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Active exploitation alert · 14/10/2026

CVE-2026-21589: Atlassian Products Arbitrary File Access Exploited in Attacks

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CVE-2026-21589: Atlassian Products Arbitrary File Access Exploited in Attacks

CVE-2026-21589 is a critical unauthenticated arbitrary file-access vulnerability affecting eight self-managed Atlassian products. Following public technical details and proof-of-concept release, exploitation has been reported; defenders should patch affected Data Center deployments, restrict exposure, and investigate logs for suspicious path-traversal requests.

Priyank Raval7 min

CVE-2026-102255: SonicWall SMA 1000 Critical SSRF Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Security researchers have reported exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2026-102255, a CVSS 10.0 pre-authentication SSRF flaw in SonicWall SMA 1000 appliances. The vulnerability may let remote unauthenticated attackers reach internal appliance functionality; organisations should urgently patch affected devices and investigate suspicious activity.

Priyank Raval6 min

CVE-2026-97229: GitLab CI/CD Regular Expression Compiler Remote Code Execution

GitLab has patched CVE-2026-97229, under certain conditions an unauthenticated attacker could exploit insufficient regular-expression validation by supplying a specially crafted regular expression in a CI/CD configuration to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable self-managed instances.

Priyank Raval5 min

CVE-2026-86950: Apple Patches CoreGraphics Zero-Day

Apple has patched CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in CoreGraphics that may allow arbitrary code execution when processing a maliciously crafted file. Apple reports possible exploitation in extremely sophisticated attacks against specific targeted individuals. Organisations should prioritise patching affected Apple devices and verify update compliance across their managed estate.

Priyank Raval6 min

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