July Linux Patch Wednesday. A total of 2,017 vulnerabilities were addressed (539 in the Linux kernel and 504 in Chromium). For comparison, there were 1,888 vulnerabilities in June. Once again, a new record. Moreover, next month will most likely set another record, as 1,704 vulnerabilities have...
July "In the Trend of VM" (#29): Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability. Here is my traditional monthly roundup of trending vulnerabilities, according to Positive Technologies. The previous June edition featured four vulnerabilities. This time, there's only one. 🗞 Post on Habr (rus) 🗒 Digest on...
About Cross Site Scripting - Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2026-42897) vulnerability. The vulnerability was fixed on May 14 outside the regular Microsoft Patch Tuesday cycle. Improper neutralization of input during web page generation (CWE-79, XSS) in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an unauthorized...
June "In the Trend of VM" (#28): Linux kernel, Microsoft Defender, and Palo Alto Networks device vulnerabilities. Presenting the traditional monthly roundup of trending vulnerabilities according to Positive Technologies. In the previous May edition, we covered four vulnerabilities. This time,...
About Elevation of Privilege - Microsoft Defender "RedSun" (CVE-2026-41091) vulnerability. Microsoft Defender is a built-in security solution developed by Microsoft to protect the Windows operating system and user data from viruses, malware, and other cyber threats in real time. An improper link...
About Remote Code Execution - PAN-OS (CVE-2026-0300) vulnerability. PAN-OS is an operating system for Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security platforms. User-ID™ Authentication Portal (also known as Captive Portal) is a non-default PAN-OS feature used to map IP addresses to usernames. By...
May Linux Patch Wednesday. A total of 1,638 vulnerabilities (474 in the Linux kernel). For comparison, in April there were 1,035 vulnerabilities (a record!). And this time it turns out to be a record again, more than one and a half times higher! The acceleration is both impressive and alarming....