Threat Intelligence Report — September 9, 2026 | 7 New KEVs · 161 Victims

Report Date: 2026-09-09

New KEVs: 7  — unchanged vs last weekRansomware Victims: 161  ▼ -90 vs last week

7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Google products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Ransomware activity is moderate with 161 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.

  1. CVE-2026-75650 – Adobe Commerce and Magento | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 2.1% / 81th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-11 (2d 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.
  2. CVE-2026-86218 – N-able N-central | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 0.7% / 53th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-11 (2d 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-2026-20079 – Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management | CVSS 10.0 | EPSS 35.9% / 98th pct | PoC Available
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-12 (3d 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.

New Today

  • CVE-2026-20079 – Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 35.9% / 98th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
  • CVE-2026-19490 – Citrix NetScaler | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 3.4% / 88th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-87491 – Google Chromium V8 | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.3% / 21th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2025-25249 – Fortinet Multiple Products | CVSS 8.1 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.8% / 53th pct | Ransomware Use: No

Still Outstanding

  • CVE-2026-75650 – Adobe Commerce and Magento | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 2.1% / 81th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-86218 – N-able N-central | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.7% / 53th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-85046 – Google Chromium V8 | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.4% / 71th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available

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 · yesterdayCareCam Pro IP Cameras
    View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take full control of the device. The following versions of CareCam Pro IP Cameras are affected: ANJIA AJL33PC0801 Firmware linux_…
  • CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 6 days agoTycon 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 · 6 days agoPyramid 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 …
  • SANS ISCResearch · todayScans for Proxmox Servers, (Wed, Sep 9th)
    About a week ago, Proxmox published an advisory revealing a vulnerability in older versions of Proxmox VE, its flagship Virtual Environment product. The vulnerability only affects version 7, which has not been supported …
  • SANS ISCResearch · yesterdaySeptember 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Sep 8th)
    This month, Microsoft released patches for a record-breaking 973 vulnerabilities, including 113 rated critical. It is by far the largest Patch Tuesday to date, well ahead of the previous high of 664 set in July 2026. Two…
  • Unit 42Research · todayUntracked Nightmares: The Threats Hiding Behind Commodity Infrastructure
    An investigation into how cybercriminals used YouTube gaming lures and SEO poisoning to deliver multi-payload malware to enterprise networks. The post Untracked Nightmares: The Threats Hiding Behind Commodity Infrastruct…
  • Unit 42Incident · 6 days agoAttackers 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…
  • Sophos X-OpsResearch · 2 days agoDissecting a PHP web server rootkit
    <p>Sophos X-Ops takes a deep dive into an insidious piece of malware</p> Categories: Threat Research Tags: rootkit, php, webshell
  • Sophos X-OpsResearch · 7 days agoSonicWall 83548 83549
    Categories: Threat Research Tags: advisory, vulnerability, SonicWall
  • The RecordAdvisory · todayCISA head says agency must change quickly to prevent the 'worst that could happen'
    CISA's cybersecurity, infrastructure security and emergency communications divisions are among the priorities as the agency fills vacancies created at the beginning of the Trump administration, acting director Nick Ander…
  • The RecordNews · todayUS disrupts Xinbi Guarantee marketplace fueling the cyber scam economy
    The U.S. government also carried out a seizure of $52.8 million from 52 wallets connected to the platform.
  • Security Affairs (APT)News · yesterdayNorth Korea-linked Hackers Hide a Backdoor Inside HAProxy
    North Korea-linked hackers hid a backdoor inside HAProxy, masking C2 traffic and stealing data while keeping the load balancer working normally. North Korean-linked hackers found a genuinely clever hiding spot for their …
  • Security Affairs (APT)Incident · 5 days agoChinese 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 (Cybercrime)News · yesterdayHackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network, Then Return Most of It
    Crypto exchange network Liquid Network lost $320 million overnight, then got most of it back after the hackers demanded a bug fix instead of a ransom Bitcoin’s Liquid Network, a sidechain built by Blockstream and u…
  • Security Affairs (Cybercrime)Incident · yesterdayIT Help Desk Impersonation Lets Hackers Bypass MFA
    Attackers bypass endpoint security by posing as IT staff, stealing Microsoft 365 sessions, draining SaaS data and demanding extortion. Forget installing malware because today’s extortionists just pick up the phone instea…

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.

17 new victims posted today
7-day total: 161 via Ransomware.live

Infostealer Exposure: 145 employee credentials and 54,241 user credentials compromised via infostealer malware across victim organisations — indicating credential theft likely preceded these ransomware deployments.

Most Active Groups

Thegentlemen 23 Qilin 15 Storm 12 Direwolf 11 Vexy Ransomware 10

Group Intelligence

  • ThegentlemenThe 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.
  • QilinQilin 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.
  • DirewolfDire Wolf is a sophisticated human-operated ransomware group first documented in May 2025, written in Golang using Curve25519/ChaCha20 encryption, targeting manufacturing and technology sectors across 13+ countries with ransoms up to $500,000, operated by a tight core team rather than a broad affiliate program.

Most Targeted Sectors

Manufacturing 27 Professional Services 20 Healthcare 17 Retail & E-Commerce 16 Technology 11

Top Countries

US (55), DE (8), CA (8), BR (7), IN (6)

Notable Incidents

  • Metro (Retail & E-Commerce · DE) — claimed by Thegentlemen. metro.net zoominfo.com/c/metro/351518795 LA Metro is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) — the second-busiest transit system in the US, serving 9.6M residents across 1,433 sq miles (near… 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.

Google 2 Adobe 2 Fortinet 1 Cisco 1 N-Able 1 KEVs CVEs Mentions

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