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CVE-2026-49364: Apache Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Pre-Authentication Cluster Credential Exposure to Discovered Peers

Apache Artemis CVE-2026-49364 exposes cluster credentials to network-adjacent peers discovered before authentication completes.

Apache disclosed a pre-authentication credential exposure issue in Apache Artemis and Apache ActiveMQ Artemis, tracked as CVE-2026-49364. Affected components span artemis-core-client and artemis-server from version 1.0.0 (ActiveMQ Artemis) and 2.50.0 (Artemis) through 2.44.0 and 2.56.0 respectively. An unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker can leverage credentials exposed to discovered cluster peers. Apache rates the issue as important.

A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections

Shasta County, California plans to hire Tina Peters, convicted of stealing voting system software, as assistant registrar of voters.

Shasta County registrar of voters Clint Curtis said he plans to hire former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters as assistant registrar after Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted her nine-year sentence for seven felonies, including identity theft, breaking into an election office, and stealing voting system software. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff asked California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to provide maximum oversight to prevent Peters from improperly accessing ballots, voting systems, or data of over 100,000 registered voters. The county board of supervisors recently censured Curtis after investigations found he was verbally abusive or physically threatening toward staff.

CyberScoop · 28d agoPolicy & legal

USN-8736-2: Perl vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued USN-8736-2 fixing two Perl regex flaws that could cause out-of-bounds heap access, denial of service, or security bypass on 24.04 LTS.

USN-8736-2 backports the Perl fixes from USN-8736-1 to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. CVE-2026-15534 involves out-of-bounds heap reads or writes when regular expressions handle large inputs, potentially causing denial of service or arbitrary code execution. CVE-2026-19487 causes incorrect regex matching with alternative branches, allowing security restrictions to be bypassed.

Ubuntu Security Noticesupdated · 6h agofirst · 12h agoAdvisory 15 sourcesCVE-2026-15534CVE-2026-19487

The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants

Illinois county prosecutors shared defendants' personal data with federal ICE agents without warrants, disclosure, or oversight, WIRED reports.

WIRED reports that county prosecutors in Illinois effectively became informants for federal immigration agents. Defendants' personal data was shared without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight. The story raises privacy and accountability concerns around government handling of personal data.

WIRED · Security · 22d agoPolicy & legal

Ransomware group claims attack on Missouri’s Cedar County Memorial Hospital after IT outage

Ransomware group claims attack on Cedar County Memorial Hospital in Missouri, forcing IT shutdown that disrupted EHRs and diverted emergency patients.

Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri shut down its IT networks on August 14 after a disruption left its electronic health record system, patient portal, and internet access unavailable. A ransomware group subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack. Diagnostic imaging was also disrupted, preventing transmission of images to radiologists, and the emergency department partially diverted trauma and critical patients.

DataBreaches.net · 1d agoRansomware

Georgia’s largest county confirms cyberattack causing widespread issues

Fulton County, Georgia — home to Atlanta and over 1 million residents — confirms a cyberattack that disrupted county phone, court, and tax systems.

Fulton County government disclosed a widespread IT outage caused by a cybersecurity incident discovered over the weekend, affecting phone systems, the court system, and the tax system, including firearm and marriage license transactions. County Chairman Robb Pitts said the incident is under active investigation by law enforcement, and the FBI confirmed its involvement. The Tax Commissioner office in downtown Atlanta was closed and library public computers were offline. No group has claimed responsibility, though the article notes recent ransomware attacks on other Georgia local governments, including Forsyth County (AlphV) and Augusta.

The Record · 9d agoData breach

CO: Cyberattack damages files at Salida School District in Colorado

A cyberattack forced Colorado's Salida School District offline on June 29, damaging locally stored files and disrupting administrative operations.

A cyberattack on Salida School District in Colorado began around 6:30 a.m. on June 29 and was detected roughly two hours later, according to a July 2 district notice. Officials shut down the entire network and brought in outside specialists to respond. The attack damaged locally stored files and disrupted administrative operations. No confirmation of data exfiltration or ransomware involvement has been reported.

DataBreaches.net · 7d agoData breach in the wild

USN-8734-1: PHP vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued USN-8734-1 fixing three PHP denial-of-service flaws in SOAP, metaphone() and phar handling, including CVE-2026-7262 and CVE-2026-7568.

Ubuntu security notice USN-8734-1 addresses multiple PHP vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-7262 is a NULL pointer dereference in Apache map decoding in SOAP servers with a typemap configured; CVE-2026-7568 is a signed integer overflow in metaphone() causing an out-of-bounds read; and CVE-2026-7260 involves unbounded recursion from circular symbolic links in phar archives. All issues could allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions.

CVE-2026-54048: Apache Impala: Avro Schema URL Server-Side Request Forgery

Apache Impala CVE-2026-54048 lets crafted Avro schema URLs trigger SSRF to internal endpoints, with responses potentially leaking via error messages.

A server-side request forgery in Apache Impala 2.0.0 through 4.5.1 on all platforms can be triggered via an Avro schema URL using an http or file:/// URI on a table. An attacker can cause Impala to send GET requests to internal endpoints it can access, and responses may be exposed through parsing error messages. Users are advised to upgrade to a fixed release.

oss-security · 8d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-540481

USN-8736-1: Perl vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued USN-8736-1 fixing two Perl regex flaws that could cause denial of service, code execution, or security-restriction bypass.

Ubuntu released a security notice addressing two Perl vulnerabilities in regular expression handling. CVE-2026-15534 involves mishandling of large inputs during regex matching, enabling out-of-bounds heap reads or writes that could lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. CVE-2026-19487 involves incorrect matching for regexes with alternative branches, allowing security restrictions to be bypassed. Users are advised to apply the updated packages.

US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to target NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate

US Justice Department seized domains of a Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, the Justice Department, and the Senate, disabling its C2.

The US Justice Department seized domains belonging to a Chinese botnet that was used to hack NASA, the Justice Department, and the Senate. The seized domains were hardcoded into the botnet's code, so the seizures rendered the botnet and its command-and-control servers inoperable. The action disrupted the malware's communication channels and essential operations.

TechCrunch · Security · 21d agoThreat actor in the wild

Iran-Linked Hackers Target More US Water Infrastructure in New Jersey and Alabama

Iran-linked hackers hit water utilities in New Jersey and Alabama, bringing confirmed US water-infrastructure attacks to at least 12 states.

Iran-linked hackers attacked the Cape May Sewer Department and Woodbine Water Department in New Jersey and the Childersburg Water, Sewer and Gas system in Alabama on July 27, bringing confirmed US water-sector attacks to at least 12 states since late July. The intrusions targeted internet-exposed industrial control systems, including Rockwell Automation PLCs, with roughly 12 hours of impact in New Jersey and no impact on water quality or service. The FBI confirmed seven affected states by July 30, and CISA has urged utilities to remove PLCs from direct internet exposure. New York announced more than $9 million in grants to strengthen water-sector cybersecurity.

Security Affairs · Aug 11, 2026Threat actor in the wild

CVE-2026-73579: Apache Syncope: Non-recursive Any search could skip Realms restrictions

Apache Syncope non-recursive Any search can skip Realms restrictions, exposing objects outside an administrator's authorized realm (CVE-2026-73579).

CVE-2026-73579 is an incorrect authorization vulnerability in Apache Syncope where non-recursive Any search requests are transformed in a way that skips Realms restrictions, returning objects outside the administrator's authorized realm. Affected component is syncope-core-persistence-common 3.0.0-M0 through 3.0.16, 4.0.0-M0 through 4.0.7, and 4.1.0-M0 through 4.1.2. Apache rates the issue moderate severity.

oss-security · 2d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-73579

USN-8729-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued USN-8729-1 fixing Linux kernel vulnerabilities across ARM, Bluetooth, GPU, SCSI, SMB, and Azure MANA subsystems.

Ubuntu released USN-8729-1 addressing several security issues discovered in the Linux kernel that could allow an attacker to compromise the system. Fixes span ARM32/ARM64/PowerPC architectures, Bluetooth, GPU, InfiniBand, and network drivers, plus the Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver. The update also corrects flaws in the SCSI and SPI subsystems, SMB and NTFS3 file systems, EFI core, and file systems infrastructure.

Ubuntu Security Notices · 9d agoAdvisory 6 sources

USN-8675-2: Perl vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued USN-8675-2 fixing two Perl flaws (CVE-2026-12087, CVE-2026-13221) enabling information disclosure and regex-based security bypass on 26.04 LTS.

Ubuntu released USN-8675-2, extending the fixes from USN-8675-1 to Perl packages on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The update addresses CVE-2026-12087, an out-of-bounds heap read in the Socket module when handling short source addresses, which could lead to information disclosure. It also fixes CVE-2026-13221, where regular expressions containing many fixed string alternatives could produce incorrect matches and bypass security restrictions. No exploitation is reported in the notice.

USN-8563-5: nginx vulnerability

Ubuntu ships improved nginx fix for CVE-2026-42533 after earlier patch regression; flaw allows remote crash and possible code execution.

USN-8563-5 provides a better fix for CVE-2026-42533 after the original fix from USN-8563-1 was backed out in USN-8563-2 because it caused a regression. The flaw stems from nginx incorrectly handling certain map directives using regex matching and capture variables, allowing a remote attacker to crash nginx, causing denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The original advisory also described a use-after-free in the ngx_http_ssi_module when configured with Server-Side Includes, proxy_pass, and proxy buffering.

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Johnson County, Texas deputies used Axon's Draft One AI to write a report about searching 80,000+ Flock cameras for a woman who self-administered an abortion.

Documents show the Johnson County Sheriff's Office used Flock's nationwide camera network and Axon's Draft One, which drafts police reports from body camera audio, in its investigation of a woman's self-administered abortion. The AI-generated report summarized deputies' discussion of legal implications, noting Texas law provided no applicable criminal charges. Flock CEO Garrett Langley has repeatedly claimed the search was a family welfare check, but earlier police reports indicate it was initiated at the behest of the woman's abusive partner.

404 Media · 14d agoAI safety & security

White House Launches Pilot Program in Texas to Protect Water Infrastructure

White House launches Project Watershed 250, giving Texas water providers federal and private-sector cybersecurity resources amid rising nation-state threats to critical infrastructure.

The White House launched Project Watershed 250, a pilot program providing water providers in Texas with federal and private-sector cybersecurity resources. The initiative comes amid rising nation-state threats targeting water utilities and other critical infrastructure in the United States.

Infosecurity Magazine · 15d agoPolicy & legal

CVE-2026-82561: Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization for Components Referenced in Flow Update Methods

Apache NiFi 1.5.0-2.11.0 flow update REST methods lack authorization checks for referenced components, permitting unauthorized Process Group flow replacement (CVE-2026-82561).

Apache NiFi 1.5.0 through 2.11.0 expose REST API methods that replace the entire contents of a Process Group with a client-supplied flow definition, including versioned flow update and rebase operations. Framework authorization for these methods was limited to read and write privileges on the target Process Group, without checking components referenced in the flow (CVE-2026-82561). No severity rating was provided in the disclosure; the affected version range is broad.