Threat Intelligence Report — October 1, 2026 | 7 New KEVs

Report Date: 2026-10-01

New KEVs: 7  — unchanged vs last weekRansomware Victims: 0  ▼ -173 vs last week

7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Citrix products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week.

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-2026-65660 – Microsoft SharePoint | CVSS 8.8 | EPSS 2.1% / 81th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-28 (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-2026-87902 – WordPress Core | CVSS 8.1 | EPSS 19.8% / 97th pct
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-28 (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.
  3. CVE-2026-67279 – MikroTik RouterOS | CVSS 6.9 | EPSS 1.0% / 62th pct | PoC Available
    CISA deadline: 2026-09-28 (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.

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-2026-76504 – Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-88772 – Citrix NetScaler | CVSS 9.5 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.3% / 69th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-88771 – Citrix NetScaler | CVSS 9.5 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.1% / 63th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-86950 – Apple Multiple Products | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 0.8% / 55th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-65660 – Microsoft SharePoint | CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 2.1% / 81th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-87902 – WordPress Core | CVSS 8.1 (HIGH) | AV: Network | EPSS 19.8% / 97th pct | Ransomware Use: No
  • CVE-2026-67279 – MikroTik RouterOS | CVSS 6.9 (MEDIUM) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.0% / 62th 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.

Ransomware Activity

Ransomware activity data could not be retrieved for this reporting window.

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.

Citrix 4 Apple 1 Cisco 1 WordPress 1 Microsoft 1 KEVs CVEs Mentions

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