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USN-8776-1: python-cryptography vulnerabilities

Ubuntu patches python-cryptography flaws including a PKCS#7 timing side-channel (CVE-2026-69247) that could allow key recovery.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8776-1 fixes multiple vulnerabilities in python-cryptography. CVE-2026-69247 describes distinguishable PKCS#7 decryption outcomes with observable timing differences that a remote attacker could exploit to recover encryption keys; it affects Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. CVE-2023-23931, affecting only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, involves incorrect handling of objects with immutable buffers during cipher operations, causing corrupted output, and a third issue reported by Jack Lloyd is also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notices · 13h agoAdvisory 15 sourcesCVE-2023-23931CVE-2026-69247

Underwriting Superintelligence: Backing Agents you can Sue — Rune Kvist, AIUC

AIUC raised a $40 million Series A to build AIUC-1, an agent security standard backed by insurance, serving Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs.

AIUC, cofounded by former Anthropic product hire Rune Kvist, announced a $40 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital and First Harmonic. The startup builds AIUC-1, an emerging standard for agent security, safety, and reliability, stress-testing agents for jailbreaks, hallucinations, and data leaks. It pairs standards with insurance underwriting through Lloyd's of London and counts Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs among its customers. Kvist argues trust and liability, not capability, are becoming the binding constraint on AI adoption.

Latent Space · 15h agoAI industry 2 sources

You don’t have to join the hack-back program to inherit its risk

A new US presidential memorandum creates a vetted private hack-back program, leaving participating vendors and their customers with untested legal liability and collateral risks.

The August 12 National Security Presidential Memorandum directs the National Coordination Center, run jointly by DOJ and DHS, to approve covert surveillance and disruptive Cyber Effects Operations by vetted private companies, with a forfeitable bond of at least $1 million required as a contract condition. The analysis argues the criminal shield rests on an untested reading of the CFAA exemption at 18 U.S.C. 1030(f), with no civil safe harbor, no state-law preemption and no foreign-law protection. Non-participating organizations can still inherit risk through shared infrastructure collateral damage, lack of customer disclosure, Lloyd's bulletin Y5381 state-backed attack exclusions, and threat-intelligence pipelines feeding offensive proposals.

CSO Online · 1d agoPolicy & legal