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Check Point Discloses Two 9.8-Rated VPN Certificate Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

Check Point patched two 9.8-rated VPN certificate flaws, CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution; no exploitation observed yet.

Check Point disclosed and began patching two critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerabilities in VPN certificate handling on September 9: CVE-2026-85102, a certificate trust validation failure in VPN negotiation on Security Gateways, and CVE-2026-85103, a heap-based buffer overflow in ASN.1 decoding affecting Quantum Security Gateways and Security Management Server. Affected branches include R81.20, R82, and R82.10 Jumbo Hotfix levels; fixes ship via Live Patch or the latest Jumbo Hotfix. The company found both internally and reports no evidence of exploitation; the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security also published an advisory listing Spark firewalls.

The Hacker News·updated 17:14 UTC · 3h ago·first Sep 10, 11:45 UTC · 6d agoVulnerability 9 sourcesCVE-2026-85102CVE-2026-85103CVE-2026-50751+1 CVEs

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ZTNA Portal Improper Certificate Validation

Fortinet fixed an improper certificate validation flaw (CVSS 7.3) in FortiOS and FortiProxy Agentless ZTNA portal enabling unauthenticated man-in-the-middle attacks on backend traffic.

Fortinet advisory FG-IR-26-174 discloses an improper certificate validation vulnerability (CWE-295) in the FortiOS and FortiProxy Agentless ZTNA portal, rated CVSSv3 7.3. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack on the communication channel between the ZTNA portal and the backend destination website. The advisory was revised on 2026-09-08.

Fortinet PSIRT·Sep 8, 07:00 UTC · 8d agoAdvisory

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Accountability in Certificate Transparency and Variants

Formal Dolev-Yao analysis shows plain Certificate Transparency requires an honest log, SCT Auditing removes that assumption, and Gossiping does not.

The paper analyzes accountability in Certificate Transparency and its SCT Auditing and Gossiping extensions in the Dolev-Yao model, starting from a vanilla PKI. It finds plain CT provides accountability only under the assumption of an honest log. The SCT Auditing extension can eliminate that assumption, while the Gossiping extension cannot. CT is supported by all major browsers and obliges Certificate Authorities to record issued certificates in public, monitored logs.

arXiv cs.CR·Sep 10, 13:45 UTC · 6d agoResearch

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AWS Certificate Manager sets 2027 end date for email-validated certificate renewals

AWS Certificate Manager will phase out email validation for public certificates during 2027, requiring migration to DNS validation before September 30, 2027.

AWS Certificate Manager will stop offering email validation in new Regions on January 1, 2027, discontinue it for new certificate requests on March 31, 2027, and stop renewing email-validated certificates on September 30, 2027. This precedes the CA/Browser Forum's March 15, 2028 deadline ending email-based domain validation for publicly trusted certificates. AWS is updating the UpdateCertificateOptions API so customers can switch to DNS validation in place while retaining the certificate ARN, with Route 53 support for creating required CNAME records.

Help Net Security·Aug 14, 00:00 UTC · Aug 14, 2026Advisory

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Certificate Transparency Monitoring is now generally available

Cloudflare's Certificate Transparency Monitoring is now generally available, and it no longer alerts on certificates Cloudflare issued for your own domains.

Cloudflare announced general availability of its Certificate Transparency Monitoring service. The key behavioral change is that alerts are no longer generated for certificates that Cloudflare itself issued for a customer's domains, so any alert received now indicates a certificate issued by another certificate authority. Defenders can use the service to detect mis-issued or unauthorized TLS certificates for their domains.

Cloudflare Blog·Aug 13, 13:00 UTC · Aug 13, 2026Tools

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FortiOS and FortiProxy ZTNA Validation Vulnerability Allows Attacker to Perform a Man-in-the-Middle Attack

Fortinet discloses high-severity certificate validation flaw CVE-2026-84393 in FortiOS and FortiProxy Agentless ZTNA portals enabling unauthenticated man-in-the-middle attacks.

Fortinet disclosed CVE-2026-84393 (CVSSv3 7.3, CWE-295) on September 8, 2026 under advisory FG-IR-26-174: improper certificate validation in the Agentless ZTNA portal of FortiOS and FortiProxy. An unauthenticated attacker on the network path could present a forged or mismatched certificate and intercept or tamper with traffic between the portal and backend destinations, with impact classified as information disclosure. Affected versions are FortiOS 7.6.1 through 7.6.6 and FortiProxy 7.6.2 through 7.6.6; the 8.0, 7.4 and 7.2 branches of both products are unaffected. Fortinet urges upgrading to 7.6.7 or later and reports no evidence of exploitation in the wild.

Cyber Security News·Sep 8, 17:15 UTC · 8d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-84393

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CVE-2026-86304: MojoX::Authentication versions before 0.006 for Perl allow SAML authentication bypass because parse_assertion builds Net::SAML2::Binding::POST without a trust anchor

MojoX::Authentication before 0.006 for Perl allows SAML authentication bypass because parse_assertion builds Net::SAML2::Binding::POST without a trust anchor (CVE-2026-86304).

CVE-2026-86304 affects MojoX::Authentication versions before 0.006 for Perl. The parse_assertion function builds Net::SAML2::Binding::POST without a trust anchor, so SAML assertions are not validated against a trusted signing key, enabling authentication bypass. The flaw is fixed in version 0.006 of the module.

oss-security·Sep 6, 23:14 UTC · 9d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-86304

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[20260802] - Core - Improper CORS origin validation

Joomla patches CVE-2026-71573, improper CORS origin validation in CMS requests, in versions 5.4.8 and 6.1.3.

Joomla disclosed improper CORS origin validation (CVE-2026-71573), where configured CORS origins were not properly validated on CORS requests, rated moderate impact/severity and moderate probability. It affects Joomla CMS 4.0.0-5.4.7 and 6.0.0-6.1.2. Fixed in Joomla 5.4.8 and 6.1.3; reported on 2026-07-09 by Agamemnon Fakas and caveeroo.

Joomla Security Centre·Aug 17, 14:00 UTC · Aug 17, 2026AdvisoryCVE-2026-71573

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Siemens Mendix SAML

Siemens Mendix SAML module fails signature validation, allowing unauthenticated account hijacking in specific SSO configurations (CVE-2026-80465).

CISA republished Siemens advisory SSA-887643 for CVE-2026-80465 (CVSS 8.7) in the Mendix SAML module, affecting Mendix 10/11-compatible versions before 4.2.3 and Mendix 9.24-compatible versions before 3.6.27. The module improperly validates SAML response signatures (CWE-347), letting unauthenticated remote attackers hijack an account in specific SSO configurations. Mendix has released fixed versions and recommends updating.

CISA Advisories·Sep 15, 12:00 UTC · 1d agoAdvisoryCVE-2026-80465

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CVE-2026-87802: Apache Syncope: SRA OAuth2 JWT signature verification bypass

Low-severity CVE-2026-87802 in Apache Syncope SRA allows JWT signature forgery in OAuth 2.0 setups without JWKS URI.

CVE-2026-87802 is a low-severity improper cryptographic signature verification flaw in Apache Syncope SRA affecting versions 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. When SRA is configured for OAuth 2.0 without a JWKS set URI assigned, an attacker can forge tokens, bypassing JWT signature verification.

oss-security·Sep 14, 16:02 UTC · 2d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-87802

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Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software IKEv2 Certificate Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco patched an ASA/FTD IKEv2 certificate authentication flaw letting unauthenticated remote attackers crash the IKEv2 process and reload devices with crafted certificates.

A logic error during the certificate authentication phase of IKEv2 connection setup in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the IKEv2 process. Exploitation involves attempting to establish an IKEv2 VPN connection with a crafted certificate, causing a denial of service through an unexpected device reload. Cisco has released software updates.

Cisco Security Advisories·16:00 UTC · 4h agoAdvisory 9 sources

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GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends

GeoNetwork patched two chained flaws (CVE-2026-63219, CVE-2026-58400) enabling unauthenticated RCE in government geospatial metadata catalogs.

Two flaws in the open-source GeoNetwork catalog chain into unauthenticated RCE: a missing authorization check on the formatter upload endpoint (CVE-2026-63219, CVSS 8.6) and an unsafe Saxon XSLT processor configuration allowing Java execution (CVE-2026-58400, CVSS 9.1). Fixes shipped in versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17 on July 8, 2026, with details published August 31. Ethiack fingerprinted 121 internet-exposed vulnerable deployments across 39 countries, 89% tied to government or military agencies. No exploitation in the wild or KEV listing was reported at disclosure.

The Hacker News·Sep 2, 09:18 UTC · 14d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-63219CVE-2026-58400CVE-2024-36401+1 CVEs

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Certificate failures can cost firms over $250,000

DigiCert survey finds certificate failures cost firms over $250,000 per incident, with 47-day TLS certificates set to multiply management workloads by 2029.

DigiCert's Certificate Management Outlook reports that 34% of companies experienced outages from expired certificates and 40% from mismanagement, with nearly one in four citing incidents costing over $250,000. The CA/Browser Forum's move to 47-day certificate lifespans by 2029 will require renewals eight times more often and 40 times as many domain validations. Over half of organizations manage more than 1,000 certificates, yet only 10% have automation in place, with budget constraints and legacy systems cited as key barriers.

Help Net Security·Sep 14, 04:30 UTC · 2d agoIndustry

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Protecting Tokens and Assertions from Forgery, Theft, and Misuse: Implementation Recommendations for Agencies and Cloud Service Providers

NIST and CISA publish final interagency report with implementation guidance for protecting tokens and assertions from forgery and misuse.

CISA released a final NIST/CISA interagency report guiding federal agencies and cloud service providers on protecting identity assertions, access tokens, and cryptographic mechanisms underlying modern authentication and authorization. It addresses forgery, theft, and misuse of signed tokens that adversaries use for lateral movement and data access in hybrid and multi-cloud, SSO, federation, and API-based environments. The final version updates token validation, secrets management, and detection-at-scale guidance gathered via the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, and supports Executive Order 14306 and Secure by Design principles.

CISA Advisories·Sep 15, 12:00 UTC · 1d agoAdvisory

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CVE-2026-59969: Apache ZooKeeper: Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in FIPS mode

CVE-2026-59969: Apache ZooKeeper quorum TLS skips peer hostname verification in FIPS-mode deployments, enabling potential server-to-server impersonation.

Apache ZooKeeper versions 3.8.0-3.8.6 and 3.9.0-3.9.5 fail to enforce peer hostname verification for quorum TLS when FIPS mode is enabled with sslQuorum, zookeeper.fips-mode, and hostname verification settings turned on. The flaw is rated important and could allow an attacker to impersonate a quorum peer via certificate host mismatch. Users should upgrade to fixed versions.

oss-security·Sep 15, 18:23 UTC · 1d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-59969

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VU#431093: TCG TPM 2.0 reference code found vulnerable to information leakage and timing side-channel attacks

CERT/CC discloses two TPM 2.0 reference code flaws allowing RSA key decryption and forged TPM attestations via crafted commands.

CERT/CC published VU#431093 covering two vulnerabilities in the TCG TPM 2.0 reference implementation: CVE-2026-6726 (information leakage via falsified TPM keys) and CVE-2026-6727 (timing side-channel in RSA OAEP decryption). An attacker with privileged access to a TPM command interface could send crafted TPM commands to decrypt ciphertexts for affected TPM-managed RSA keys, including the RSA Endorsement Key, or obtain credentials enabling forged TPM 2.0 attestations. Remediation is tracked in TCGVRT010 and TCGVRT0011.

CERT/CC Vulnerability Notes·Aug 11, 15:12 UTC · Aug 11, 2026VulnerabilityCVE-2026-6726CVE-2026-6727

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VU#943094: ONLYOFFICE ownCloud integration plugin contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability

ONLYOFFICE's ownCloud integration plugin 9.12 has an SSRF flaw (CVE-2026-84282) letting authenticated admins probe internal networks; no patch exists yet.

CERT/CC published VU#943094 for a server-side request forgery in Ascensio System SIA's ONLYOFFICE ownCloud integration plugin version 9.12, tracked as CVE-2026-84282. The /apps/onlyoffice/ajax/settings/address endpoint does not validate the user-supplied document server URL, so an authenticated administrator can make the ownCloud server send arbitrary requests to localhost and internal hosts. Differences in error responses (connection failures vs SSL/TLS errors) let attackers enumerate open and closed TCP ports for internal reconnaissance. The vendor could not be reached, so no official patch is available; CERT recommends disabling the plugin and applying egress filtering until a fix ships.

CERT/CC Vulnerability Notes·Sep 8, 14:23 UTC · 8d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-84282

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SAP Patches Critical Extended Passport Processing Vulnerability

SAP patches CVSS 10.0 flaw CVE-2026-44756 (OVERPASS) enabling unauthenticated RCE in S/4HANA and NetWeaver, plus three other criticals; no in-the-wild exploitation reported.

CVE-2026-44756 is a CVSS 10.0 memory corruption flaw in Extended Passport (EPP) deserialization, triggered when a user session opens across web, SAP GUI, and RFC vectors. Exploitation yields command execution as the SAP OS account, database credential and password hash recovery, session reading, and data or binary modification; affected products include S/4HANA, ERP/ECC, NetWeaver, Web Dispatcher, and BW/4HANA. Three other criticals were patched: CVE-2026-58240 (S4GET, missing authentication affecting all S/4HANA 2025 and earlier releases), CVE-2026-76969 (CAP credential disclosure), and CVE-2026-66768 (NetWeaver access control). Onapsis and SAP report no indicators of in-the-wild exploitation.

SecurityWeek·Sep 8, 14:55 UTC · 8d agoVulnerability 2 sourcesCVE-2026-44756CVE-2026-58240CVE-2026-76969+1 CVEs

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USN-8770-1: SimpleSAMLphp vulnerabilities

Ubuntu patches SimpleSAMLphp signature validation and XXE flaws enabling user impersonation, privilege escalation, and information disclosure.

Ubuntu security notice USN-8770-1 fixes multiple SimpleSAMLphp vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-3465 stems from incorrect cryptographic signature validation in XML messages, allowing an authenticated attacker to impersonate users or gain elevated privileges; it only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS. CVE-2024-52596 involves improper handling of external entities when parsing untrusted XML, allowing a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, and did not affect Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. An additional flaw in signature verification for SAML messages using the HTTP-Redirect binding is also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notices·Sep 15, 16:16 UTC · 1d agoAdvisoryCVE-2019-3465CVE-2024-525961

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CVE-2019-1068: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in ...

CISA added CVE-2019-1068, a high-severity remote code execution flaw in Microsoft SQL Server, to its KEV catalog after confirming exploitation in the wild.

CVE-2019-1068 (CVSS 8.8, CWE-20) is an improper input validation flaw allowing unauthenticated RCE in Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2/SP3, 2016, and 2017 on 32-bit and x64 builds. Exploitation requires low complexity and low privileges with no user interaction, and CISA formally added it to the KEV catalog on August 26, 2026. The CVE was originally published on July 15, 2019 and carries an EPSS score of 52.8%. Administrators must inventory affected SQL Server assets and apply vendor patches on an accelerated timeline.

Web discovery (articles for new exploits & KEV entries)·Sep 9, 06:32 UTC · 7d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2019-10681

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SAP Commerce Cloud CVE-2026

Attackers actively exploit unauthenticated RCE CVE-2026-58231 (CVSS 10.0) in SAP Commerce Cloud days after patch release.

CVE-2026-58231, a maximum-severity flaw in SAP Commerce Cloud (CVSS 10.0), allows unauthenticated attackers to abuse a default authentication client and bypass insufficient validation, achieving arbitrary code execution and compromise of internal components. Defused Cyber researchers observed exploitation attempts against honeypots only three days after SAP released the patch. The flaw had no public PoC and was not previously known to be exploited. The attackers are unknown, though past critical SAP flaws have been exploited by China-linked groups UNC5221 and UNC5174 and ransomware gangs.

Security Affairs·Aug 15, 17:14 UTC · Aug 15, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-58231

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CVE-2026-16232: Check Point SmartConsole Auth Bypass

Check Point SmartConsole authentication bypass CVE-2026-16232 grants unauthenticated attackers full admin access; actively exploited and added to CISA KEV.

CVE-2026-16232 is an improper authentication flaw (CWE-287) in the Check Point SmartConsole login process that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker obtain an application token and authenticate with full administrative privileges. Exploitation requires the Management Server to be internet-reachable and the Trusted Clients list not restricted to specific administrator addresses. Check Point confirmed active exploitation affecting a small number of customers, and the vulnerability has been added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. A hotfix is available via Check Point advisory sk185169.

Web discovery (articles for new exploits & KEV entries)·Sep 4, 10:49 UTC · 12d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-162321

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[20260803] - Core - Inconsistent ACL checks for mutating webservice endpoints

Joomla fixes CVE-2026-71574, inconsistent ACL checks letting unauthorized users mutate data via webservice APIs, in CMS 5.4.8/6.1.3.

Joomla disclosed an inconsistent access control flaw (CVE-2026-71574) in mutating webservice endpoints, where unauthorized users could perform mutations restricted in the backend UI; impact is rated high. It affects Joomla CMS 4.0.0-5.4.7 and 6.0.0-6.1.2, with moderate severity and low probability. The fix ships in Joomla 5.4.8 and 6.1.3 on 2026-08-18.

Joomla Security Centre·Aug 17, 14:00 UTC · Aug 17, 2026AdvisoryCVE-2026-71574

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ZDI-26-605: Microsoft Windows Localized Filenames Improper Input Validation NTLM Response Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI advisory ZDI-26-605 details an improper input validation flaw (CVE-2026-50508, CVSS 3.3) in Microsoft Windows localized filenames that leaks NTLM responses.

The Zero Day Initiative released advisory ZDI-26-605 describing improper input validation in Microsoft Windows handling of localized filenames. Remote attackers can disclose NTLM authentication responses if the target opens a malicious file or visits a crafted page. ZDI rated the issue CVSS 3.3 and assigned CVE-2026-50508. Leaked NTLM responses could enable offline credential cracking.

ZDI Published Advisories·Aug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoAdvisoryCVE-2026-505081

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Understanding the Usability of Cryptographic Verification Tools

Survey of Tamarin and ProVerif users reveals usability barriers: debugging non-termination, model validation, and opaque proof failures hinder cryptographic protocol verification.

The paper presents an exploratory human-centered survey of researchers, graduate students, and practitioners with hands-on experience using Tamarin, ProVerif, and related cryptographic protocol verification tools. Findings reveal usability barriers across the verification workflow, including difficulties debugging non-termination and performance issues plus the lack of systematic methods for validating formal models against real protocols. When proofs fail without concrete attacks, users commonly simplify models, add helper lemmas, and revisit modeling abstractions. Participants called for actionable diagnostics, clearer explanations of results, visualization, and automation for recurring proof tasks.

arXiv cs.CR·Sep 14, 20:40 UTC · 1d agoResearch

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