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Hardware and virtual appliances placed in the network path to filter email, control access or inspect traffic, typically managed through their own web interfaces.
Citrix's critical NetScaler flaw CVE-2026-19490 is exploitable only on appliances running a Gateway or AAA virtual server role, a DEV Community analysis of the advisory says. The other August flaw depends on a different setting, so role sets the patch order.
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F5 and Cisco say attackers are exploiting flaws in BIG-IP APM and ISE, two of the three security products in Canada's September 2026 Cyber Centre alerts. Three alerts are too few to show a trend in attacker targeting, but the two exploited products need fixed software now.
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CVE-2026-20079 hands unauthenticated attackers root on Secure Firewall Management Center. CISA wants federal boxes fixed by September 12. The hot fix closes the path but does not evict anyone who already walked it.
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CVE-2026-91843 lets an attacker with no credentials run code as root through the login process, and Check Point has published indicators of compromise while saying it has seen no exploitation in the wild.
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CVE-2026-76461 is one of three flaws confirmed under active attack in a single week. Revolut's customer records left by a different route, a request sent from an email address on a government agency's own domain.
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