Report Date: 2026-09-05
New KEVs: 7 — unchanged vs last weekRansomware Victims: 223 ▼ -19 vs last week
7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Papercut products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Ransomware activity is moderate with 223 new victims posted to leak sites over the last 7 days, with Thegentlemen 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.
- CVE-2026-49869 – Kestra Kestra OSS | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 1.9% / 78th pct | PoC Available
CISA deadline: 2026-09-05 (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. - CVE-2026-83548 – SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 0.7% / 51th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-09-05 (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. - CVE-2026-82329 – JFrog Artifactory | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 7.7% / 94th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-09-05 (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.
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-2026-49869 – Kestra Kestra OSS | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.9% / 78th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
- CVE-2026-83548 – SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.7% / 51th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-82329 – JFrog Artifactory | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 7.7% / 94th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-82078 – PaperCut NG/MF | CVSS 9.4 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.7% / 75th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-9586 – Sangoma Switchvox | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 11.8% / 96th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
- CVE-2026-85046 – Google Chromium V8 | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.9% / 56th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-59822 – BerriAI LiteLLM | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.9% / 56th 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.
- CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 2 days ago – Tycon Systems TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow for an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack, cause a factory reset, wipe credentials, or retrieve sensitive information. The… - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 2 days ago – Pyramid Solutions NetStaX EtherNet/IP Stack
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in memory corruption, a device crash, or a potential remote attack vector without the originating device receiving a CIP error indicating that … - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 2 days ago – Inductive Automation Ignition
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow any authenticated user to create projects. The following versions of Inductive Automation Ignition are affected: Ignition <=8.1.53 (CVE-2026-… - SANS ISCResearch · 4 days ago – Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email, (Tue, Sep 1st)
Introduction
 - Unit 42Incident · 2 days ago – Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations in Latin America
Explore how attackers targeting Latin American entities use AI for data exfiltration and how basic OpSec errors allow defenders to disrupt operations. The post Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations… - Unit 42Incident · 3 days ago – An AI-Assisted Cyber Attack: Inside a Unit 42 Investigation
Using autonomous AI agents, an attacker breached an enterprise network in a matter of hours. Understand how to address and defend against agentic attacks. The post An AI-Assisted Cyber Attack: Inside a Unit 42 Investigat… - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 3 days ago – SonicWall 83548 83549
Categories: Threat Research Tags: advisory, vulnerability, SonicWall - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 4 days ago – Ungentlemanly behavior: Insights into a ransomware operation
Analysis of 15 intrusions revealed tradecraft used by GOLD SHERWOOD affiliates Categories: Threat Research Tags: ransomware as a service, The Gentlemen, GOLD SHERWOOD, Ransomware - The RecordNews · yesterday – Russian data centers face new security requirements amid Ukraine's drone threats
Russia's data centers are concentrated in areas increasingly exposed to Ukrainian drone attacks. The Kremlin wants them to stiffen their physical defenses. - The RecordAdvisory · yesterday – G7 urges organizations to prepare for quantum cyber threats
In a joint advisory released Thursday, the G7 Cyber Security Working Group and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, said organizations should begin moving to post-quantum cryptography now. - Security Affairs (APT)Incident · yesterday – Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign
Hunt.io uncovered a Chinese-speaking campaign using AI agents to automate cyberattacks against Asian government, education and industrial targets. Threat intelligence firm Hunt.io just documented a second, separate China… - Security Affairs (APT)News · 3 days ago – Iran-linked APT Mirage Kitten Uses Fake Job Tests to Spread Malware
Mirage Kitten used fake LinkedIn coding tests to spread NodeRabbit and PollCat, even banning AI tools that could have spotted the malware. Iran-linked Mirage Kitten hackers just found a genuinely clever way to make their… - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)Incident · today – PaperCut Flaws Exploited in Attacks on U.S. and European Schools
Attackers are exploiting two new PaperCut flaws to steal credentials and gain privileged access in education-sector attacks across the U.S. and Europe. Attackers are exploiting two recelty disclosed PaperCut flaws, CVE-2… - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)Incident · yesterday – Crooks Behind Manchester Airports Group Hack Leaked Data of 8.8 Million People
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) data allegedly leaked by FulcrumSec exposes emails and phone numbers of 8.8 million people. Manchester Airports Group, which operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports… - Bleeping ComputerIncident · today – Over 5,400 hacked sites serve ClickFix payloads stored on the blockchain
A massive cybercriminal operation is leveraging thousands of compromised small-business websites to deliver ClickFix payloads stored in smart contracts on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). […]
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.
15 new victims posted today
7-day total: 223 via Ransomware.live
Infostealer Exposure: 325 employee credentials and 101,388 user credentials compromised via infostealer malware across victim organisations — indicating credential theft likely preceded these ransomware deployments.
Most Active Groups
Group Intelligence
- 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.
- 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.
- Krybit — Krybit is an emerging RaaS group that launched in late March 2026, offering affiliates an 80/20 revenue split with support for Windows, Linux, ESXi, and NAS device encryption, and became notable for a public feud with rival group 0APT in which each breached and leaked the other's operator data.
Most Targeted Sectors
Top Countries
US (67), DE (18), GB (10), IN (10), CA (8)
Notable Incidents
- Uak University (Education · TR) — claimed by Qilin. N/A Press coverage →
- Manchester Airports Group (Transportation · GB) — claimed by Fulcrumsec. [AI generated] Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is a UK-based airport operator and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. It owns and operates Manchester Airport, London Stansted Airport, and East Midlands Airport. Ope… Press coverage →
- REXT Holdings Co., Ltd. (Other · JP) — claimed by Ransomhouse. Private retail and holding company based in Tokyo, Japan. Press coverage →
- Nutex Health (Healthcare · US) — claimed by Thegentlemen. nutexhealth.com zoominfo.com/c/nutex-health-inc/372032478 (NUTX, Nasdaq) — US healthcare company, based in Houston, Texas, founded in 2011 by Dr. Thomas Vo.
It runs 27 small "micro-hospitals" in 12 states — small hospita… Press coverage → - Proliance Surgeons (Healthcare · US) — claimed by Payoutsking. [AI generated] Proliance Surgeons is a large physician-owned surgical group based in the United States, primarily operating in Washington State. The organization brings together hundreds of independent surgeons across do… 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.
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