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New ‘ShieldCrash’ Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender

Researcher Nightmare Eclipse released ShieldCrash, a Microsoft Defender zero-day PoC bypassing ShieldBreak patches to gain System privileges on Windows.

The researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse released a PoC zero-day exploit dubbed ShieldCrash against Microsoft Defender on fully patched Windows systems. The exploit grants arbitrary file read with System privileges and can be used to drop the SAM database. It bypasses Microsoft's September 3 fixes for ShieldBreak (CVE-2026-69414), which itself bypassed patches for the RoguePlanet race condition (CVE-2026-50656). Microsoft has been contacted for comment and has not yet responded.

SecurityWeekupdated Sep 10, 16:00 UTC · 6d agofirst Sep 10, 07:09 UTC · 6d agoExploit / PoC 3 sources CVE-2026-50656 CVE-2026-694141

Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Flaw in GitLab

CISA added GitLab path traversal CVE-2026-85706 to KEV after in-the-wild probes; unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files.

CVE-2026-85706 is a maximum-severity path traversal flaw in GitLab CE/EE's repository commits API that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement. It affects versions 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2, and was fixed on September 10. Watchtower reported detecting in-the-wild probes for the bug on September 11, and CISA added the CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a September 15 federal patch deadline. Defenders are urged to hunt logs for HTTP POST requests to /api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/commits/ URIs containing file.path parameters.

Infosecurity Magazineupdated Sep 15, 00:52 UTC · 1d agofirst Sep 14, 10:00 UTC · 2d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 18 sources CVE-2026-85706

14th September – Threat Intelligence Report

Check Point weekly digest: Microsoft's record 974-vuln Patch Tuesday ships two actively exploited Windows zero-days; IDScan.net, Mathspace, Revolut suffer breaches.

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed a record 974 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited privilege-escalation zero-days, CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963, plus 20 flaws allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. Disclosed breaches include IDScan.net (identity documents), Mathspace (over 1 million people via Metabase CVE-2026-72898), Revolut, and Florida DMV (ShinyHunters). GitLab fixed critical CVSS 10.0 path traversal CVE-2026-85706, and MikroTik fixed chainable RouterOS flaws CVE-2026-67276 and CVE-2026-86060. The report also covers the PuzzleMask LLM jailbreak technique, GoldFactory's Gigabud Android fraud, and the BlueMoon Chromium exploit chain (CVE-2026-85046).

Check Point ResearchSep 14, 12:22 UTC · 2d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-72898 CVE-2026-85880 CVE-2026-81963+4 CVEs2· 1 read

One Click on a Malicious Link Lets Hackers Backdoor Sogou Input Method Users

Actively exploited one-click flaw in Sogou Input Method (CVE-2026-51990) let UNC3569 deploy the GRAYRABBIT espionage backdoor on Windows.

Gen Digital researchers found three weaknesses in Sogou Input Method's sgbiz protocol handler that chain into a one-click RCE running with the signed-in user's permissions. UNC3569 used the chain in an active intrusion, leveraging an unsandboxed Chromium 80 embedded browser, the known V8 flaw CVE-2021-38003, and DLL sideloading via 7-Zip to deploy the GRAYRABBIT backdoor. Tencent fixed the issue in version 16.3.0.3498 within 12 days of disclosure; Sogou is used by hundreds of millions of people, mainly in China.

Cyber Security NewsSep 14, 13:01 UTC · 2d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 3 sources CVE-2026-51990 CVE-2021-38003

Organizations Warned of Cisco Secure FMC Exploitation

Cisco and CISA warn that critical FMC authentication bypass CVE-2026-20079 is actively exploited; CISA added it to the KEV catalog with a September 12 deadline.

Cisco and CISA flagged active exploitation of CVE-2026-20079, a critical authentication bypass in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to run malicious scripts and gain root access via crafted HTTP requests. Cisco patched the flaw in early March and added IoCs in late July, but confirmed active exploitation in its September 9 advisory; CISA added it to the KEV catalog requiring federal remediation by September 12. Talos identified three activity clusters exploiting CVE-2026-20079 and CVE-2026-20316, including state-sponsored and financially motivated actors, and this is the third FMC vulnerability in KEV this year after CVE-2026-20316 and CVE-2026-20131.

SecurityWeekupdated Sep 14, 09:27 UTC · 2d agofirst Sep 10, 10:06 UTC · 6d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 11 sources CVE-2026-20079 CVE-2026-20316 CVE-2026-20131

Chinese espionage groups swarm to exploit triple-link chain of zero-days

At least four China-aligned espionage groups chained three zero-days in Chromium browsers and Windows ALPC for espionage since late August.

Proofpoint observed at least four state-aligned threat groups, starting with TA412/Violet Typhoon/APT31 on August 28, chaining three zero-days in the 'BlueMoon' exploit chain targeting Chrome, Chromium-based browsers and Microsoft Windows. The chain includes RCE flaws in Chromium's JavaScript engine (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491) and a Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call privilege-escalation zero-day (CVE-2026-85880), enabling sandbox code execution, sandbox escape and system privileges. APT31 delivered the chain via phishing links to NGOs, mining and commodity trading firms in the US, installing a browser extension disguised as Google Gemini to surveil activity and steal credentials. Other groups (UNK_LateNight, UNK_DoubleCheck, UNK_QuietRacket) targeted US aerospace, Vietnamese manufacturing, and Indonesian and Singaporean organizations; fewer than 20 victims were directly observed but the true count is likely higher.

CyberScoopupdated 17:13 UTC · 1h agofirst Sep 9, 21:17 UTC · 6d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 19 sources CVE-2026-85046 CVE-2026-87491 CVE-2026-858802· 1 read

AI-powered attack exploited PaperCut flaws to hack 395 organizations

AI-driven campaign exploited PaperCut flaws CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078, compromising 440 servers at 395 organizations in 48 countries.

GreyNoise reports a likely Russian-speaking threat actor used hundreds of AI agents combining OpenAI Codex and DeepSeek models to build, test, and refine exploits for CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078 in PaperCut NG/MF, launching the campaign on August 31. At least 440 PaperCut instances at 395 organizations across 48 countries were compromised, with the education sector accounting for roughly half of victims and the US most targeted. Attackers harvested credentials from 280 victims, obtained OS or domain secrets from 147, and gained admin privileges at 12 organizations, using LSASS dumping, pass-the-hash, noPac, and DCSync to dump NTDS.DIT. The adversary went from empty workspace to first RCE in under four hours, and compromised at least 11 organizations within 26 seconds once the campaign launched.

BleepingComputerupdated Sep 11, 10:05 UTC · 5d agofirst Sep 10, 15:55 UTC · 6d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 7 sources CVE-2026-81578 CVE-2026-82078 CVE-2021-42278+1 CVEs1· 1 read

Enterprises Warned of Attacks Exploiting WSO2 Vulnerability

Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-5430 (CVSS 10), a WSO2 JWT authentication bypass, to access enterprise API credentials and sensitive data.

WatchTowr's honeypot network recorded the first exploitation attempt of CVE-2026-5430 on September 13, roughly two months after the CVE record was published in early August. The flaw, patched by WSO2 in April with an advisory in May, carries a maximum CVSS score of 10 and allows JWT authentication bypass via tokens signed with unsupported algorithms, enabling unauthorized access and full account takeover. A forged JWT observed in the wild granted access to API backend endpoints, credentials, and consumer keys and secrets for every registered application. WSO2's API Manager, API Control Plane, Traffic Manager, and Universal Gateway are affected, and the platform serves nearly 1,000 enterprise customers in banking, government, telecom, and logistics.

SecurityWeekupdated 15:05 UTC · 3h agofirst 08:39 UTC · 9h agoExploit / PoC in the wild 3 sources CVE-2026-54302· 1 read

Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter Bulletin – Microsoft 0-day, FortiOS, PAN-OS Flaw, Revolut Data Breach, and 20+ Stories

Weekly roundup: Microsoft patches 973 flaws including two actively exploited zero-days; FortiOS CAPWAP flaw deploys PivotC2 RAT; PAN-OS root RCE disclosed.

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed 973 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days under active exploitation: CVE-2026-85880 (Windows ALPC) and CVE-2026-81963 (Windows Update Stack), both elevation-of-privilege bugs. SOCRadar reported active exploitation of CVE-2025-25249 (CVSS 9.8) in FortiOS CAPWAP, deploying a Node.js RAT called PivotC2 that exfiltrates Exchange mailboxes to Wasabi cloud storage; 178 devices were compromised out of 30,000 scanned IPs, attributed to a Russian-speaking financially motivated group. Palo Alto disclosed CVE-2026-0310, a 9.2-rated buffer overflow enabling root code execution on PA-Series firewalls, and Fortinet disclosed CVE-2026-84393, a ZTNA certificate validation MITM flaw. Cyera also revealed CVE-2026-6471 ('PostGREShell'), a 12-year-old PostgreSQL logical-decoding flaw allowing code execution via REPLICATION-privileged accounts.

Cyber Security NewsSep 14, 03:10 UTC · 2d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-85880 CVE-2026-81963 CVE-2025-25249+3 CVEs3

Hackers Exploit JFrog Artifactory Flaws to Bypass Authentication and Gain Admin Access

Wiz Research observes multiple attackers exploiting three JFrog Artifactory flaws, including default-configuration authentication bypass CVE-2026-82329, to gain admin access and deploy backdoors.

Attackers chain CVE-2026-42018 and CVE-2026-42016 to exchange anonymous JWTs for administrator-scoped tokens, or exploit CVE-2026-82329 directly via the registry join endpoint to obtain admin privileges under default configuration. Post-exploitation observed by Wiz includes persistent admin users created within five minutes, malicious Groovy plugins for command execution, and Rust-based backdoors dropped to /tmp, /var/tmp, and /dev/shm with C2 communications. Compromise exposes software artifacts, repository credentials, CI/CD integrations, and cluster secrets, creating supply chain risks. Fixed releases include 7.111.21, 7.117.28, 7.125.20, 7.133.29, 7.146.38, and 7.161.20.

GBHackersupdated Sep 14, 09:27 UTC · 2d agofirst Sep 11, 09:59 UTC · 5d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 7 sources CVE-2026-42016 CVE-2026-42018 CVE-2026-82329

Hackers Exploit WooCommerce Plugin Bug to Take Over WordPress Sites Without Login

Attackers exploit CVE-2026-27540 (CVSS 9.8) in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture to upload PHP webshells without authentication.

Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-27540, a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated file upload flaw in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin (versions through 2.0.3.1, ~6,000 active sites). The plugin trusts a client-supplied list of allowed file types, letting attackers upload PHP webshells (shell.php) via the admin-ajax.php handler without any WordPress account. Wordfence blocked more than 100,000 exploit attempts, with activity bursts June 4-17, July 1, and August 30; a patch is available in version 2.0.3.2.

Cyber Security Newsupdated 15:00 UTC · 3h agofirst Sep 15, 11:41 UTC · 1d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 6 sources CVE-2026-27540

LiteLLM Flaws Let Attackers Execute Code as Root and Steal Cloud Credentials

Wiz disclosed LiteLLM flaws including CVE-2026-59822 MCP auth bypass, now in CISA KEV, enabling root RCE and AWS credential theft from exposed gateways.

Wiz researchers disclosed weaknesses in the open-source LiteLLM AI gateway: CVE-2026-59821 allows authenticated administrators to execute code as root via the Custom Code Guardrails feature, while CVE-2026-59822 is an MCP authentication bypass where a meaningless Bearer token establishes a valid session. The MCP bypass was observed in the wild through Wiz honeypots and added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 2. A scan of 3,074 internet-facing instances found 294 (9.6%) accepting the default master key sk-1234 or lacking authentication. Fixes shipped in LiteLLM 1.82.0 (guardrail hardening) and 1.84.0 (MCP bypass); exposed instances can leak provider API keys and temporary AWS IAM credentials via the pass-through feature and metadata service, with a related config-check issue tracked as CVE-2026-35029.

Cyber Security Newsupdated Sep 10, 12:56 UTC · 6d agofirst Sep 10, 12:26 UTC · 6d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 3 sources CVE-2026-59821 CVE-2026-59822 CVE-2026-35029