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ZDI-26-641: Oracle VirtualBox VirtioSCSI Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI disclosed CVE-2026-71114, an out-of-bounds read in Oracle VirtualBox VirtioSCSI letting privileged local guest attackers disclose sensitive information.

The Zero Day Initiative published advisory ZDI-26-641 for an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Oracle VirtualBox's VirtioSCSI component, assigned CVE-2026-71114 with a CVSS score of 6.1. The flaw allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations. Exploitation requires an attacker to first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system.

ZDI Published Advisories·Sep 9, 05:00 UTC · 7d agoVulnerability 6 sourcesCVE-2026-71114

AI slops from Eve

oss-security moderator Solar Designer approved three AI-generated vulnerability reports from automated security researcher Eve, sparking debate over AI slop on the list.

oss-security moderator Solar Designer approved three posts submitted by Eve, described as an 'automated security researcher', noting they lacked Date headers and arrived on the list server on September 9. He expressed uncertainty about their value but suggested they may have historical significance as early examples of AI-generated security reports at the dawn of AI security research. The post is meta-commentary on AI-generated content reaching a vulnerability disclosure mailing list rather than a specific vulnerability disclosure itself.

oss-security·updated Sep 13, 15:08 UTC · 3d ago·first Sep 10, 01:37 UTC · 6d agoIndustry 12 sources

ZDI-26-650: (Pwn2Own) OpenAI Codex External Control of Configuration Setting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI published advisory ZDI-26-650 for a CVSS 7.8 remote code execution flaw (CVE-2026-19592) in OpenAI Codex, demonstrated at Pwn2Own.

The Zero Day Initiative published advisory ZDI-26-650 describing a remote code execution vulnerability in OpenAI Codex, tracked as CVE-2026-19592 with a CVSS 7.8 score. The flaw involves external control of a configuration setting. Exploitation requires user interaction: the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The bug was demonstrated at Pwn2Own and disclosed through ZDI.

ZDI Published Advisories·Sep 10, 05:00 UTC · 6d agoVulnerability 4 sourcesCVE-2026-195921

The Machine With Many Faces: Post-Exploitation Identity Misuse in SPIFFE/SPIRE

Unit 42 demonstrates that root access on a Kubernetes node lets attackers spoof SPIFFE/SPIRE attestation and harvest co-located workloads' SVIDs.

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 describes post-exploitation techniques in which an attacker with root on a compromised Kubernetes node spoofs Linux cgroup metadata used by the SPIRE agent during workload attestation, tricking it into issuing a co-located workload's SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Document to an attacker-controlled process. The research shows the core trust assumption of machine-identity systems—that the node is trusted—collapses once root is obtained, exposing all cryptographic identities scoped to that node. Unit 42 released an open-source tool, Spooffe, for defenders to test identity exposure, and notes the technique has not been observed exploited in the wild.

Palo Alto Unit 42·Sep 10, 10:00 UTC · 6d agoResearch1

Wordfence Argus Finds Complex 6 Step Critical RCE in Avada Theme with 1 Million Sales

Wordfence's AI-assisted Argus found a six-step critical RCE chain in the Avada WordPress theme, which has more than one million sales.

Wordfence reports that its Argus research uncovered a complex six-step exploit chain yielding critical remote code execution in the Avada WordPress theme, one of the best-selling themes with over one million sales. The company also notes AI-assisted submissions to its bug bounty program grew from 16% to roughly two-thirds of all reports in recent months. Sites running Avada should apply the patched release.

Wordfence·Aug 25, 18:02 UTC · 22d agoVulnerability

ZDI-26-647: VMware Workstation VMXNET3 TSO Segmentation Integer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI disclosed an integer overflow in VMware Workstation's VMXNET3 TSO code (CVE-2026-59346) enabling local privilege escalation.

Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-26-647, a CVSS 7.5 integer overflow in the VMXNET3 TSO segmentation code of VMware Workstation. A local attacker who has already obtained the ability to execute high-privileged code on the guest system can exploit the flaw to escalate privileges on affected installations. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-59346. No exploitation is reported in the advisory.

ZDI Published Advisories·Sep 9, 05:00 UTC · 7d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-59346

ZDI-26-706: (0Day) CrewAI crewAI Framework Agent Loading Unsafe Reflection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI discloses unpatched unsafe reflection RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-92206 (CVSS 8.8) in the CrewAI agent framework.

Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-26-706, an unsafe reflection remote code execution vulnerability in the CrewAI framework, tracked as CVE-2026-92206 with a CVSS score of 8.8. Exploitation requires user interaction: the target must load a malicious agent configuration from the repository. As a 0day advisory, no patch is indicated at publication.

ZDI Published Advisories·05:00 UTC · 15h agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-92206

OpenAI Builds ‘Defense Factory’ Where AI Agents Continuously Find and Fix Vulnerabilities

OpenAI unveils a Defense Factory where AI agents continuously discover, validate, and fix vulnerabilities, integrating GitHub, Snyk, Semgrep, Tenable, and ServiceNow.

OpenAI introduced a Defense Factory, an agent-first cybersecurity operation that connects AI agents to developer and security tools via APIs, CLIs, and Model Context Protocol integrations including GitHub, GitLab, Snyk, Semgrep, Tenable, Jira, Linear, and ServiceNow. During an internal security sprint, over 250 people across more than 100 service areas closed 53 urgent or high-priority issues on day one, achieved a 90.6% accepted ownership-assignment rate, and Codex generated all remediation patches with only 0.53% rolled back. Agent-assisted deduplication flagged 37% of findings as duplicates, and runtime validation reproduced 19.5% of findings, cutting the false-positive rate to 0.81%. OpenAI argues defenders must exploit a temporary 'defender's window' using source-code access and frontier models before open-weight models enable autonomous offensive agent fleets.

Cyber Security News·Sep 10, 10:36 UTC · 6d agoTools 2 sources

ZDI-26-629: Microsoft Azure Entra ID OAuth Device Code Grant Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Zero Day Initiative disclosed an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Microsoft Azure Entra ID's OAuth device code grant flow.

ZDI published advisory ZDI-26-629 describing an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Entra ID related to the OAuth device code grant. Remote attackers can disclose sensitive information without authentication. ZDI assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.8; no CVE identifier is listed in the advisory text.

ZDI Published Advisories·Sep 9, 05:00 UTC · 7d agoAdvisory1

Microsoft patches critical Entra ID vulnerability (CVE-2026-69836)

Microsoft patched critical Entra ID RCE CVE-2026-69836 (CVSS 10.0), fully mitigated server-side with no customer action; no in-the-wild exploitation confirmed.

Microsoft patched CVE-2026-69836, a critical (maximum CVSS 10.0) unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in Entra ID caused by deserialization of untrusted data over a network. Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory, is Microsoft's cloud identity service verifying logins and controlling access to Microsoft 365, Azure, and connected third-party apps. The flaw was discovered by Microsoft Principal Security Engineer Robert Fitzpatrick and fully mitigated server-side, requiring no customer action. Microsoft initially reported the bug as exploited, but later changed the status to 'no' and confirmed the vulnerability was not exploited in the wild.

Help Net Security·Aug 24, 06:16 UTC · 23d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-69836

AI-Infra-Guard: Open-source security scanner for AI systems

Tencent's Zhuque Lab open-sourced AI-Infra-Guard, a scanner that fingerprints AI services, checks 1,600+ CVEs, and evaluates MCP skills.

AI-Infra-Guard fingerprints running AI services such as Ollama, vLLM and ComfyUI, checks them against more than 1,600 known CVEs, and inspects MCP servers and agent skills across 14 risk categories. Its SkillTrustBench judging set contains 5,520 human-labeled samples, with false positive rates of 1.20%–18.67% depending on the judging model. Users include ICBC, China Merchants Bank, China Telecom, Lenovo, vivo and Bilibili. Release 4.1.9 hardened scanning agents against indirect prompt injection, and the open-source build ships without authentication, requiring a reverse proxy with Basic Auth or an IP allowlist.

Help Net Security·Sep 9, 05:30 UTC · 7d agoTools

Indusface SwyftComply AI enables autonomous virtual patching for AI-discovered flaws

Help Net Security·Aug 4, 00:00 UTC · Aug 4, 2026Vulnerability

ZDI-26-583: Clam AntiVirus 7z Archive Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Zero Day Initiative discloses CVE-2026-20215, an integer overflow in ClamAV's 7z archive parsing enabling remote code execution, rated CVSS 8.4.

The Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-26-583 for an integer overflow in Clam AntiVirus's 7z archive parsing. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code when the antivirus processes a crafted archive, with attack vectors varying by implementation. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-20215 and rated CVSS 8.4. The advisory does not mention active exploitation.

ZDI Published Advisories·Aug 13, 05:00 UTC · Aug 13, 2026VulnerabilityCVE-2026-202151

CVE-2026-89775: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/arm64

Disclosed CVE-2026-89775 lets a guest VM escape to the host on KVM/arm64 systems with nested virtualization enabled.

Researcher Hyunwoo Kim disclosed CVE-2026-89775, a guest-to-host escape in KVM/arm64, after the embargo agreed with linux-distros maintainers expired. The root cause is a type truncation of the stage-1 walk level that makes a size computation return 0, the value meaning 'size unknown'. The VNCR pseudo-TLB invalidation path then interprets that 0 as a valid value on ARM64 hosts where nested virtualization is enabled.

oss-security·16:04 UTC · 4h agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-89775

ZDI-26-607: Microsoft Office HTML Injection Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI disclosed an HTML injection flaw in Microsoft Office (CVSS 7.6) that lets remote attackers disclose sensitive information via malicious pages or files.

Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-26-607 describes an HTML injection vulnerability in Microsoft Office that leads to information disclosure. Remote attackers need the target to visit a malicious page or open a malicious file to trigger it. ZDI rated the issue 7.6 on the CVSS scale and the advisory lists no CVE identifier. The advisory does not indicate active exploitation.

ZDI Published Advisories·Aug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoVulnerability1

Using a VM to Contain an AI Agent

Bruce Schneier reports GPT 5.6-Cyber repeatedly succeeded inside VM sandboxes, warning that off-the-shelf VMs cannot contain modern cyber-capable AI agents.

In a Schneier on Security post, Bruce Schneier reports that GPT 5.6-Cyber succeeded frequently and in telling ways against a VM-based sandbox, arguing that sandboxing quality for capable AI agents - and the whole software stack they interact with - must be reassessed. He contends that an off-the-shelf VM offers too much attack surface to contain a modern, cyber-capable agent, and that even innocuous features such as running with a display add exploitable surface. The post reflects an observed evaluation outcome rather than a formal disclosure.

Schneier on Security·Sep 4, 16:31 UTC · 12d agoAI safety & security in the wild

[webapps] Langflow 1.10.0 - RCE

A public proof-of-concept demonstrates remote code execution in Langflow 1.10.0, the open-source AI workflow builder.

Exploit-DB lists a remote code execution proof of concept targeting Langflow version 1.10.0. Langflow is a widely used open-source tool for building AI agent and LLM workflows. The listing does not include a CVE id or evidence of in-the-wild exploitation, but RCE in AI development tooling is relevant to teams running it in production.

Exploit-DB·Sep 2, 00:00 UTC · 14d agoExploit / PoC1

Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Flaw Lets VM Admins Execute Host Code

Broadcom patched two VMware Workstation and Fusion flaws, including critical integer overflow CVE-2026-59346 (CVSS 9.3), letting guest admins execute host code; no exploitation seen.

Broadcom released updates fixing CVE-2026-59346 (CVSS 9.3), an integer-overflow vulnerability allowing a malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a VM with a VMXNET3 adapter to execute code on the host, and CVE-2026-59347 (CVSS 8.1), a stack-based buffer overflow in HGFS allowing code execution as the host's VMX process. Both flaws affect VMware Workstation and Fusion 25H2 and 26H1, have no workarounds, and are fixed in Workstation 26H1u1 and Fusion 26H1u1. No in-the-wild exploitation has been observed, though VMware vCenter flaws CVE-2026-59309 and CVE-2026-59310, the latter suspected of China-nexus APT use, have recently breached 361 unique victim IPs across 47 countries.

The Hacker News·Sep 5, 16:05 UTC · 11d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-59346CVE-2026-59347CVE-2026-59309+1 CVEs

Vali Cyber ZeroLock 5 brings MFA to the hypervisor command line

Vali Cyber released ZeroLock 5 adding CLI-MFA to protect VMware ESX and Linux hypervisors from insider threats and stolen credentials.

ZeroLock 5 introduces CLI-MFA, requiring time-based one-time passwords for file access, program execution, and network operations at the hypervisor command line on ESX and Linux hosts. The release targets ransomware and nation-state actor pivots to virtualization infrastructure, exemplified by ShinyHunters' shinysp1d3r RaaS platform that encrypts VMware ESX environments using stolen credentials and SSH keys. It adds remotely deployable collectors, reusable multi-site deployment blueprints, SIEM forwarding presets, and support for VCF and ESX 6.7+.

Help Net Security·Sep 2, 00:00 UTC · 14d agoTools

ZDI-26-608: Linux Kernel KVM IOAPIC Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The Linux kernel KVM IOAPIC has a use-after-free (CVSS 8.2) allowing local privilege escalation, but exploitation requires high-privileged code execution first.

ZDI-26-608 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM IOAPIC component, with a CVSS score of 8.2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system, which limits the practical impact of the privilege escalation. The advisory text does not list an assigned CVE identifier.

ZDI Published Advisories·Aug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoVulnerability

ZDI-26-575: Linux Kernel Net Scheduler Packet Classifier API Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI publishes ZDI-26-575, a CVSS 7.5 TOCTOU local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel net scheduler packet classifier API.

The Zero Day Initiative disclosed a time-of-check time-of-use flaw in the Linux kernel's net scheduler packet classifier API that permits local privilege escalation. Exploitation requires the attacker to first execute high-privileged code on the target system. ZDI assigned a CVSS rating of 7.5; no CVE id is provided in the text.

ZDI Published Advisories·Aug 13, 05:00 UTC · Aug 13, 2026Advisory1

Hackers Target Langflow in CVE-2026

Threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0768, an unauthenticated Python RCE in Langflow, hunting OpenAI, AWS, and SSH credentials.

Attackers began exploiting CVE-2026-0768 (CVSS 9.8), an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in the code validator of the Langflow AI low-code platform, affecting all versions up to 1.4.2. VulnCheck observed 50+ Canary detections on the first day of exploitation, with attackers checking Langflow, OpenAI, and AWS keys in environment variables, reading the secret key, and looking for SSH access and shell history; most traffic originates from Russia and targeted UK-based canaries. The flaw was reported via ZDI by Trend Research in July 2025 and disclosed in January 2026; six other Langflow CVEs were added to VulnCheck's KEV list this year.

Security Affairs·Sep 2, 07:58 UTC · 14d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-07682

Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access

Attackers actively exploit critical VMware vCenter flaw CVE-2026-59310, installing reverse_ssh backdoors on 361 hosts across 47 countries.

QUIRSO observed active exploitation of CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS 9.8), a directory-traversal flaw in VMware vCenter allowing arbitrary code execution, patched by Broadcom in late July. Attack chains deploy a malicious cron job running the open-source reverse_ssh tool for persistence, with compromised systems phoning home starting August 3, five days after disclosure. Forensics show 361 unique victim IPs in 47 countries, mostly Germany, the U.S., Turkey, Iran, and France, with the actor suspected to be an APT. Separately, Defused Cyber reports rising scanning indicative of exploitation of related CVE-2026-59309, an unauthenticated auth bypass in vmdir.

The Hacker News·Aug 12, 16:41 UTC · Aug 12, 2026Exploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-59310CVE-2026-59309

CISA: Critical VMware RCE flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs

CISA warns ransomware gangs now exploit critical VMware vCenter syslog RCE CVE-2026-59310, already KEV-listed after APT compromises across 47 countries.

Broadcom patched critical directory traversal flaw CVE-2026-59310 in the vCenter Syslog server on July 29, warning of unauthenticated remote code execution. QUIRSO subsequently found 361 compromised IPs across 47 countries after a suspected APT deployed a reverse SSH tool for persistence and remote access. CISA added the flaw to its KEV catalog with a three-day patch deadline for federal agencies, and over the weekend updated it to flag active abuse by ransomware gangs. Shadowserver tracks over 450 exposed vCenter servers, and CISA has tagged 26 VMware vulnerabilities as exploited in the wild over five years, nine abused by ransomware.

BleepingComputer·Sep 15, 12:16 UTC · 1d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-59310CVE-2025-60710CVE-2025-22225+2 CVEs1