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Node.js
Brotli bug reaches far beyond Node.js (CVE-2026-111497)

A vulnerability in Brotli, Google’s widely used open-source compression library, is putting a broad range of software at risk. About CVE-2026-111497 Alternatively known as …

Fortinet
Fortinet patches critical FortiOS flaws found with AI help

Fortinet rolled out security hardening updates for FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail, and FortiAuthenticator last week, but is keeping the details about the …

PHP
What the PHP2Shell vulnerability means for Fortinet, Cisco and Palo Alto customers

Palo Alto Networks confirmed that PAN-OS and Panorama are affected by PHP2Shell, a pair of critical PHP vulnerabilities that let an attacker run code on a web server without …

Signal
Signal flaw could expose audio and video even after users hang up

A flaw in Signal’s calling library could let the other person on a call keep receiving a user’s audio, and possibly video, after that user hangs up. Tracked as …

PHP
PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now!

The PHP development team has released emergency security updates to fix PHP2Shell, two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) that could let attackers …

Palo Alto Networks
Ransomware gangs have been exploiting Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN flaw since June

Several ransomware groups are exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS GlobalProtect patched in May, to break into organizations in …

PHP
A critical PHP security release is coming today, so get ready to update!

UPDATE: PHP2Shell: Critical PHP vulnerabilities patched, update now! The PHP security team has announced an urgent security release for Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 14:00 …

vulnerability
Incomplete security patches show hackers where to look next

Security patches are turning into roadmaps for attackers, with a growing share of fixes later found incomplete or open to bypass. Oren Yomtov, a security researcher at Terra …

threat
Attackers exploit Siemens Software Center flaw in active ClickFix malware campaign

Siemens has confirmed the active exploitation of CVE-2026-110936, a DLL side-loading vulnerability in Siemens Software Center, the company’s tool for downloading, installing …

vulnerability
CISA flags exploited flaws in Palo Alto, Cisco and Ahsay products

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: CVE-2026-0322, a …

GitLab
GitLab admins urged to patch critical RCE flaw (CVE-2026-97229)

GitLab is urging users of self-managed instances to patch a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-97229) in its CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler that could allow remote attackers …

NVIDIA
High-severity NVIDIA vulnerability lets unauthenticated attackers crash GPU monitoring

Hundreds of internet-exposed graphics processing unit (GPU) servers were open to a high-severity flaw in NVIDIA’s DCGM Exporter (CVE-2026-47483) that lets unauthenticated …

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