Talos reports CVE volume up 105% on the year against 37% growth in CISA's KEV catalog
Cisco Talos counts more than 70,000 CVEs by the end of September, up 105% on a year earlier, while CISA's KEV catalog grew 37%. Its newsletter says the backlog of exploited bugs from older CVEs is where the patching work sits.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap−15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence50
buildOne report1 publisher LMCache multiprocess mode runs pickle.loads on whatever reaches its unauthenticated socket
JFrog disclosed an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in LMCache's multiprocess mode, CVE-2026-105192, rated CVSS 9.8 with no patch. A public proof of concept exists, so any deployment that exposes the cache server to a network needs access limits or the mode turned off.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence50
buildOne report1 publisher Windows Shell zero-day CVE-2026-96951 strips the tag that SmartScreen and Protected View read
Microsoft's October Patch Tuesday fixes CVE-2026-96951, an exploited Windows Shell zero-day rated CVSS 8.8 that strips Mark-of-the-Web from files. A dev.to analysis counts it as the third such bypass this year.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence45
Progress Software published 31 MarkLogic Server flaws on October 12, five of them critical. The 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 releases that fixed August's 10 flaws are affected. Fixes are in 11.3.7 and 12.1.0.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap−10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence70
buildOne report1 publisher A path-handling bug in one Atlassian library exposes eight products to unauthenticated file reads
Atlassian rates CVE-2026-21589 critical at CVSS 4.0 9.3, a no-login file-read flaw in every version of eight self-hosted products. Honeypots saw exploitation attempts by October 6, a day after the advisory, according to a dev.to write-up that found no public report of confirmed victims.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap−10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence60
buildOne report1 publisher Super Forms' second critical flaw in 2026 lets a form submission delete WordPress directories
Super Forms CVE-2026-17609 (CVSS 9.1) lets unauthenticated visitors recursively delete server directories when file cleanup is enabled. Versions through 6.3.316 are affected, and 6.3.317 fixes it, a dev.to analysis says.
Reality
- Evidence50
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
Previdian recorded exploitation attempts against Atlassian's CVE-2026-21589 within two hours of watchTowr publishing the arbitrary file access technique. The CVSS 9.3 flaw lets an unauthenticated attacker read specific webroot files across eight Data Center products.
Perspective Coverage
6 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 27%
- Operator
- Operator 67%
- Investor
- Investor 6%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives45
- Confidence70
PaperCut's 26.0.4 patch left its exploited pre-auth RCE chain reachable
PaperCut's 27 August 2026 advisory of in-the-wild exploitation hid a pre-auth RCE chain whose first patch, 26.0.4, watchTowr defeated within a day. Operators who patched once and stopped tracking the CVEs may still be reachable without credentials.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives45
- Confidence55
Exploited Zammad bug leaks helpdesk session cookies through Ruby error output
CISA added Zammad's unauthenticated WebSocket session-disclosure flaw, CVE-2026-102489, to its exploited-vulnerabilities catalog on October 2. The fix ships in Zammad 7.2.0, leaving teams on the unsupported 6.5-and-earlier releases to make a major-version jump.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Microsoft says attackers are exploiting SharePoint flaw CVE-2026-65660, roughly six weeks after it shipped a fix in August. Any server still missing that update should be treated as possibly compromised, checked for webshells and patched.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 21%
- Operator
- Operator 79%
- Investor
- Investor 0%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence70
CVE-2026-58231 is an unauthenticated, CVSS 10.0 code execution bug in Commerce Cloud's Data Hub Adapter. Defused says attempts hit its honeypots three days after patch day.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 21%
- Operator
- Operator 66%
- Investor
- Investor 13%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption55
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives45
- Confidence68
CVE-2026-93485 was fixed on September 17 in WordPress 7.1.1. An anonymous comment plants a script, an administrator opens the page, and the script uploads a plugin carrying a web shell. Affected versions go back to 4.7.
Perspective Coverage
5 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 29%
- Operator
- Operator 64%
- Investor
- Investor 7%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives45
- Confidence58
Citrix confirmed CVE-2026-88779, a third exploited NetScaler zero-day, after appliances patched against the previous two began rebooting under attack. The vendor rates it denial of service, though logged payloads and a researcher's honeypot point toward code execution.
Perspective Coverage
11 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 19%
- Operator
- Operator 68%
- Investor
- Investor 13%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives50
- Confidence70
CISA sets a September 13 deadline for the MikroTrick RouterOS chain
Federal agencies now have three separate patch deadlines inside twelve days. The lowest-scoring pair of the five flaws added to KEV is the one with a documented 24-day intrusion campaign behind it.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap−10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
CVE-2026-58704 is a logic error in the cellular modem that lets an attacker within radio range, already holding basic privileges on the handset, escalate with no user interaction. It is one of 110 fixes in September's Pixel bulletin.
Perspective Coverage
6 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 23%
- Operator
- Operator 70%
- Investor
- Investor 7%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives25
- Confidence74
CVE-2026-76460 scores a CVSS 10.0, affects Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC in every configuration, and has no workaround. CISA added it to the KEV catalog the day the patches shipped and gave federal agencies three days.
Perspective Coverage
10 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 16%
- Operator
- Operator 74%
- Investor
- Investor 10%
Reality
- Evidence82
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives30
- Confidence80
One HTTP request to an unauthenticated cluster-join endpoint returns a non-expiring Artifactory admin token, and Fastly logged the volume going from single-digit probes to indiscriminate spraying in five days.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption58
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives62
- Confidence70
SonicWall's CVSS 10.0 SSRF chains into command execution on remote access appliances, and JFrog Artifactory hands unauthenticated attackers admin under default configuration. Reverse shells and miners are already landing.
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 14%
- Operator
- Operator 72%
- Investor
- Investor 14%
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives35
- Confidence68
Apple patched CoreGraphics flaw CVE-2026-86950 in iOS 26.7.1 after a report that it may have been exploited against targeted iPhone users. iPhone fleets still on iOS 26 have the strongest case for forcing that update before the next scheduled patch window.
Perspective Coverage
9 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 31%
- Operator
- Operator 65%
- Investor
- Investor 4%
Reality
- Evidence78
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives25
- Confidence74
buildOne report1 publisher Kestra's 10.0 auth bypass reaches CISA's exploited list 91 days after the fix shipped
CISA added Kestra's unauthenticated code-execution flaw CVE-2026-49869, rated 10.0, to its exploited list on 2 September, three months after the fix. Orchestrators hold their workflows' credentials, so any reachable unpatched instance needs a compromise check as well as an upgrade.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
Earlier coverage
- DIVD traces its breach to two chained zero-days in its own Zammad helpdesk
Security · October 1, 2026 · Confirmed9 publishers
- Default NetScaler Gateway configurations meet the conditions for both exploited pre-auth RCE bugs
Build · September 28, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
- Attackers reach admin on Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager by encoding one URL character
Security · September 30, 2026 · Confirmed12 publishers
- GitLab's commits API returns server files to callers who never log in
Product · September 14, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
- CISA wants NetScaler owners to check for intruders before installing Citrix's zero-day fixes
Product · September 28, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- Attackers are exploiting two unpatched NetScaler RCE flaws, watchTowr says
Security · September 27, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
- DepthFirst's AF_UNIX exploit takes host root out of a default-configured Ubuntu container
Security · September 23, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- GeoServer flaw has no CVE, no patch, and hundreds of probes: triage exposure now
Security · August 15, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- CISA sets August 14 clock on Metabase and Cisco bugs, August 25 for the Windows SYSTEM flaw
Security · August 15, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- CISA's KEV clock now runs on BOD 26-04, and your patch SLA cites the wrong directive
Security · August 19, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- 14,530 Dahua cameras in 35 days, and the only exotic tool was masscan
Security · August 19, 2026 · Confirmed6 publishers
- CISA gives federal agencies three days to patch a 2023 ownCloud auth bypass
Security · August 29, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers
- Any PostgreSQL replication account can load a shared library as the postgres OS user
Security · September 4, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers
- CISA ties federal patch deadlines to four yes-or-no questions about each CVE
Security · September 6, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- A CVSS 10.0 Cisco FMC bypass tops the four flaws CISA moved into KEV
Security · September 10, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers
- Microsoft's 966-fix September Patch Tuesday closes two exploited zero-days with security updates
Build · September 10, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- Check Point patches two 9.8 VPN certificate flaws without naming what triggers them
Security · September 10, 2026 · Confirmed5 publishers
- A hand-debugged Python toolkit turned marimo CVE-2026-39987 into bastion SSH in eight seconds
Security · September 11, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
- cPanel warns a single hosting account can take root on unpatched LiteSpeed Enterprise servers
Security · September 15, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
- Ransomware gangs move onto the vCenter Syslog bug Broadcom patched on July 29
Security · September 15, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers