytiumpaytiumsupport Critical 9.8 0.6% — None linked — EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-94075 NewslettersMicrosoft Critical 9.8 0.6% — None linked — EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-115932 postiz-appGitroomHQ Critical 9.6 — — None linked — CVSS 9.6No fix linked
CVE-2026-115995 Unitree Go2Unitree Robotics Critical 9.6 — — None linked — CVSS 9.6No fix linked
CVE-2026-111402 NewslettersMicrosoft Critical 9.3 0.4% — None linked — EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.3No fix linked
CVE-2026-112866 Product Filter by WBWWPFactory Critical 9.3 0.4% — None linked — EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.3No fix linked
CVE-2026-114820 Oracle Java SEOracle Critical 9.1 — — None linked — CVSS 9.1No fix linked
CVE-2026-110018 aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation BuilderWordPress High 8.8 — — None linked — CVSS 8.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-116009 camaleon-cmsowen2345 High 8.8 — — None linked — CVSS 8.8No fix linked

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Worth reading quieter, still worth your time

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

    Media Ars Technica Security22 Oct2 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

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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.