Threat Intelligence Report — September 24, 2026 | 7 New KEVs · 173 Victims

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Report Date: 2026-09-24

New KEVs: 7  — unchanged vs last weekRansomware Victims: 173  ▼ -1 vs last week

7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Adobe products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Threat intelligence sources this period reference Salt Typhoon (China). Ransomware activity is moderate with 173 new victims posted to leak sites over the last 7 days, with Qilin posting the most victims.

On this page

  1. Patch This Week
  2. Top KEVs
  3. Security News
  4. Ransomware Activity
  5. Vendor-Specific Risks

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-2025-39682 – Linux Kernel | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 2.9% / 86th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-21 (overdue by 3d) — 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-2026-93616 – Check Point Multiple Products | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 2.4% / 84th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-25 (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.
  3. CVE-2026-85102 – Check Point Multiple Products | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 1.0% / 61th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-25 (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.

New Today

  • CVE-2026-5430 – WSO2 Multiple Products | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.4% / 29th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-71362 – Adobe Commerce and Magento | CVSS 9.1 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 2.3% / 83th pct | Ransomware Use: No

Still Outstanding

  • CVE-2026-93616 – Check Point Multiple Products | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 2.4% / 84th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-85102 – Check Point Multiple Products | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.0% / 61th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2025-39682 – Linux Kernel | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 2.9% / 86th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-93952 – Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator | CVSS 9.5 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.9% / 58th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-94127 – F5 BIG-IP APM | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.3% / 69th 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.

Threat Actors Mentioned

Salt Typhoon (China)

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.

26 new victims posted today
7-day total: 173 via Ransomware.live

Most Active Groups

Qilin 21 N0N 13 Akira 10 Incransom 9 Storm 8

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.
  • 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
  • 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.

Most Targeted Sectors

Manufacturing 25 Technology 22 Professional Services 21 Other 15 Healthcare 14

Top Countries

US (56), IT (9), BR (7), DE (7), AR (5)

Notable Incidents

  • Revolut (Financial Services · GB) — claimed by Imnotavillain. Revolut data on sale. Contact information at the bottom of the page.

    Includes 680 high-value networth users. Press coverage →

  • Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken (Professional Services · DE) — claimed by Rhysida. Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken Press coverage →
  • HEC Group (Other · TW) — claimed by Dragonforce. On August 30, HEC Group issued an official statement addressed to shareholders of TPE:3032 and other stakeholders, announcing that the company had been the target of a cyberattack. In its statement, the company claimed t… Press coverage →
  • The Merrimack County (Government & Defense · US) — claimed by Booba Project. Government Administration Stolen data: 3 GB. 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.

Adobe 4 Check Point 2 F5 1 Linux 1 Arista 1 KEVs CVEs Mentions

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