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News · The Hacker News · Aug 18

Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets

Two critical vulnerabilities impacting MLflow, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, and FUXA, an open-source, web-based SCADA / HMI software built for operational technology (OT) and industrial automation, are witnessing malicious scanning and exploitation efforts. According to in…

News · BleepingComputer · Aug 19

CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs

The FBI said Tuesday that the Medusa ransomware gang has breached more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations in the United States since June 2021. [...]

News · The Hacker News · Aug 19

Clop-Linked Windchill Web Shell Decrypts Credentials and Maps Engineering Data

A JavaServer Pages (JSP) web shell deployed following the exploitation of a critical security flaw in PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers is specifically designed for the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, according to new findings from ReliaQuest. The cybersecurity company char…

Advisories · CISA · Aug 18

CISA Malcolm

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or execute arbitrary code. The following versions of CISA Malcolm are affected: Malcolm <26.06.1 (CVE-2026-55676) Malcolm <26.07.0 (CVE-2026-63133, CVE-2026-63134…

Advisories · CISA · Aug 18

CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.   CVE-2026-33824 Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Double Free Vulnerability CVE-2026-55040 Microsoft SharePoint Weak Authentication V…

News · BleepingComputer · Aug 18

CISA: Windows Task Host flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that ransomware gangs are also exploiting a high-severity Windows Task Host vulnerability that was flagged as actively exploited in April. [...]

News · CSO Online · Aug 18

Critical GitLab flaw allows attackers to delete and modify public repos

GitLab has fixed a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized modifications inside code repositories or to completely delete them with a single HTTP request. The patched releases also address a second high-risk cross-site request forgery (CSRF) flaw. …

News · CSO Online · Aug 18

AI can find zero-days but still can’t reliably write secure code

In recent months, LLMs have gone from flooding open-source projects and bug bounty programs with questionable security reports that wasted developers’ time, to routinely finding zero-day flaws that humans and traditional security audit tools had missed for years — a rapid evolution in cyber capabil…

News · Help Net Security · Aug 19

Google’s AI security agents found 100+ critical software vulnerabilities in just two days

Google’s Mandiant has disclosed the workings of an internal tool that uses chains of AI agents to hunt for vulnerabilities in source code, saying it found over 100 verified, high-severity flaws in just two days during a live investigation into stolen corporate repositories. The tool, called t…

News · Help Net Security · Aug 18

Critical GitLab flaw allows attackers to modify or delete public projects (CVE-2026-19478)

GitLab has released patches for two vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity code injection flaw that can be exploited without authentication. The vulnerabilities affect GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) versions from 18.2 before 18.11.11, 19.0 before 19.0.8, 19.1 befo…

News · SecurityWeek · Aug 19

943 Patches Rolled Out With Oracle’s August 2026 Security Update

The fixes resolve over 1,000 vulnerabilities across two dozen products, including over 460 remotely exploitable bugs. The post 943 Patches Rolled Out With Oracle’s August 2026 Security Update appeared first on SecurityWeek.

News · SecurityWeek · Aug 19

Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities

The bugs could lead to code execution, privilege escalation, sandbox escape, and information disclosure. The post Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.