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AUG17
Critical GitLab GraphQL Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Delete Public Projects

GitLab has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) software that, under certain conditions, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely modify or delete public projects and user data. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-19478, has been rated Critical by GitLab and assigned a CVSS score of 9.4. Released on

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AUG17
Snowflake GitHub Actions Flaw Lets Crafted Issues Trigger Command Injection

Cybersecurity researchers at Wiz have disclosed a new GitHub Actions workflow injection vulnerability in Snowflake's public snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-net repository that it said could be exploited through a crafted GitHub issue to execute commands in a workflow containing internal Jira credentials. The issue was present in .github/workflows/jira_issue.yml, which ran when a

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AUG17
Forminator WordPress Flaw Can Enable Unauthenticated RCE via Malicious PHP Uploads

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Forminator Forms, a WordPress plugin with more than 600,000 active installations, that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on susceptible sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-15748, is rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It was discovered and reported by a security researcher who goes by the online alias "

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AUG17
Cavern C2 Uses DNS and Google Apps Script to Blend Into Legitimate Traffic

Cybersecurity researchers have traced the continued evolution of the Cavern (aka Cav3rn) command-and-control (C2) framework used by Iranian nation-state hackers in attacks targeting entities in Israel. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said its ongoing monitoring of the threat activity cluster since December 2025 has led to the discovery of previously unreported components that expand the

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AUG17
680,000 Impacted by French Tax Authority Data Breach

Hackers used compromised credentials to access enterprise and personal tax-related data. The post 680,000 Impacted by French Tax Authority Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
AUG17
⚡ Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More

The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found fresh use, browser sessions became attack paths, and supply-chain problems kept spreading farther than the original compromise. A lot of it came down to access that was already there and defenses that assumed nobody would look too closely. So, nothing magical. Just a

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AUG17
Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company 

The AI security testing firm has shared information on a recently disclosed incident involving Anthropic AI models. The post Irregular Details How a Naming Error Let AI Models Attack a Real Company appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
AUG17
How MCP Servers Can Expose Enterprise Secrets

MCP servers can expose enterprise secrets through plaintext configuration files, over-permissioned access and prompt injection, often before security teams even know the server is running. As more organizations adopt AI agents into their systems, that exposure can silently become a major gap in MCP server security. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows AI agents to reach the tools and data,

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AUG17
Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware

Anthropic has been conducting tests to identify issues in how AI agents interact with each other. The post Conflicting Test Goals Pushed Claude Agents to Deploy Self-Replicating Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
AUG17
Unisoc VoLTE Video Call Exploit Chain Can Give Attackers Full Android Kernel Access

Security researchers at SSD Secure Disclosure have published a two-stage exploit chain that achieves full Android kernel access on devices running Unisoc modem firmware through a VoLTE video call, with no fix from the chipset maker. The advisory, published August 17, 2026, is the second stage of a chain that began in March 2026, when SSD disclosed remote code execution in the

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AUG17
40,000 Impacted by SafePal Data Breach

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the order-tracking function of a plugin to access SafePal customer information. The post 40,000 Impacted by SafePal Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
AUG17
Evooo1Bot Linux Botnet Exploits Known Flaws to Turn Edge Devices Into SOCKS5 Proxies

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. "While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including

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AUG17
Recent macOS Screen Sharing Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Threat actors gained root access to the vulnerable systems and deployed a Monero miner. The post Recent macOS Screen Sharing Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
AUG17
Critical SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure

The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-58231 can be exploited to execute arbitrary code and compromise internal components. The post Critical SAP Commerce Cloud Vulnerability Exploited 3 Days After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
AUG17
Suspected China-Nexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys Babuk-Derived Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have attributed the exploitation of a newly patched security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter to a suspected China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT). The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS score: 9.8), a severe directory-traversal vulnerability in the VMware vCenter server that could be weaponized by a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code

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