GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability

A GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-19478, CVSS 9.4) was exploited within minutes of disclosure. What happened and how to patch now.

A GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability is now under active exploitation, reproduced and attacked within minutes of GitLab’s August 17, 2026 disclosure of CVE-2026-19478. The unauthenticated flaw (CVSS 9.4) lets an attacker delete public projects, forge fake fix records, or lock out maintainers on any unpatched self-managed GitLab instance. GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated were already…

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Zimbra Command Injection Vulnerability Actively Exploited

A Zimbra command injection vulnerability is under active exploitation against on-premises mail servers; the CISA federal deadline already passed.

A Zimbra command injection vulnerability is under confirmed active exploitation against on-premises mail servers, and CISA’s federal remediation deadline of August 24 has already passed. Tracked as CVE-2026-73570, the flaw lets an unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary shell commands on any unpatched Zimbra Collaboration Suite instance with SNMP notifications enabled — a configuration many administrators never…

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Windows Defender Zero-Day Vulnerability Has No Patch

Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability

A Windows Defender zero-day vulnerability disclosed on August 12, 2026 lets a low-privileged local attacker bypass Microsoft’s own patch for an earlier Defender flaw and escalate straight to SYSTEM. Tracked as CVE-2026-69414 and nicknamed ShieldBreak, the flaw still has no fix ten days after Microsoft assigned the CVE. Any Windows endpoint running default Defender is…

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Microsoft Entra ID RCE Vulnerability Exploited

A maximum-severity Microsoft Entra ID RCE vulnerability was already being exploited before Microsoft's August 20 disclosure, and no customer patch exists.

Microsoft disclosed a maximum-severity Microsoft Entra ID RCE vulnerability on August 20, 2026, and confirmed the flaw was already being exploited in the wild before the advisory went public. CVE-2026-69836 carries a CVSS score of 10.0, needs no authentication and no user interaction, and sits in the identity backbone underneath Microsoft 365, Azure AD sign-in,…

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Medusa Ransomware 500 Victims — What the CISA Advisory Means

Medusa ransomware 500 victims: CISA, FBI and HHS updated their advisory Aug 18. What changed, who's at risk, and how to cut your exposure.

Medusa ransomware 500 victims is now the official U.S. federal tally: CISA, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services updated their joint advisory on August 18, 2026, confirming the ransomware-as-a-service group has breached more than 500 U.S. critical infrastructure organizations since June 2021 — up from the 300-plus figure in their original…

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