Threat Intelligence Report — July 18, 2026 | 7 New KEVs · 160 Victims

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Report Date: 2026-07-18

New KEVs: 7  ▲ +1 vs last weekRansomware Victims: 160  ▼ -62 vs last week

7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Microsoft products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Ransomware activity is moderate with 160 new victims posted to leak sites over the last 7 days, with Dragonforce posting the most victims.

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.

  1. CVE-2026-15409 – SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 1.3% / 66th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-07-17 (overdue by 1d) — 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.
  2. CVE-2026-46817 – Oracle E-Business Suite | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 1.0% / 60th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-07-18 (0d 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.
  3. CVE-2026-58644 – Microsoft SharePoint | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 1.5% / 71th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-07-19 (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-2026-15409 – SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.3% / 66th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-58644 – Microsoft SharePoint | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.5% / 71th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-25089 – Fortinet FortiSandbox | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 36.1% / 98th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-39808 – Fortinet FortiSandbox | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 84.2% / 100th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
  • CVE-2026-46817 – Oracle E-Business Suite | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.0% / 60th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-56155 – Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services | CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) | AV: Local | EPSS 0.4% / 30th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2023-4346 – KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 | CVSS 7.5 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.9% / 54th pct | Ransomware Use: No

Security News

Advisories, threat research, and incident reports from 12 sources across government, commercial research, and security journalism — prioritized by source credibility.

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.

21 new victims posted today
7-day total: 160 via Ransomware.live

Infostealer Exposure: 486 employee credentials and 17,000 user credentials compromised via infostealer malware across victim organisations — indicating credential theft likely preceded these ransomware deployments.

Most Active Groups

Dragonforce 29 Qilin 25 Thegentlemen 22 Incransom 12 Akira 6

Group Intelligence

  • Dragonforce — DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.
  • 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.
  • Thegentlemen — The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.
  • Incransom — INC Ransom is a prolific ransomware-as-a-service operation active since July 2023 that systematically targets healthcare, government, education, and manufacturing sectors in North America and Europe, having posted over 200 victims in 2025 alone with no sector off-limits.
  • Akira — The Akira ransomware group is said to have emerged in March 2023, and there's much speculation about its ties to the former CONTI ransomware group.<br> <br> It's worth noting that with the end of CONTI's operation, several affiliates migrated to independent campaigns such as Royal, BlackBasta, and others.<br> <br> According to some reports, Akira affiliates also work with other ransomware operations, such as Snatch and BlackByte, as an open directory of tools used by an Akira operator was identified, which also had connections to the Snatch ransomware.<br> <br> The first version of the Akira ransomware was written in C++ and appended files with the '.akira' extension, creating a ransom note named 'akira_readme.txt,' partially based on the Conti V2 source code. However, on June 29, 2023, a decryptor for this version was reportedly released by Avast.<br> <br> Subsequently, a version was released that fixed the decryption flaw on July 2, 2023. Since then, the new version is said to be written in Rust, this time called 'megazord.exe,' and it changes the extension to '.powerranges' for encrypted files.<br> <br> Most of Akira's initial access vectors use brute-force attempts on Cisco VPN devices (which use single-factor authentication only).<br> Additionally, exploitation of CVEs: CVE-2019-6693 and CVE-2022-40684 for initial access has been identified.<BR>Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs

Most Targeted Sectors

Business Services 33 Manufacturing 19 Technology 12 Agriculture And Food Production 11 Consumer Services 9

Top Countries

US (50), CZ (7), CA (6), JP (6), FR (5)

Notable Incidents

  • Solid Advance Inc. (Business Services · JP) — claimed by Ailock. Solid Advance Inc. is a Japanese software company, founded in 2004, based in Tokyo and Aomori. It develops and sells All Gather CRM, a fully in-house-built, integrated CRM package covering customer management, sales supp… Press coverage →
  • Metro Mondego (Transportation/Logistics · PT) — claimed by Thegentlemen. ***.pt zoominfo.com/c/metro-mondego-sa/430685182 public transport company responsible for sustainable mobility in the Coimbra, Miranda do Corvo, and Lousã region of Portugal. Originally conceived as a light rail network,… Press coverage →
  • Acosol (Not Found · ES) — claimed by Qilin. N/A Press coverage →
  • District of Columbia Housing Authority (Public Sector · US) — claimed by Interlock. DC Housing, the organization entrusted with the powers of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, was completely compromised due to its negligence and greed in security, and all confidential information, databases, p… Press coverage →
  • sleemanbreweries.ca (Agriculture and Food Production · CA) — claimed by Chaos. Sleeman Breweries was founded in 1851 and headquartered in Guelph, Ontario. The company now markets and distributes world-class domestic and imported products. Press coverage →

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.

Microsoft 3 Fortinet 2 Oracle 1 Sonicwall 1 Knx Association 1 KEVs CVEs Mentions

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