Report Date: 2026-10-28
New KEVs: 6 ▼ -1 vs last weekRansomware Victims: 241 ▼ -2 vs last week
6 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Php Group products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Ransomware activity is moderate with 241 new victims posted to leak sites over the last 7 days, with Qilin posting the most victims.
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Patch This Week
The top 3 KEVs to remediate right now, ranked by CISA deadline proximity, ransomware exploitation, and severity. These are confirmed exploited — if you do nothing else today, patch these.
- CVE-2026-114625 – Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator | CVSS 9.4 | EPSS 1.0% / 63th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-10-26 (overdue by 2d) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. - CVE-2026-110447 – Collabora Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server | CVSS 9.2 | EPSS 11.6% / 96th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-10-26 (overdue by 2d) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. - CVE-2026-109618 – PHP Group PHP | CVSS 9.2 | EPSS 100.0% / 100th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-10-29 (1d remaining) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Top KEVs
Vulnerabilities confirmed actively exploited in the wild by CISA — ranked by ransomware use, then severity. Patch these before anything else.
This Reporting Window
- CVE-2026-114625 – Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator | CVSS 9.4 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.0% / 63th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-48356 – Adobe Commerce and Magento | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 30.6% / 98th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-111497 – Google Brotli | CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 55.5% / 99th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-109618 – PHP Group PHP | CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 100.0% / 100th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-109619 – PHP Group PHP | CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 100.0% / 100th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-110447 – Collabora Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server | CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 11.6% / 96th pct | Ransomware Use: No
Major CVEs
Critical-severity CVEs published in the last 7 days that are not yet in the CISA KEV catalog — not confirmed exploited, but severe enough to assess and prioritize patching before they are.
- CVE-2026-16436 – Unknown Vendor | CVSS 9.2 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.3% / 25th pct | Published: 13 days ago | In the News
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior, GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Hyper Histori… - CVE-2026-105781 – Unknown Vendor | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | Published: yesterday
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the curren… - CVE-2026-104351 – Unknown Vendor | CVSS 9.9 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | Published: yesterday
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) is affected by an Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged at… - CVE-2026-104353 – Unknown Vendor | CVSS 9.9 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | Published: yesterday
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the … - CVE-2026-105489 – Unknown Vendor | CVSS 9.9 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | Published: yesterday
Adobe Campaign Classic (ACC) is affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the curren…
Security News
Advisories, threat research, and incident reports from 12 sources across government, commercial research, and security journalism — prioritized by source credibility.
- CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · yesterday – Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2023-4863), bypass authentication (CVE-2026-16436 and CVE-2026-16437), or perform arbitrary operat… - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · yesterday – EPICS Base
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, corrupt memory, disclose sensitive information, or potentially execute arbitrary code. Th… - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 6 days ago – Siemens Software Center
View CSAF Summary The affected application loads dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) from an uncontrolled search path. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to place a specially crafted DLL in a directory that the a… - SANS ISCResearch · yesterday – Apple Patches for October 2026, (Mon, Oct 26th)
Apple today released patches for 304 vulnerabilties. This number is still in line with prior Apple updates, and comes just about a month after the last apple update.
 - SANS ISCResearch · 5 days ago – (Reliable)? php2shell exploitability, (Fri, Oct 23rd)
Yesterday everyone was running around like crazy (me included 🙂 because of the php2shell vulnerability.
 - Unit 42Research · 5 days ago – Threat Brief: Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP: CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619 (Updated October 25)
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 are Critical vulnerabilities in PHP, a scripting language used globally for web servers and CMS systems. The post Threat Brief: Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP: CVE-2026-109618, CVE-20… - Unit 42Incident · 6 days ago – The Current Landscape of OAuth Attacks
Unit 42 explores modern OAuth threats and actionable steps organizations can take to protect their environments. The post The Current Landscape of OAuth Attacks appeared first on Unit 42 . - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 7 days ago – Proof-of-concept exploit released for PHP vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619)
Categories: Threat Research Tags: advisory, vulnerability, php - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 8 days ago – BRONZE SANDCASTLE deploys modified Meterpreter shells
<p>The China-based threat group uses DLL sideloading in these attacks</p> Categories: Threat Research Tags: BRONZE SANDCASTLE, Meterpreter, Sandboxie - The RecordNews · yesterday – Nefilim, Hive ransomware operator given five-year-plus sentence after guilty plea
Ukrainian national Artem Stryzhak, 36, had pleaded guilty last year to charges related to participating in at least two well-known ransomware groups. - The RecordIncident · yesterday – Hackers repeatedly breached suppliers holding UK police data, watchdog finds
His Majestyâs Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services says British police data has been breach several times this decade through third-party IT suppliers. - Security Affairs (APT)Incident · 2 days ago – PHP2Shell: Suspected North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable PHP hosts
Cyfirma links PHP2Shell scans of 216 vulnerable hosts to a suspected North Korean campaign using AI to rank public exploits. On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618… - Security Affairs (APT)Incident · 6 days ago – Microsoft Links ConnectWise Breach to China-Linked Group Using AI Pentesting Tool ARTEX
China-linked Storm-0940 used AI tool ARTEX to target 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants, exploiting stolen ConnectWise credentials at machine speed. Microsoft published a detailed technical report naming Storm-0940, a China sta… - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)News · 2 days ago – Magento Campaign Infects 953 Online Stores Across Five Domains
Sansec tracks a Magento skimmer campaign that infected 953 stores, using five domains, bot filtering and malicious code hidden in CMS blocks. A criminal group has infected 953 online stores since July 2025, mostly Magent… - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)News · 2 days ago – Researchers Uncover Rentable Android Spyware uCreater Targeting WeChat and Telegram
uCreater is Android spyware disguised as trusted apps, stealing credentials, messages and wallet data through a rentable platform. uCreater is a rentable Android spyware platform that hides inside repackaged legitimate a…
Ransomware Activity
Victim counts posted to ransomware group leak sites — use this to gauge which groups are most active and which sectors and regions are being targeted.
40 new victims posted today
7-day total: 241 via Ransomware.live
Most Active Groups
Group Intelligence
- Qilin — Qilin ransomware was first observed in July of 2022. Qilin Ransomware is written in Golang and supports multiple encryption modes; all of which are controlled by the operator. Qilin actors practice double extortion – demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as for the non-release of stolen data.
- Everest — Everest ransom group collects and analyzes information about their victims. They specialize in customer privacy data, financial information, databases, credit card information, and more. The Everest ransom group leaks the victim's data to the darknet and they announced that any victim that will not contact them will suffer from a data leak and they will not delete hist files for future usage.
- Booba Project — Booba
Most Targeted Sectors
Top Countries
US (81), DE (20), GB (10), IT (9), MY (6)
Notable Incidents
- Heber City, UT (Government & Defense · US) — claimed by Qilin. N/A Press coverage →
- Burnaby Schools – School District 41 (Education · CA) — claimed by Qilin. N/A Press coverage →
- Weld Re 8 School District (Education · US) — claimed by Thegentlemen. weld8.org Weld Re-8 School District public school district founded in 1914 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, serving about 2500 students across 7 schools with a 43.5 million dollar budget. The student body is 76 percent minority… Press coverage →
Active Threat Indicators
Live IOC intelligence from abuse.ch —
Feodo Tracker, URLhaus, and ThreatFox. Use to update firewall rules, DNS sinkholes, and EDR signatures.
Active C2 Servers — Block Outbound (Feodo Tracker)
| IP Address | Port | Malware Family | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50.16.16.211 | 443 | QakBot | US |
Full blocklists: Feodo • URLhaus • ThreatFox
Vendor-Specific Risks
Vendors with confirmed KEV exploitation this week — the stacked bar shows how that exposure breaks down across exploited CVEs (red), critical CVEs to watch (orange), and news mentions (yellow). Prioritize patching vendors with the largest red segment.
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