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<title><![CDATA[Imitation Game]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at how chatbot answer subjective questions.]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A look at how chatbot answer subjective questions.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Old school style, old school vibes. SonicTree is for people who like browse music files in folders the way they are stored on the disk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:52:53 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Google deutet höhere Preise für die Pixel-11-Serie an]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Das nächste Smartphone von Google dürfte teurer werden: Shakil Barkat, Vice President of Devices and Services bei Google, hat in einem Interview mit 9to5Google Preisanpassungen für...Zum Beitrag: Google deutet höhere Preise für die Pixel-11-Serie an

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Facebook, Reddit, Goo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:15:15 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Robertson's The Dark Room (emf2026)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Welcome to John Robertson’s THE DARK ROOM – the legendary interactive comedy show that fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame!

“An hilarious, participatory cult classic”
Neil Patrick Harris

“hilarious game show”
Independent
★★★★

“A Rocky Horror for nerds… ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:05:29 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to John Robertson’s THE DARK ROOM – the legendary interactive comedy show that fuses improv, crowdwork and gaming to create an insane live-action videogame!

“An hilarious, participatory cult classic”
Neil Patrick Harris

“hilarious game show”
Independent
★★★★

“A Rocky Horror for nerds… reader, I howled”
Telegraph, London

Come watch, and if you want – play – the choose-your-own-adventure madness!

The crowd is trapped inside an inescapable dungeon with a sadistic videogame boss!

Pick increasingly surreal options off the screen and try to escape!

If you win – you get money!

If you fail – YA DIE! YA DIE! YA DIE!

Now, will you:

Find the Light Switch

Go North?

Abandon Hope?

Be sworn at by a man wearing spiked armour and a lot of leather?

(This option is permanently set to “On”)

Now in its 14th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian &amp; cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – The Dark Room is a gut-busting comedy experience for everyone.

Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
about this event: https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/174-john-robertsons-the-dark-room]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[FAIRChem v2 UMA for Multidomain Atomistic Simulation across Molecules, Catalysts, Materials, Vibrations, and Molecular Dynamics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In this tutorial, we explore FAIRChem v2 and the UMA universal machine-learning interatomic potential as a unified framework for atomistic simulation across molecular chemistry, catalysis, and inorganic materials. We configure an environment, authenticate with Hugging Face to access the gated UMA...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:53:59 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this tutorial, we explore FAIRChem v2 and the UMA universal machine-learning interatomic potential as a unified framework for atomistic simulation across molecular chemistry, catalysis, and inorganic materials. We configure an environment, authenticate with Hugging Face to access the gated UMA model weights, and initialize task-specific calculators for the omol, oc20, and omat domains. We […]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Week in review: ServiceNow pre-auth RCE exploited in the wild, Hugging Face breached]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: AI agents are still logging in as humans Most large companies run more than one AI platform at the same time. Developers pull up coding assistants, marketing teams lean on writing tools, and analysts...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:02:10 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Comic-Con 2026 Debuts Trailers for 'Coyote vs Acme' Movie, Plus 'Neuromancer' and 'Blade Runner 2099' Series]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Big news from Comic-Con 2026:

"Coyote vs. ACME" debuted its long-awaited final trailer. CNET calls it "an animation-meets-live-action story," with the Coyote catapulting into theaters this August 28. (The film began development back in 2018, but was shelved for a tax write-off in 2023 by Warner ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:01:17 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Big news from Comic-Con 2026:

"Coyote vs. ACME" debuted its long-awaited final trailer. CNET calls it "an animation-meets-live-action story," with the Coyote catapulting into theaters this August 28. (The film began development back in 2018, but was shelved for a tax write-off in 2023 by Warner Bros. until a backlash led to its sale to Ketchup Entertainment.) "Fed up with Acme's unreliable products, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a lawyer and sue the company..." writes CNET. "The movie also features Lana Condor along with a host of Looney Tunes characters like Porky Pig, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn and Granny (who gets dinged by an anvil)."
In other movie news, CNET says Johnny Depp also "made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con, donning a costume as Ebenezer Scrooge" to promote his November 13 movie about the miser from Charles Dickens' famous Christmas novella. (Ian McKellen and Daisy Ridley are also in the movie.)


But several geek favorites are being filmed as TV series...

 There's big news for William Gibson fans, reports Entertainment Weekly. "Two years after Apple TV announced production on the first-ever series adaptation of William Gibson's seminal 1984 novel Neuromancer, the lucky few hundred who attended the studio's Hall H panel at Comic-Con 2026 got to watch the first teaser. 

For Amazon's Prime Video, the Tolkien-derived "Rings of Power" series released a season 3 trailer that CNET said "successfully hides the best parts with fire... The trailer suggests that Sauron is building an army, and all of Middle-earth is trying to find ways to stop him... Rings of Power season 3 will start dropping weekly episodes on Nov. 11, meaning this show will be airing at the same time the Peter Jackson films will be celebrating their 25th anniversary."
Later in November Amazon's Prime Video will also debut Blade Runner 2099, an eight-episode series that's a sequel to 2017's film Blade Runner 2049, reports CNET. "Set in an alternate version of LA where replicants run things and the humans play second fiddle, the series sees Yeoh's replicant Olwen chasing down outlaw replicants who've gone missing. With her own shelf life on a ticking clock, the stakes are high for her and for her human fugitive partner, Cora..."
Paramount Plus will debut Avatar: Seven Havens in October, a new animated series from the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender which CNET says "follows a pair of twin avatars, one of whom is Korra's successor."

Disney+ has season 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Kevin Feige said Marvel's television slate will include more seasons of "X-Men '97" and the upcoming "VisionQuest" TV series.
HBO Max will launch a new Green Lantern series called Lanterns on August 16.
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<title><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Season 2: Is Another Season Happening? Here’s What We Know]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Season 2 has not been officially confirmed, but the Season 1 finale leaves Kim Do-hyeon in a strong position to return for another dangerous mission.



The Korean action drama completed its first season on July 25, 2026, after releasing two episodes each Friday and Saturday...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:08:51 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Season 2 has not been officially confirmed, but the Season 1 finale leaves Kim Do-hyeon in a strong position to return for another dangerous mission.



The Korean action drama completed its first season on July 25, 2026, after releasing two episodes each Friday and Saturday. The finale ended its run as the most-watched drama of 2026 in South Korea, giving SBS and Netflix a strong reason to consider another season.




Season 2 status: Not officially renewed



Possible release date: Late 2027 or 2028, depending on renewal and production



Season 1 release: June 26 to July 25, 2026



Episodes: 10



Genre: Action, crime, spy thriller and comedy



Streaming platform: Netflix



Main cast: So Ji-sub, Choi Dae-hoon, Yoon Kyung-ho and Joo Sang-wook




Netflix describes the series as an action drama about an ordinary father who brings back his black-ops skills after his daughter disappears. The show is based on the Manager Kim webtoon and mixes family drama with espionage, chases and close-combat action.



Where could the story go in Season 2?



Spoilers for the Agent Kim Reactivated Season 1 finale follow.



Season 1 follows bank manager Kim Do-hyeon as he searches for his missing daughter, Min-ji. His investigation forces him to reveal that he once worked as a highly trained North Korean operative before building a quiet life in South Korea.



Do-hyeon eventually confronts Joo Kang-chan, bringing their long and violent history to a final showdown. However, the last episode does more than close the kidnapping storyline. It shows Do-hyeon beginning a new chapter and attending an employment interview connected to Baekho, directly opening the door for another season.



Agent Kim Reactivated Season 2 could follow Do-hyeon as he accepts professional missions instead of returning fully to his normal banking job. Baekho could recruit him for rescue operations involving missing people, criminal groups or former intelligence agents.



The next season could also expand the roles of Park Jin-cheol and Han-soo. Their skills and history would allow the show to form a larger team around Do-hyeon while introducing a new enemy connected to his earlier life.



When will Season 2 be announced?



SBS has not announced a renewal or production schedule. However, the finale’s strong ratings and clear continuation scene make a second season possible. A decision could depend on cast availability, Netflix performance and whether the writers have another completed storyline.



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<title><![CDATA[Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there's dozens of data center projects "that altogether need 70 gigawatts of power — equivalent to 70 nuclear plants" — currently seeking connection to their grid. But there's also concerns about a Virginia data center powered with natural gas and ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:31:16 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there's dozens of data center projects "that altogether need 70 gigawatts of power — equivalent to 70 nuclear plants" — currently seeking connection to their grid. But there's also concerns about a Virginia data center powered with natural gas and backup diesel generators:


When Virginia's top environmental regulator received an analysis warning of data center pollution, it took him less than five minutes to forward it to seven people on his staff... Internal emails obtained by POLITICO through a public records request paint a portrait of an agency that moved quickly to defend the only data center in Virginia that is powering itself — in what former officials and environmental health advocates described as an unusual effort to shape the debate around an industry whose global epicenter is in the state. The agency's pushback focused on the report's findings that the facility in Loudoun County could release harmful amounts of air pollution through eight bus-sized natural gas turbines — as allowed by permits granted by the Department of Environmental Quality [DEQ] itself... The request comes as data centers are devising new ways to produce their own power as a way to temper growing public discord over rising electricity prices amid the AI construction boom. 

Virginia has more than 600 data centers. The report [commissioned by Virginia's 54-year-old environmental nonprofit Piedmont Environmental Council] raised concerns that the data center's on-site power system, which also includes dozens of backup diesel generators, could cause tens of millions of dollars in health damages to people living around the facility, owned by Vantage Data Centers... [The analysis also argued the pollution could lead to 3.4 to 6.5 premature deaths annually.] People living near the Vantage facility in Sterling say its natural gas turbines produce constant noise and air pollution. The permits for Vantage issued by DEQ in 2023 allow cumulative emissions of seven different pollutants, including 95 tons per year of nitrogen oxides and more than 56 tons of soot. Both contribute to asthma and heart attacks. 

Those figures are in line with other state permits for minor sources of pollution, but DEQ's permits for Vantage have sparked local concerns because of the facility's location in a residential area... [Viriginia environmental quality officials] raised questions about whether the report wrongly described the facility's potential air pollution as dangerous, when soot levels in Loudoun County are deemed acceptable by America's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Health experts, including former EPA air quality official Michael Korber, told POLITICO that soot pollution can negatively affect human health even at EPA-approved levels. The World Health Organization's standard for ambient soot pollution is nearly half of what EPA suggests is safe. 

Some current and former staffers on Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality believe it's inappropriate for the agency to issue aggressive statements on the healthfulness of the data centers, with one former department leader saying Virginia's DEQ "is not the health department."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Google basically confirms the Pixel 11 is getting a price hike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google's Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a comple...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:30:26 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Google's Vice President of Devices and Services, Shakil Barkat, all but confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that its next Pixel phone would cost more than the Pixel 10. Considering the ongoing RAM supply issues due to the explosion of AI data centers, the rumored price hike is not a complete surprise. Companies from […]]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[10 cool things Copilot can do in PowerPoint]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Building a presentation can take lots of time. There are design choices to figure out: the slide layouts, fonts, theme colors, and so on. You can use a template to skip this hassle, but you still have to paste your text and other content into the slides and edit it all so that the results are vis...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:50:10 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Building a presentation can take lots of time. There are design choices to figure out: the slide layouts, fonts, theme colors, and so on. You can use a template to skip this hassle, but you still have to paste your text and other content into the slides and edit it all so that the results are visually appealing.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In PowerPoint, Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant can now automate the heavy lifting of presentation creation. It can generate a first-draft presentation in minutes, then help you edit it. You can also prompt Copilot to help you quickly understand the contents of a presentation and glean insights from it. Use the tips in this guide to save oodles of time as you create and work with presentations.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Who can use Copilot in PowerPoint</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Individuals with a <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/pricing/individuals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium</a> subscription have access to Copilot from within PowerPoint and other Microsoft 365 apps. Users with a Premium plan have <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/Microsoft-365-Copilot/ai-credits-and-limits-for-microsoft-365-subscriptions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">higher Copilot usage allowances</a> and access to advanced AI features.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For business users, it’s more complicated. Organizations with more than 2,000 users must pay for <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1629974/m365-copilot-microsofts-generative-ai-tool-explained.html">Microsoft 365 Copilot</a> licenses for their users in addition to their regular Microsoft 365 licenses. Users at organizations with fewer than 2,000 users can use Copilot within M365 apps even without the M365 Copilot add-on licenses, but there are <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/how-copilot-chat-works-with-and-without-a-microsoft-365-copilot-license" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">limitations</a> in usage, speed, and feature availability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To see what kind of access you have, log in to Microsoft’s <a href="https://m365.cloud.microsoft/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Copilot Chat web hub</a> and look for your name in the lower left corner. If you see “M365 Copilot (Premium)” under your name, you can use Copilot in M365 apps with priority access and advanced features. “M365 Copilot (Basic)” means you can use Copilot in M365 apps with lower-priority access and limited features. If you see “Copilot Chat (Basic)” or nothing below your name, you can’t use Copilot in M365 apps.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>(Copilot Chat Basic users do get some Copilot functionality, including the ability to generate presentations, via the Copilot Chat hub. See our <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4171293/copilot-chat-your-hub-for-document-creation-and-analysis.html">Copilot Chat tutorial</a> for details.)</em></p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>In this article:</strong></h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#sidebar">Working with Copilot in PowerPoint</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#template">Create a presentation template</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#pres-from-doc">Create a presentation from a document</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#slide-from-doc">Add content from a document to a slide</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#refine-text">Refine your slide text</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#image">Find or create an image</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#expand">Expand your presentation with relevant slides</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#summarize">Summarize a presentation</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#answer-questions">Answer questions about a presentation</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#navigate">Help you navigate a large presentation</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4194634/10-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-powerpoint.html#speaker-notes">Generate speaker notes and/or an FAQ</a></li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Working with Copilot in PowerPoint</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">First, let’s quickly go over the notable settings of the Copilot sidebar.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When you have a presentation open in PowerPoint, click the Copilot icon; it may be floating at the lower-right corner of your PowerPoint window or parked at the right end of the Ribbon toolbar. The Copilot sidebar will open along the right of the page. You’ll type your prompts to Copilot inside the chat window in this pane.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-01-sidebar.png?w=1024" alt="powerpoint screen with copilot sidebar open on right" class="wp-image-4195065" width="1024" height="576" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>The sidebar on the right is where you interact with Copilot in PowerPOint.</p><br></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Agent mode:</strong> By default, Copilot can build a new presentation or make changes to an existing one in the main PowerPoint window. This is known as “agent mode.” To change this so that Copilot can’t take direct action on a presentation (all its responses appear in the sidebar), click the <em>Allow editing</em> button above the chat window and change it to <em>Chat only</em>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The tips in this guide require that Copilot be in agent mode, so make sure you see <em>Allow editing</em> above the chat window.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Choice of AI model:</strong> Behind the scenes, Copilot has access to various genAI models, including different versions of Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT.  By default, it decides which model to use based on your prompt. You can set it to use a particular model: click <em>Auto</em> at the upper right of the Copilot pane and select a model from the dropdown that opens.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-02-sidebar-model-dropdown.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of copilot sidebar in powerpoint with models dropdown menu open" class="wp-image-4195063" width="1024" height="697" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>You can choose which AI model you want Copilot to use for a request.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The tips in this guide should work fine on the default <em>Auto</em> setting. But feel free to experiment switching to specific models to see which give you the best results for particular tasks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Important:</strong> Remember that <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html">generative AI output often includes errors</a>, so always check Copilot’s output for accuracy. (Also see our <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4067372/how-to-curb-hallucinations-in-copilot-and-other-genai-tools.html">tips for reducing hallucinations in Copilot</a>.) You’ll likely want to rewrite it in your own voice as you’re reviewing it.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>1. Create a presentation template</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For many people, the hardest part of creating a presentation is getting started. What types of information should be included on the slides, and in what order? Copilot can give you a leg up by creating the type of presentation you need, with placeholder data that you can later replace with your own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Start a new presentation, open the Copilot sidebar, and type your prompt into the chat window. It’s best to provide very specific details in your prompt. The more context or details you provide, the more likely Copilot will generate a presentation template that suits your needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A good prompt should contain the slide count, subject, audience, and tone. Example:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Create a 6-slide presentation for a sales meeting focusing on Q1 revenue. The audience is the sales team, so keep the tone professional and focused on the sales data.</em></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Copilot may ask a series of follow-up questions, such as your preferred visual style and desired level of detail. Then it will generate a presentation template.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-03-generated-presentation-with-placeholder-data.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of powerpoint presentation generated by copilot with placeholder data" class="wp-image-4195064" width="1024" height="576" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Copilot generates a presentation with placeholder data and explains its elements.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can optionally prompt Copilot for revisions, and when you’re happy with the template, swap in your own data.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>2. Create a presentation from a document</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can attach a document (such as a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PDF) and prompt Copilot to generate a presentation based on its contents. This works best with a structured-format document (such as a business plan, project proposal, or summary report) that contains sections with headings.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Copilot can extract the document’s text and structure to generate the slide content for the new presentation. This can especially be useful for quickly turning a long report into a visually appealing presentation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, click the <em>+</em> icon at the bottom of the chat window. A list of documents that you’ve recently accessed appears. Select the one that you want Copilot to use. Alternatively, click the magnifying glass icon and inside its search box, type a few letters of the filename for the document you want. (Business users with an M365 Copilot license can select up to five files for Copilot to pull from when creating a presentation.)</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-04-attach-document.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of copilot sidebar in powerpoint with a document being attached for copilot to base a presentation on" class="wp-image-4195062" width="1024" height="733" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Attaching a document for Copilot to base a presentation on.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then in the chat window, you can enter a prompt that’s as simple as “<em>Create a presentation</em>,” although as always, providing more details and context is better. This is especially important for corporate users who reference multiple source files. It’s useful to tell Copilot what data to pull from each document.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Answer any follow-up questions that Copilot asks, and it will then generate the presentation.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-05-generated-presentation-from-doc.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of powerpoint with a presentation generated by copilot from a document" class="wp-image-4195067" width="1024" height="576" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Copilot has generated a professional presentation from a social media marketing campaign document.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Note: Your marketing department may have created one or more <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/PowerPoint/copilot/keep-your-presentation-on-brand-with-copilot" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">branded company templates for Copilot to work from</a>. If that’s the case at your organization, simply open the appropriate company template as your first step. Then you can upload docs and type a prompt as described above. Copilot will create a presentation using the branded template.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>3. Add content from a document to a slide</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Manually copying text or other content from a document and pasting it into a new slide is a chore. Instead, you can prompt Copilot to extract information directly from a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PDF to create new slides.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, attach the document using the same steps described in tip 2, then tell Copilot to create a slide from the document. As always, it helps to provide details such as the new slide’s focus or what data to include:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Add a slide based on the attached document.</em></li>



<li><em>Use the attached file to add a slide about the project budget that focuses on Q1 projections.</em></li>



<li><em>Summarize only the financial section of the attached document as a slide.</em></li>
</ul>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-06-generated-slide-from-spreadsheet.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of a slide in powerpoint generated by copilot from spreadsheet data" class="wp-image-4195068" width="1024" height="612" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>A new Copilot-generated slide based on data from an Excel spreadsheet.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a><a></a>4. Refine your slide text</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A presentation should be visual and display only the core message. Conciseness and proper writing tone are essential for your slides, so that they don’t lose the attention of your audience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can prompt Copilot to refine text on an individual slide in various ways, such as rewriting it in a more professional tone or making it more concise. Highlight the text inside a text box on the slide. On the toolbar that appears over the highlighted text, click <em>Edit with Copilot</em>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the menu that opens, you can select a preset prompt to refine the text, such as <em>Condense</em> or <em>Make professional</em>. Or, at the top of this menu, you can type a prompt to rewrite the highlighted text.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-07-refine-slide-text-options-menu.png" alt="screenshot of text on a powerpoint slide with copilot dropdown menu includng condense and make professional options" class="wp-image-4195066" width="960" height="690" sizes="auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Choose a preset prompt for refining text on a slide or type in your own prompt.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Note that this feature affects all the text inside the text box. To rewrite only a portion of text inside a text box, you must split that portion out into a separate text box.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alternatively, you can prompt Copilot to analyze your entire presentation and tighten up the wording throughout all of its slides. For example:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Make these slides more visual and use less text.</em></li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">5. Find or create an image</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you have Copilot generate a presentation from an existing Word document that contains images, it will incorporate those images into the presentation. If there are no images in the source document, you can ask Copilot to find or create one and add it to a slide.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To add a stock image or an image from your organization’s brand library, tell Copilot what you’re looking for:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Add a stock photo of young adults in a cafe drinking boba tea.</em></li>



<li><em>Add a photo from our asset library of young adults in a cafe drinking boba tea.</em></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To have Copilot create an image using Microsoft’s Designer image generation tool, describe your desired image. As always, specificity is helpful:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Create a photorealistic image of a diverse group of 5 or 6 fashionable young adults sitting in a cafe drinking boba tea. They’re smiling or laughing, and some are looking at their phones.</em></li>
</ul>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-08-generate-image.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of image generation prompt in copilot sidebar in powerpoint plus the resulting generated image on a slide" class="wp-image-4195097" width="1024" height="594" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Copilot in PowerPoint hooks into Microsoft’s Designer tool for image generation.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just as you need to review any text output from Copilot, take a close look at generated images to be sure nothing looks off. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Also note that Copilot image generation isn’t always reliable in PowerPoint. For some time during our testing for this story, Copilot said it couldn’t create an image because “the image generation service is returning a server error on every attempt.” After about a day and a half, the service began working again.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>6. Expand your presentation with relevant slides</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As you’re building your presentation, you may find that it’s become text heavy. Or perhaps it could use more visually oriented slides to break things up and make its progression flow better. Copilot can generate and insert new slides that are based on the content of the slides already in the presentation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, specify exactly where you want the new slide to go. This helps Copilot to analyze the content of the slides before and after where you want the new slide. Then it can generate a slide to bridge between the two slides. Examples:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Add a slide after slide 3 about our competitive advantages.</em></li>



<li><em>Add a slide after slide 11 that transitions to slide 12.</em></li>
</ul>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-09-generated-transition-slide.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of powerpoint screen with copilot sidebar and a transition slide generated by copilot" class="wp-image-4195094" width="1024" height="576" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Need a transition slide? Just ask!</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">7. Summarize a presentation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Maybe you need a quick refresh of your presentation before an important meeting. Or maybe a co-worker has sent you a presentation that’s packed with lots of slides. You can prompt Copilot to generate a summary of the presentation’s overall messaging.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, just type “<em>summarize this presentation</em>.” You can also have Copilot flag key slides that contain important information: “<em>show me key slides</em>.”</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-10-summarize-key-slides.png?w=1024" alt="screenshots of copilot sidebar in powerpoint - one with summarize results and one with key slides response" class="wp-image-4195095" width="1024" height="774" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Ask Copilot to summarize a presentation or flag key slides.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>8. Answer questions about a presentation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As you’re reviewing a presentation, especially one that you didn’t create and are not familiar with, you can get Copilot to pull key data points from its slides.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, type specific informational questions. Examples:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>What are the action items in this deck?</em></li>



<li><em>What is the proposed budget mentioned here?</em></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If Copilot can’t find the exact answer to the question you ask, it will provide related information from the presentation.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-11-ask-questions-about-presentation.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of copilot sidebar in powerpoint with response to query about proposed budget in the slide deck" class="wp-image-4195093" width="1024" height="760" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Ask Copilot specific questions about the contents of a presentation.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This method can also help you validate that your presentation includes everything you want it to. If you ask Copilot about the action items in a presentation and it can’t find any, you know you need to add them. (Copilot will likely offer to generate them for you based on the rest of the slides.)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can even take this tactic a step further and ask Copilot if the presentation is missing any important data, if any slides are weak or confusing, if there are any awkward transitions, if there are key points that should be better emphasized, and so on.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>9. Help you navigate a large presentation</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the business world, presentations with dozens of slides are not uncommon, such as for financial reports or project documentation. Trying to find a specific slide or multiple slides can be tough. Copilot can help you navigate such a presentation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the Copilot pane, prompt Copilot to find slides based on specific topics. Example:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Show me the slides about the project timeline.</em></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Copilot will analyze the presentation and reply with a list of links to the relevant slides. Click one of these to jump directly to that slide.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-12-navigate-presentation.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of copilot sidebar in powerpoint with response about the slide that talks about target audience" class="wp-image-4195096" width="1024" height="760" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Copilot can help you zoom directly to a slide that covers a particular topic or shows specific data.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>10. Generate speaker notes and/or an FAQ</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here’s a great timesaver when you’re preparing to show your presentation to an audience: Copilot can automatically generate suggested speaker notes for you, based on the content of your slides. Example prompt:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Write speaker notes for every slide with one talking point per slide.</em></li>
</ul>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-13-speaker-notes.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of powerpoint presentation with speaker notes generated by copilot" class="wp-image-4195092" width="1024" height="607" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Copilot can create speaker notes in seconds.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a related feature, Copilot can create a frequently asked questions list (FAQ) for you to consult in your speaker notes or to present as a slide:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><em>Write an FAQ for these slides.</em></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Copilot will ask where you want the questions and answers added — as a new slide at the end, integrated into the speaker notes of relevant slides, or somewhere else that you designate. Make a selection, and Copilot will generate the FAQ based on the content of your presentation.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/copilot-in-powerpoint-14-generated-faq-slide.png?w=1024" alt="screenshot of frequently asked questions slide generated by copilot in powerpoint" class="wp-image-4195091" width="1024" height="609" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>A Copilot-generated FAQ slide.</p>
</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Howard Wen / Foundry</p></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Related reading:</strong></h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4119411/11-cool-things-copilot-can-do-in-excel.html">11 cool things Copilot can do in Excel</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4022584/9-ways-copilot-can-turbocharge-onenote.html">9 ways Copilot can turbocharge OneNote</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1647230/powerpoint-for-microsoft-365-cheat-sheet.html">PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 cheat sheet</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4171293/copilot-chat-your-hub-for-document-creation-and-analysis.html">Copilot Chat: Your hub for document creation and analysis</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4067372/how-to-curb-hallucinations-in-copilot-and-other-genai-tools.html">How to curb hallucinations in Copilot (and other genAI tools)</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3479705/how-to-use-microsoft-copilot-for-writing-in-microsoft-365-word-outlook-onenote.html">Microsoft Copilot can boost your writing in Word, Outlook, and OneNote — here’s how</a></li>



<li><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/1682358/microsoft-cheat-sheets-dive-into-windows-and-office-apps.html">More Microsoft tips and tutorials</a></li>
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<description><![CDATA[OpenAI has launched Presence, an enterprise service for deploying voice and chat agents that can resolve customer and employee requests, potentially automating some work now handled by frontline support teams.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI has launched Presence, an enterprise service for deploying voice and chat agents that can resolve customer and employee requests, potentially automating some work now handled by frontline support teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The agents can answer questions and operate IT systems, and enterprises can decide what actions the agents may take and when they should seek human approval for actions or transfer a case to a human.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI is already using Presence internally for its English-language phone support channel, where it verifies callers and uses account information to complete approved actions. The company said the system resolves 75% of inbound issues without human assistance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Another OpenAI service, Codex, can be used to monitor agents and suggest updates or improvements to processes. In OpenAI’s own tests, suggestions from Codex helped reduce handoffs to humans by 15 percentage points over 10 days, it said. Presence also includes simulation and evaluation tools that allow companies to test an agent before deployment. The tests assess whether it reaches the correct outcome, follows company policy, and hands a case to an employee when required.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI intends each Presence deployment to deal with one kind of task, for example billing issues, insurance claims, or employee IT service requests, with agents getting only the knowledge and system access required for that task.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Presence is not a self-service product: Enterprises will have to sign up for the limited availability program, with integration performed by OpenAI or selected <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4136024/openai-partners-with-consulting-giants-to-deploy-enterprise-ai-agents.html">global systems integrators</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Companies exploring or testing Presence include Spanish bank BBVA, which is evaluating the service for everyday banking support in Mexico, and Japanese technology group SoftBank, which is using it in trials involving Japanese-language customer interactions. Australian insurer IAG is assessing whether the technology can help it respond to surges in customer demand during severe weather events.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Workforce impact</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI’s announcement did not address the potential effect of Presence on employment. But its claimed automation rate raises questions about how the technology could affect staffing in customer service and other support functions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://pareekh.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, CEO of Pareekh Consulting, said CIOs should regard the 75% figure as evidence that the technology can work, rather than as a benchmark that every enterprise can expect to reach.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said OpenAI’s deployment benefits from being built around the company’s own products and data. Large enterprises may achieve lower automation rates because they must contend with fragmented legacy systems, uneven knowledge bases and more complex compliance demands.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Most organizations should expect lower initial automation levels that improve over time as the AI agent is refined,” Jain said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first workforce effect is more likely to be <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4015750/cios-see-ai-prompting-new-it-hiring-even-as-boards-push-for-job-cuts.html">slower hiring than immediate layoffs</a>, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulikasheel/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tulika Sheel</a>, senior vice president at Kadence International.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The roles most exposed are likely to be repetitive, high-volume functions such as frontline customer support and routine back-office processing,” Sheel said. “However, I would expect the first impact to be on hiring and team growth rather than immediate large-scale job cuts. Over time, enterprises may redesign roles around AI-assisted workflows, with humans focusing more on complex cases, escalation, and relationship management.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said Tier-1 support agents handling predictable queries would face the most exposure. Broader reductions would become more likely only after companies reorganize their operations around the technology.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, <a href="https://omdia.tech.informa.com/authors/lian-jye-su" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lian Jye Su</a>, chief analyst at Omdia, said Presence is unlikely to increase the threat of job displacement because companies have used similar customer-support automation from vendors such as Genesys, NiCE, Five9 and AWS for years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprises are more likely to use Presence alongside employees, with AI handling routine requests while people remain responsible for work requiring judgment and empathy, Su said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cost and operational risks</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts said CIOs should examine whether Presence can maintain resolution quality as usage grows, since fewer human handoffs could leave employees dealing with a more difficult mix of cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The key question is not simply how many tasks AI can handle, but whether it can handle them reliably at scale,” Sheel said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The financial case will depend partly on the cost of connecting Presence to existing systems and maintaining the controls needed to govern its use, according to Jain. “Often the biggest cost of enterprise AI is not tokens but <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4128310/openai-responds-to-claude-cowork-with-its-own-platform-to-help-build-deploy-and-manage-ai-agents.html">integration and governance</a>,” Jain added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Companies will need to determine what systems and data the agents can access, monitor their performance, and audit the actions they take. Those investments could offset early savings.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Su said the complexity of enterprise IT will make it difficult for OpenAI to automate entire workflows on its own. Enterprises will still need to work with other technology providers and human employees, while CIOs will favor systems that can be audited and integrated with existing infrastructure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said the economics could improve if companies use the same integrations and governance controls across additional workflows.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4200684/openai-presence-raises-new-questions-about-enterprise-automation-and-jobs.html">CIO</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Google fined $1 billion for anticompetitive search and mobile app practices in EU]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million ($1 billion) for its breaches of the Digital Market Act (DMA).



Just over half the fine — €460 million — was because Google illegally gave preference to its own services in Google Search results.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million ($1 billion) for its breaches of the Digital Market Act (DMA).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just over half the fine — €460 million — was because Google illegally gave preference to its own services in Google Search results.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The remainder was because in the Google Play store for Android apps, the company prevented app developers from leading consumers to alternative, often cheaper, purchase channels. Under the DMA, app developers who distribute their apps via Google Play or Apple’s App Store should be able to inform customers of alternative offers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now Google must give third-party services featuring in its results the same treatment as its own services, and allow developers of apps in the Play Store to communicate about offers both in and outside the Play Store, or face further fines.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Commission first <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_811" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">raised these issues with Google in March 2025</a>. In April of this year, <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4159968/google-should-share-search-data-to-break-its-monopoly-european-commission-suggests.html">the Commission laid out</a> plans as to how Google should allow other third-parties to share its searches, suggestions that the tech firm firmly resisted. Earlier this month, the Commission also said <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198420/google-must-open-android-to-rival-ai-agents-eu-orders.html"> Android should be open to other AI agents</a> and not limited to Google’s own Gemini.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is not the only US company to have fallen foul of the DMA. In April 2025, <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2762151/eu-fines-apple-e500m-570m-for-violations-of-the-digital-markets-act.html">Apple was fined €500 million</a> for breaching the Act and, last month, <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4190069/eu-microsoft-and-amazons-cloud-services-should-probably-be-classified-as-gatekeepers.html">the Commission fired the first shots at cloud hyperscalers</a> Microsoft and Amazon.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[An A.I. Music F.A.Q.: Can I Remix Madonna? Is This All Legal?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advances in A.I. are making it possible to create all kinds of music from scratch, but they also raise questions about what is legal and who will actually listen.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The AI industry is courting the humanities — but it is asking the wrong questions]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building Self-Evolving AI Agents with OpenSpace Using Skills, MCP, Lineage, and Low-Cost Reuse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how to create self-evolving AI agents using the OpenSpace framework. This tutorial guides you through the entire workflow—from environment setup and custom skill creation to MCP integration and using SQLite to manage agent lineage—empowering you to build more efficient, reusable agent sy...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3694704/ai-nachrichten/building-self-evolving-ai-agents-with-openspace-using-skills-mcp-lineage-and-low-cost-reuse/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:49:20 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/25/building-self-evolving-ai-agents-with-openspace-using-skills-mcp-lineage-and-low-cost-reuse/">Building Self-Evolving AI Agents with OpenSpace Using Skills, MCP, Lineage, and Low-Cost Reuse</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/">MarkTechPost</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[As children turn to AI chatbots for answers, advice, and companionship, questions emerge about their safety, privacy, and emotional development]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3694656/malware-trojaner-viren/children-and-chatbots-what-parents-should-know/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:04:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Kaspersky GReAT experts dissect the new OkoBot campaign targeting cryptocurrency users. This complex framework employs TookPS, exfiltrates seed phrases, monitors Chromium-based browsers, and installs various malware strains, including the Rilide stealer.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[I’ve made it through Pwn2Own Berlin, had a little vacation, and now I’m back for Patch Tuesday. Microsoft and Adobe didn’t disappoint. In fact, they have heralded my return with the largest Patch Tuesday release ever. Thanks? Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and let’s take a ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:02:53 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">I’ve made it through Pwn2Own Berlin, had a little vacation, and now I’m back for Patch Tuesday. Microsoft and Adobe didn’t disappoint. In fact, they have heralded my return with the largest Patch Tuesday release ever. Thanks? Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:</p>





















  
  




  
















  
    
      
    
    
      
        
      
    
    
    



  






  <p class=""><strong>Adobe Patches for June 2026</strong></p><p class="">For June, Adobe released 11 bulletins addressing 123 unique CVEs in Adobe Acrobat Reader, ColdFusion, Experience Manager, Experience Manager Forms, InDesign, InCopy, Substance 3D Sampler, Content Credentials SDK, Dreamweaver, Format Plugins, and Adobe Campaign Classic. A total of 11 of these CVEs were reported through the ZDI program.</p><p class="">Here’s this month’s overview table:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    


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    <th>Highest Severity</th>
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    <th>Exploited</th>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/campaign/apsb26-66.html" target="_blank">APSB26-66</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Campaign Classic</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>10.0</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>1</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-64.html" target="_blank">APSB26-64</a></td>
    <td>Adobe ColdFusion</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>1</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-63.html" target="_blank">APSB26-63</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Acrobat Reader</td>
    <td>20</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>2</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb26-57.html" target="_blank">APSB26-57</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Experience Manager Forms</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.3</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>2</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dreamweaver/apsb26-62.html" target="_blank">APSB26-62</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Dreamweaver</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/formatplugins/apsb26-65.html" target="_blank">APSB26-65</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Format Plugins</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb26-59.html" target="_blank">APSB26-59</a></td>
    <td>Adobe InCopy</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb26-58.html" target="_blank">APSB26-58</a></td>
    <td>Adobe InDesign</td>
    <td>12</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb26-60.html" target="_blank">APSB26-60</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Substance 3D Sampler</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content-authenticity-sdk/apsb26-61.html" target="_blank">APSB26-61</a></td>
    <td>Content Credentials SDK</td>
    <td>8</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.5</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-56.html" target="_blank">APSB26-56</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Experience Manager</td>
    <td>57</td>
    <td>Important</td>
    <td>5.4</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td>11 bulletins</td>
    <td>123</td>
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  <p class="">Obviously, the update for Campaign Classic should be on the top of your deployment list if you’re a user. A CVSS 10 is rare; two in the same bulletin is pretty much a unicorn. Adobe says there are no active attacks, but I would expect heavy research into creating one. The update for Coldfusion is also a Priority 1, but again, no known attacks is the wild. I suspect the Reader patch will also receive a lot of attention as malicious PDFs are common in ransomware attacks. The update for Experience Manager may be large, but it’s mostly just cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs.</p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for June 2026</strong></p><p class="">This month, Microsoft released a new record 208 CVEs Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, .NET and Visual Studio, Github Copilot, Defender, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, and BitLocker. At least, that’s my count. Microsoft’s tools seem to be having some issues, as they initially included a CVE from 2020 in this release. Regardless, the count is over 200, and I counted several times.</p><p class="">One of these bugs came through the ZDI program, but bugs submitted during Pwn2Own Berlin remain unpatched. If you include the Chromium and other third-party bugs, the total CVE count for June comes to a staggering 571 CVEs. 38 of these cases are rated Critical while the rest are rated Important in severity.</p><p class="">I’ve been counting CVEs on Patch Tuesday since 2017, and this is by far the largest monthly release in that time. The previous record was 177 set last year. It is extraordinary that Microsoft can produce so many patches in a single month, but it does raise concerns. How many of these cases were found using AI tools? How many patches were generated using AI to assist in coding or testing? What quality issues may exist in these patches? And likely most importantly, is this the new normal? The last two months were also large releases. Should sysadmins adjust their processes for prioritization and patch deployment based on this new volume of updates? Unfortunately, Microsoft is not providing those answers right now. Hopefully that changes in the future. BTW – just a note – the current number of CVEs shipped by Microsoft this year exceeds the total number of CVEs shipped in all of 2018.</p><p class="">One of the bugs patched by Microsoft this month is listed as under active exploitation and three others are listed as publicly known at the time of release. Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with the bug being exploited in the wild.</p><p class="">-   <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41091"><strong>CVE-2026-41091</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>Since Microsoft doesn’t provide info on how widespread exploitation is, we must read some tea leaves. For this patch, several different people were acknowledged, which indicates multiple parties say this is in the wild, meaning exploitation is likely significant. The good news is that most people won’t need to take action as Defender updates itself. However, if you don’t have this configured or are in an isolated environment, you’ll need to update to the latest version.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45657"><strong>CVE-2026-45657</strong></a><strong> - Windows Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>This CVSS 9.8 bug allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute code at SYSTEM level without user interaction. Yup – this is wormable. The problem lies in the way the kernel handles TCP/IP. This was listed as “Exploitation Less Likely” by Microsoft, but rest assured that every researcher and bug shop on the planet is reversing this patch right now trying to create an exploit. Test and deploy this patch quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47291"><strong>CVE-2026-47291</strong></a><strong> - HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Our second CVSS 9.8 bug of the month, this also allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute code on affected systems without user interaction. However, there is a caveat. Systems using the default MaxRequestBytes registry value used by the Windows HTTP stack are not affected by this bug. You can edit your registry settings if you need protection while you test and deploy the patch. The bulletin includes instructions and even a PowerShell script for doing this action. Microsoft lists this as “Exploitation more likely”, so I would definitely check your registry settings.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44815"><strong>CVE-2026-44815</strong></a><strong> - DHCP Client Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Here’s another CVSS 9.8 that has an odd incongruity. Although the CVSS says no permissions are required for exploitation, the write-up states it must be an “authenticated” user. I would err on the side of caution here and believe the CVSS. If that’s correct, then we have another bug where a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute code on affected systems without user interaction. And since the DHCP client is on every OS, it’s a juicy target. This is another one to test and deploy with haste.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45585"><strong>CVE-2026-45585</strong></a><strong>/</strong><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50507"><strong>CVE-2026-50507</strong></a><strong> - Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability<br></strong>If you’ve followed the ongoing saga of Nightmare Eclipse vs. MSRC, the bugs should look familiar. One is definitely a fix for “YellowKey”, while the other appears to be a fix for “GreenPlasma”. The researcher has promised a “<a href="https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/28/microsoft-0-day-feud-escalates-as-researcher-threatens-another-windows-exploit-dump/5248085">bone shattering</a>” drop on June 14, so let’s hope Microsoft is able to reach some understanding with the researcher before more 0-days are released. Also, there is a script provided by Microsoft as a mitigation, but the better strategy is to test and deploy the updates.</p><p class=""> Here’s the full list of CVEs released by Microsoft for June 2026:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    





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  <td width="144" class="xl65" height="47">CVE</td>
  <td width="256" class="xl65">Title</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Severity</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">CVSS</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Public</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Exploited</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">XI</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Type</td>
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 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41091"><span>CVE-2026-41091</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Defender
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl71">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl71">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl70">0</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49160"><span>CVE-2026-49160</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">HTTP.sys Denial of
  Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl71">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
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 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50507"><span>CVE-2026-50507</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows BitLocker
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl71">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
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 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45586"><span>CVE-2026-45586</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Collaborative
  Translation Framework (CTFMON) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl71">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
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 <tr height="91">
  <td class="xl67" height="91"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10263"><span>CVE-2025-10263 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">ARM: CVE-2025-10263
  Completion of affected memory accesses might not be guaranteed by completion
  of a TLBI [kernel]</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48567"><span>CVE-2026-48567</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Azure HorizonDB<span>  </span>Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">10</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
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 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32193"><span>CVE-2026-32193</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Azure Kubernetes
  Service (AKS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47644"><span>CVE-2026-47644</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Copilot Chat
  (Microsoft Edge) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44815"><span>CVE-2026-44815</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">DHCP Client Service
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47291"><span>CVE-2026-47291</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">HTTP.sys Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42824"><span>CVE-2026-42824</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">M365 Copilot
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45476"><span>CVE-2026-45476</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Azure
  Network Adapter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44810"><span>CVE-2026-44810</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft
  Cryptographic Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48579"><span>CVE-2026-48579</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Online Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47655"><span>CVE-2026-47655</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Graph
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45497"><span>CVE-2026-45497</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft M365 Copilot
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">N/A</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45460"><span>CVE-2026-45460</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45472"><span>CVE-2026-45472</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45474"><span>CVE-2026-45474</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45461"><span>CVE-2026-45461</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45463"><span>CVE-2026-45463</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45456"><span>CVE-2026-45456</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Outlook and
  Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45458"><span>CVE-2026-45458</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Outlook and
  Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47635"><span>CVE-2026-47635</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Outlook and
  Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26142"><span>CVE-2026-26142</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Nuance PowerScribe
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47289"><span>CVE-2026-47289</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47654"><span>CVE-2026-47654</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48563"><span>CVE-2026-48563</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42992"><span>CVE-2026-42992</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44799"><span>CVE-2026-44799</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44801"><span>CVE-2026-44801</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42985"><span>CVE-2026-42985</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45648"><span>CVE-2026-45648</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Active
  Directory Domain Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42987"><span>CVE-2026-42987</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Deployment
  Services (WDS) Remote Code Execution</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33828"><span>CVE-2026-33828</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Device Health
  Attestation (DHA) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44803"><span>CVE-2026-44803</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Graphics
  Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44812"><span>CVE-2026-44812</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Graphics
  Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45607"><span>CVE-2026-45607</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Hyper-V Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45641"><span>CVE-2026-45641</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Hyper-V Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47652"><span>CVE-2026-47652</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Hyper-V Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47288"><span>CVE-2026-47288</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kerberos Key
  Distribution Center (KDC) Remote Code Execution</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45657"><span>CVE-2026-45657</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kernel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48574"><span>CVE-2026-48574</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Media Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45490"><span>CVE-2026-45490</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">.NET SDK Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45491"><span>CVE-2026-45491</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">.NET Tampering
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45591"><span>CVE-2026-45591</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">ASP.NET Core Denial of
  Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47643"><span>CVE-2026-47643</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Azure Stack Edge
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41098"><span>CVE-2026-41098</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Azure Stack Edge
  Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45642"><span>CVE-2026-45642</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Azure
  Attestation service and Device Health Attestation Service Spoofing
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">3.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45650"><span>CVE-2026-45650</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Bing Search
  Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45637"><span>CVE-2026-45637</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45647"><span>CVE-2026-45647</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Defender for
  Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40371"><span>CVE-2026-40371</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Dynamics 365
  (on-premises) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44822"><span>CVE-2026-44822</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45455"><span>CVE-2026-45455</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45469"><span>CVE-2026-45469</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44817"><span>CVE-2026-44817</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44818"><span>CVE-2026-44818</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44820"><span>CVE-2026-44820</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44823"><span>CVE-2026-44823</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45459"><span>CVE-2026-45459</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Excel
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45504"><span>CVE-2026-45504</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45502"><span>CVE-2026-45502</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45503"><span>CVE-2026-45503</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45583"><span>CVE-2026-45583</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45500"><span>CVE-2026-45500</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45501"><span>CVE-2026-45501</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47631"><span>CVE-2026-47631</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42986"><span>CVE-2026-42986</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Graphics
  Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41092"><span>CVE-2026-41092</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Kinect
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45644"><span>CVE-2026-45644</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Live Share
  Canvas SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47293"><span>CVE-2026-47293</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45485"><span>CVE-2026-45485</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44821"><span>CVE-2026-44821</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45483"><span>CVE-2026-45483</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Project Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45475"><span>CVE-2026-45475</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44819"><span>CVE-2026-44819</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44824"><span>CVE-2026-44824</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45645"><span>CVE-2026-45645</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49161"><span>CVE-2026-49161</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft PC Manager
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42902"><span>CVE-2026-42902</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft PowerToys
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45484"><span>CVE-2026-45484</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45454"><span>CVE-2026-45454</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47298"><span>CVE-2026-47298</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45467"><span>CVE-2026-45467</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45468"><span>CVE-2026-45468</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45479"><span>CVE-2026-45479</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45453"><span>CVE-2026-45453</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47636"><span>CVE-2026-47636</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47637"><span>CVE-2026-47637</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47638"><span>CVE-2026-47638</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47639"><span>CVE-2026-47639</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47641"><span>CVE-2026-47641</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33113"><span>CVE-2026-33113</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45462"><span>CVE-2026-45462</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45464"><span>CVE-2026-45464</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45465"><span>CVE-2026-45465</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47634"><span>CVE-2026-47634</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47640"><span>CVE-2026-47640</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45481"><span>CVE-2026-45481</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48560"><span>CVE-2026-48560</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48562"><span>CVE-2026-48562</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42835"><span>CVE-2026-42835</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Teams for
  Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45606"><span>CVE-2026-45606</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft UxTheme
  Library (uxtheme.dll) Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45482"><span>CVE-2026-45482</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Visual
  Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45466"><span>CVE-2026-45466</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Word
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45471"><span>CVE-2026-45471</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45486"><span>CVE-2026-45486</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45643"><span>CVE-2026-45643</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45457"><span>CVE-2026-45457</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42980"><span>CVE-2026-42980</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">NT OS Kernel Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42916"><span>CVE-2026-42916</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">NT OS Kernel Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45649"><span>CVE-2026-45649</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Office for Android
  Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47653"><span>CVE-2026-47653</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42909"><span>CVE-2026-42909</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42913"><span>CVE-2026-42913</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42993"><span>CVE-2026-42993</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45588"><span>CVE-2026-45588</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48568"><span>CVE-2026-48568</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48570"><span>CVE-2026-48570</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48573"><span>CVE-2026-48573</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48575"><span>CVE-2026-48575</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48576"><span>CVE-2026-48576</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48578"><span>CVE-2026-48578</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45654"><span>CVE-2026-45654</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45656"><span>CVE-2026-45656</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">UEFI Secure Boot
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8863"><span>CVE-2026-8863</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">UEFI Secure Boot
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40376"><span>CVE-2026-40376</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47281"><span>CVE-2026-47281</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47284"><span>CVE-2026-47284</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47292"><span>CVE-2026-47292</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  MSSQL Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48569"><span>CVE-2026-48569</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47287"><span>CVE-2026-47287</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Visual Studio Code
  Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42829"><span>CVE-2026-42829</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Administrator
  Protection Secure Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34335"><span>CVE-2026-34335</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45601"><span>CVE-2026-45601</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45598"><span>CVE-2026-45598</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45596"><span>CVE-2026-45596</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45638"><span>CVE-2026-45638</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45603"><span>CVE-2026-45603</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42911"><span>CVE-2026-42911</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45594"><span>CVE-2026-45594</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Application
  Identity (AppID) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45655"><span>CVE-2026-45655</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows BitLocker
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45658"><span>CVE-2026-45658</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows BitLocker
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45640"><span>CVE-2026-45640</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Bluetooth Port
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45605"><span>CVE-2026-45605</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Bluetooth
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47656"><span>CVE-2026-47656</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Boot Manager
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.9</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44809"><span>CVE-2026-44809</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Common Log
  File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45634"><span>CVE-2026-45634</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DHCP Client
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45608"><span>CVE-2026-45608</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DHCP Client
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41108"><span>CVE-2026-41108</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DNS Client
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42905"><span>CVE-2026-42905</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44811"><span>CVE-2026-44811</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44808"><span>CVE-2026-44808</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44807"><span>CVE-2026-44807</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42983"><span>CVE-2026-42983</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44802"><span>CVE-2026-44802</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44813"><span>CVE-2026-44813</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44804"><span>CVE-2026-44804</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48566"><span>CVE-2026-48566</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Information Disclosure<span> 
  </span>Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44814"><span>CVE-2026-44814</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows DWM Core
  Library Information Disclosure<span> 
  </span>Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45602"><span>CVE-2026-45602</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Dynamic Host
  Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42836"><span>CVE-2026-42836</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Function
  Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42910"><span>CVE-2026-42910</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Hotpatch
  Monitoring Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42972"><span>CVE-2026-42972</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Hyper-V
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45592"><span>CVE-2026-45592</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Internet
  (wininet.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42903"><span>CVE-2026-42903</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kerberos
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42914"><span>CVE-2026-42914</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kerberos
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48583"><span>CVE-2026-48583</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45653"><span>CVE-2026-45653</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42984"><span>CVE-2026-42984</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45600"><span>CVE-2026-45600</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Kernel-Mode
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45604"><span>CVE-2026-45604</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Managed
  Installer Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45595"><span>CVE-2026-45595</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Mark of the
  Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45636"><span>CVE-2026-45636</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50508"><span>CVE-2026-50508</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows NTLM Spoofing
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">1</td>
  <td class="xl70">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48565"><span>CVE-2026-48565</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Narrator
  Braille Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44805"><span>CVE-2026-44805</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Network
  Controller (NC) Host Agent Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42981"><span>CVE-2026-42981</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Performance
  Monitor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42974"><span>CVE-2026-42974</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Performance
  Monitor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45487"><span>CVE-2026-45487</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Program
  Compatibility Assistant Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42828"><span>CVE-2026-42828</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Projected File
  System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42837"><span>CVE-2026-42837</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Projected File
  System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42969"><span>CVE-2026-42969</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42971"><span>CVE-2026-42971</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42970"><span>CVE-2026-42970</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42973"><span>CVE-2026-42973</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42978"><span>CVE-2026-42978</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42977"><span>CVE-2026-42977</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42979"><span>CVE-2026-42979</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42991"><span>CVE-2026-42991</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45639"><span>CVE-2026-45639</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42908"><span>CVE-2026-42908</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45593"><span>CVE-2026-45593</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows SDK Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42906"><span>CVE-2026-42906</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Shell
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42907"><span>CVE-2026-42907</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Shell
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47648"><span>CVE-2026-47648</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Storage
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42915"><span>CVE-2026-42915</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows TCP/IP Denial
  of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.7</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42904"><span>CVE-2026-42904</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows TCP/IP
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">9.6</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">3</td>
  <td class="xl70">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42968"><span>CVE-2026-42968</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl68">Windows Telephony
  Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl69">Important</td>
  <td class="xl70">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">2</td>
  <td class="xl70">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
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  Manager (uiamanager.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
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  <td class="xl70">7</td>
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  Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
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  Format File System Driver (UDFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
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  <td class="xl70">7.8</td>
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  <p class=""><em>* Indicates this CVE had been released by a third party and is now being included in Microsoft releases</em>.</p><p class=""><em>† Indicates further administrative actions are required to fully address the vulnerability.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">Looking at the other Critical-rated bugs in this release, the scariest-looking one is actually nothing to concern yourself with at all. The CVSS 10 bug in Azure HorizonDB has already been addressed by Microsoft and is just being documented now. That’s also the case for five others. Of course, there wouldn’t be a release without Office bugs that have the Preview Pane as an attack vector. There are multiple in June. There’s a handful of bugs in the Remote Desktop Client, but these rely on connecting to a malicious RDP server. There are three patches for Hyper-V that allow for guest-to-host code execution. The bug in Active Directory requires authentication, but any authenticated user can hit it. For the Windows Directory Service vulnerability, it needs to be listening for TFTP. You have blocked that everywhere, right? The bug in Azure Network Adapter is somewhat unique as you need to update your Linux kernel to be protected. The bug in Azure Kubernetes allows an attacker to break out of a container and gain control of the AKS worker node. Finally, the bug in the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) seems unlikely, but if exploited, it could allow authenticated attackers to get code execution on affected systems.</p><p class="">Moving on to the other code execution bugs, there are the ubiquitous open-an-own bugs in Office components like Excel and Word. The code injection bug in Exchange Server looks troubling, but it requires a machine-in-the-middle (MiTM), so exploitation is unlikely. The bugs in SharePoint require authentication, but you should note that the patch applies to both SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. The two bugs in UPnP are interesting. Both can lead to code execution by causing an error during the handling of specially crafted data, which could lead to a Use After Free (UAF) bug. The bugs in RDP Client all require connecting to a malicious RDP server, but it’s not clear why some are rated Critical and some are rated Important. The NTFS vulnerability requires a user to mount a virtual hard drive on an affected system. The last RCE bug this month is in Azure Stack Edge and requires the attacker to send a specially crafted file upload request that includes a manipulated file name or path, leading to code execution.</p><p class="">There are more than 60 Elevation of Privilege (EoP) bugs in this month’s release, and as usual, most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges, so there’s not much to add without further technical details about the bugs themselves. A notable exception is in Exchange Server, where a user on Outlook Web Access (OWA) could gain access to other mailboxes. The bug in Visual Studio Code could allow attackers to gain permissions associated with the MCP Server’s managed identity. The bugs in Windows SDK and Windows UI Automation Manager could let attacker go from low integrity up to medium integrity code execution. The bug in Bluetooth just allows “elevated” privileges without really describing what elevated might be. </p><p class="">Moving on to the more than 20 security feature bypass (SFB) bugs in the June release, there are a total of 10 that impact Secure Boot. All carry scope change (S:C) in the CVSS, meaning successful exploitation affects security boundaries beyond the vulnerable component itself — specifically the ability to load untrusted code at boot, bypass Virtual Secure Mode, and undermine boot integrity guarantees. CVE-2026-45654 explicitly calls out VSM exposure. The bulk of these are credited to Alon Leviev (STORM), which is notable given his prior BootKitty/BlackLotus-adjacent research. The bugs in the Windows Boot Manager have a similar impact as the Secure Boot bugs. The UEFI Secure Boot vulnerabilities go a layer deeper. They require either local admin or physical access but could allow for the running of untrusted code even before the OS loads. Rootkits anyone? The four bugs in BitLocker all require physical access but could yield encrypted data if exploited. The bug in Windows Administration Protection allows attackers to bypass the feature that prevents standard-user apps from performing admin-level actions. The bug in Visual Studio Copilot Chat could be the most interesting non-boot bug here as it allows authentication impersonation. Mark of the Web (MotW) and Excel vulns could bypass user warnings. Lastly, the bug in PC Manager bypasses expected user controls. </p><p class="">Turning our attention to the mass of spoofing bugs in the release, we instantly see 18 impacting SharePoint Server. Fortunately, these are simply cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs. It’s the Exchange bugs we should really watch for. One is an XSS that an attacker can exploit by convincing an Exchange administrator to open a malicious link or message, which then runs code in the admin's web session. That's a meaningful privilege escalation path. Another is listed as an SSRF-based attack, but no other details are available. The last is a lower-impact XSS with limited confidentiality/integrity loss. The bug in Bing Search (remember Bing?) is a classic search result spoofing. The bug in Azure Stack Edge is interesting as it could allow access to resources outside the vulnerable component's security boundary. The bug in Office for Android requires user interaction. The Office Project Server bug is an authenticated XSS with low impact. The final spoofing bug is in Azure Attestation but has already been addressed. You should still verify you are protected by following the instructions in the write-up from Microsoft.</p><p class="">There are 30 different information disclosure bugs in this release, and fortunately, the vast majority of these simply result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. The two bugs in Visual Studio require user interaction and could “disclose information over a network.” How obtuse. The bug in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code could disclose discloses a sign-in access token for a user's work account. That's a meaningful credential exposure, not just random memory. That leaves the two bugs in Exchange Server. One could allow an authenticated user to gain information about which network services that the Exchange server can reach. The other sounds much like the spoofing bug in OWA as it allows attackers to see information in mailboxes they should not have access to.</p><p class="">I’ve never been a fan of the “tampering” category, as it could mean so many different things. For example, the bug in .NET simply says it could allow an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering locally. Similarly, the bug in Visual Studio says the same, expect here the tampering occurs over a network. Microsoft doesn’t even bother with a CWE for the tampering bug in the DHCP Server, so your guess is as good as mine.</p><p class="">There are seven DoS bugs in the June release, and as usual, Microsoft provides little to no actionable information about the vulnerabilities. The most interesting is the bug in HTTP.sys, which is listed as publicly known. This is an uncontrolled resource consumption, rated "Exploitation More Likely," and publicly disclosed. Since, HTTP.sys sits at the core of IIS and Windows web services, a network-accessible DoS here can take down any Windows server running HTTP-based services. Based on the Acknowledgement, it looks like this bug may have been found using AI. There are no real details for the other bugs, but based simply on the impact, I would focus on the Kerberos and TCP/IP bugs if you had to prioritize.</p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">The next Patch Tuesday will be on July 14 and will be the last one before Black Hat/DEFCON. It’s usually a big release, so strap in and hang on. I’ll be back then to give you my full thoughts. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p><p class=""> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 – New Targets and Categories]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you just want to read the rules, you can find them here.  Pwn2Own Ireland returns for 2026, and it’s the third year for this event in the Emerald Isle. Despite the dreary Irish skies (and the threat of a random banshee), we had an amazing event, even if we did end up in a jail at the end. With...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class=""><em>If you just want to read the rules, you can find them </em><a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnIreland2026Rules.html" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>. </em></p><p class=""> </p><p class="">Pwn2Own Ireland returns for 2026, and it’s the third year for this event in the Emerald Isle. Despite the dreary Irish skies (and the threat of a random <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/PjpvUdhn6e0?feature=share">banshee</a>), we had an amazing event, even if we did end up in a <a href="https://youtu.be/ruxOpC-b-yM?si=Epu-ewvSe5VNQNbP&amp;t=333">jail</a> at the end. With that in mind, we’re excited to return to Cork this fall for yet another great Pwn2Own event. We’ll also be returning to some of the great pubs Ireland has to offer in the evenings and wrapping the event up at a special location (stay tuned for that announcement).</p><p class="">As for the contest itself, it will run from October 6-9, 2026. As always, we’ll have a random drawing to determine the schedule of attempts on the first day of the contest, and we will proceed from there. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time on Oct 1st, 2026. There are no exceptions for late entries, so if you have questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> (note the address). We will be happy to address your issues or concerns directly.</p><p class="">Due to the overwhelming amount of registrations and last-minute entries for our Pwn2Own Berlin event, we’re changing who can enter the contest a bit to ensure it’s fair for all researchers. To enter, you must have received an aggregate bounty payment totaling at least $15,000 during their life-time participation in ZDI. This includes past Pwn2Own events and our regular bug bounty program. We recognize there may be some who haven’t participated in the past with great exploits to demonstrate, so we will also accept up to 10 new contestants at our discretion. We’re capping the number of entries to 80 this year. Once we have 80 qualifying entries, we will close registration. That means if you want to enter, it is in your best interest to contact us sooner rather than later. Please read the rules <em>thoroughly</em> to ensure you meet all the requirements.</p><p class="">Now on to this year’s target categories. We’ll have seven different categories for this year’s event:</p>





















  
  



<p><a data-preserve-html-node="true" name="top"></a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#phones">-- Mobile Phones</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#smarthome">--	Smart Home Devices</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#wellness">-- Wellness</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#printers">-- Printers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#messaging">--	Messaging</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#infrastructure">-- AI Infrastructure</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/7/21/pwn2own-ireland-2026-new-targets-and-categories#agents">-- AI Coding Agents</a>  </p>




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  <p class=""><strong>The Target Phones</strong></p><p class="">Back in Amsterdam where this contest originated, it was originally dubbed “Mobile Pwn2Own” and our focus was strictly on phones. Mobile handsets remain at the heart of this event, and some of the Samsung entries from last year were absolutely smashing. As always, these phones will be running the latest version of their respective operating systems with all available updates installed. Last year we also introduced the USB attack vector, but no one submitted an entry for it. We’ll see if that changes this year.</p><p class="">Otherwise, contestants must compromise the device by browsing to content in the default browser for the target under test or by communicating with the following short-distance protocols: near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. The awards for this category are:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">As you might have noticed, we have eliminated most of the consumer-related devices from this year’s event. However, there are still a few “pro-sumer” devices that still could have an impact on enterprises, and the first of these categories are the devices that control other devices and services. An attempt in this category must be launched against the target’s exposed network services, RF attack surface, or exposed features from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">This is one of the new categories this year and our first foray into the world of healthcare devices. However, we don’t intend to make this too easy. Entries that require physically pressing any button on the target, or the use of any information, code or PIN printed on the device, are out of scope. Entries that require the contestant to be paired to the target prior to the start of the attempt are not in scope. An attempt in this category must be launched against the target’s exposed network services, RF attack surface, or exposed features from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">Rage Against the Printers </b></p>




  <p class="">Printers have long been the source of jokes and memes, but they are also an often overlooked attack surface in your office. The printer category always produces some interesting results, often by playing music it shouldn’t or the occasional Rick Roll. We’ve reduced the number of targets in this category this year, but we still expect to see some interesting exploits in these oft unheralded targets. </p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">The Messaging Category</b></p>




  <p class="">We introduced WhatsApp as a target last year and came close to seeing a functioning exploit. Sadly, that didn’t happen. However, WhatsApp is used by more than three billion people globally, and some of the messages transmitted can be quite sensitive. That’s why we are bringing it back and hoping for some better results. We know the bugs are out there. We’re just hoping the right researcher decides to show us an exploit that leads to code execution. All of the target handset will be available as clients. Here’s the full prize list for Messaging category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<p><b data-preserve-html-node="true">AI Infrastructure Category</b></p>




  <p class="">We introduced these targets at Pwn2Own Berlin, and we saw such…uh…enthusiasm from the community that we decided to immediately bring them back for our Ireland event. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Infrastructure category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Let’s face it. At some point or another, we’ve probably all vibe coded something. There’s no shame in that, but how secure are the tools we use for vibe coding? Well, let’s take the most popular choices and find out. A successful entry must interact with a contestant-controlled resource (e.g. web page, repository, media file) to exploit a vulnerability within the coding agent. The attack vector of the entry must be a common coding agent use case. There are few things out of scope here as well. UI spoofing or misrepresentation unrelated to permission prompts, model jailbreaks or prompt outputs that do not cross security boundaries, and vulnerabilities that require unsafe or permission-less modes are just a few of the things not allowed. As this is a recently updated category, please read the rules carefully to ensure your entry qualifies. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Coding Agent category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class=""><strong>Master of Pwn</strong></p><p class="">No Pwn2Own contest would be complete without crowning a Master of Pwn, which signifies the overall winner of the competition. Earning the title results in a slick <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyexso3WUAYbXPK?format=jpg&amp;name=4096x4096">trophy</a>, a different sort of <a href="https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/1240400682034909187">wearable</a>, and brings with it an additional 65,000 ZDI reward points (instant <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/about/benefits/">Platinum</a> status in 2027).</p><p class="">For those not familiar with how it works, points are accumulated for each successful attempt. While only the first demonstration in a category wins the full cash award, each successful entry claims the full number of Master of Pwn points. Since the order of attempts is determined by a random draw, those who receive later slots can still claim the Master of Pwn title – even if they earn a lower cash payout. As with previous contests, there are penalties for withdrawing from an attempt once you register for it. If the contestant decides to remove an Add-on Bonus during their attempt, the Master of Pwn points for that Add-on Bonus will be deducted from the final point total for that attempt. For example, someone registers for the Apple iPhone 15 with the Kernel Bonus Add-on. During the attempt, the contestant drops the Kernel Bonus Add-on but completes the attempt. The final point total will be 20 Master of Pwn points.</p><p class=""><strong>The Complete Details</strong></p><p class="">The full set of rules for Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 can be found <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnIreland2026Rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>. They may be changed at any time without notice. We <strong>highly encourage</strong> potential entrants to read the rules <em>thoroughly</em> and <em>completely</em> should they choose to participate. We also encourage contestants to read <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2022/5/3/what-to-expect-when-exploiting-a-guide-to-pwn2own-participation" target="_blank">this blog</a> covering what to expect when participating in Pwn2Own.</p><p class="">Registration is required to ensure we have sufficient resources on hand at the event. Please contact ZDI at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com?subject=Pwn2Own%20Tokyo%202023%20Registration">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> to begin the registration process. (Email only, please; queries via social media, blog post, or other means will not be acknowledged or answered.) If we receive more than one registration for any category, we’ll hold a random drawing to determine the contest order. Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time on Oct 1st, 2025.</p><p class=""><strong>The Results</strong></p><p class="">We’ll be <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog" target="_blank">blogging</a> and tweeting results in real-time throughout the competition. Be sure to keep an eye on the blog for the latest information. Follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/thezdi" target="_blank">@thezdi</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/trendaisecurity" target="_blank">@trendaisecurity</a>, and keep an eye on the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23p2oireland">#P2OIreland</a> hashtag for continuing coverage. </p><p class="">We look forward to seeing everyone in Cork, and we look forward to seeing what new exploits and attack techniques they bring with them.</p><p class=""> </p><p class="">©2026 Trend Micro Incorporated. All rights reserved. PWN2OWN, ZERO DAY INITIATIVE, ZDI, TrendAI, and Trend Micro are trademarks or registered trademarks of Trend Micro Incorporated. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Well folks. Here we are. The bug apocalypse has fully descended upon us. I’ll do my best to sort this out in some way meaningful, but this month’s release shows us the nay-sayers were right, and I’ve got to hand it to the nay-sayers here. Excellent call. Take an extended break from your regularly...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">Well folks. Here we are. The bug apocalypse has fully descended upon us. I’ll do my best to sort this out in some way meaningful, but this month’s release shows us the nay-sayers were right, and I’ve got to hand it to the nay-sayers here. Excellent call. Take an extended break from your regularly scheduled activities as we let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:</p>





















  
  




  
















  
    
      
    
    
      
        
      
    
    
    



  






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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-82.html" target="_blank">APSB26-82</a></td>
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    <td>13</td>
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    <td>9.9</td>
    <td>No</td>
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    <td>13</td>
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    <td>9.6</td>
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    <td>3</td>
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    <td>6</td>
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    <td>3</td>
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  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb26-77.html" target="_blank">APSB26-77</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.1</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-74.html" target="_blank">APSB26-74</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Experience Manager</td>
    <td>13</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb26-79.html" target="_blank">APSB26-79</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Illustrator</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.3</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb26-72.html" target="_blank">APSB26-72</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Media Encoder</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb26-76.html" target="_blank">APSB26-76</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Premiere Pro</td>
    <td>4</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/content-authenticity-sdk/apsb26-80.html" target="_blank">APSB26-80</a></td>
    <td>Content Credentials SDK</td>
    <td>12</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.2</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
  <tr>
    <td>TOTAL</td>
    <td>12 bulletins</td>
    <td>88</td>
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
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  <p class="">While nothing is under active exploit, I would prioritize the Cold Fusion and Commerce patches first. The patch for Cold Fusion even clocks in with a CVSS 9.9 bug. Beyond that, most of these updates are pretty straightforward. If you’re using these products, patch them. However, you can use you regular patch cadence here. </p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for July 2026</strong></p><p class="">Here it is. The Mother of All Releases. To call this record-breaking is an understatement. How to count this mess is anyone’s guess, but I see new Microsoft 621 CVEs for the month of July. Some of these are in online services where no user action is required. They also list about 480 bugs in Chromium and Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that I won’t cover here. Here’s how I put this in context. I looked at the last 20 years of Microsoft releases. The CVE count year-to-date exceeds all other years’ totals.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">The products covered this month are also astonishing. There are patches for Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, .NET and Visual Studio, Github Copilot, Defender, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Ages of Empire II, and Minecraft Server (really!). That phrase “Windows components” does some pretty heavy lifting here, too, as just about everything you’ve ever heard of is getting patched. All told, there are 63 rated Critical, six rated Moderate, one rated Low, with the rest rated Important in severity. Eight of these bugs were submitted through the ZDI program (more on that later). Two CVEs are listed as under active exploit while one other is listed as publicly known.</p><p class="">So how do we eat this elephant? One byte at a time (pun intended). Let’s start by looking a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with the bugs being exploited in the wild.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56155"><strong>CVE-2026-56155</strong></a><strong> - Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This is one of several AD FS being patched this month, but it’s the only one being actively exploited. It stems from insufficient access-control granularity and does require local access and low privileges to start, but AD FS is exactly the kind of identity infrastructure attackers love to pivot through once they're in. It can also be paired with an RCE as we often see in ransomware. Test and deploy this patch quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56154"><strong>CVE-2026-56164</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>The other bug being exploited in the wild this month is a modest CVSS 5.3 – but it shows why Moderate severity bugs still matter. It's a missing-authentication flaw, meaning an unauthenticated attacker can hit it over the network with no user interaction required. When something this reachable is being actively abused, patch it now and worry about the score later.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57092"><strong>CVE-2026-57092</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Windows VMSwitch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This patch rates the highest CVSS score for the month: a solid 9.9. It’s a use-after-free that lets a low-privileged attacker escalate to full host compromise across a VM boundary. We saw something like this demonstrated at Pwn2Own Berlin on ESXi, but it clearly isn’t alone. If you’re using VMSwitch in your Hyper-V deployments (and you likely are), test and deploy this one quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50522"><strong>CVE-2026-50522</strong></a><strong>/</strong><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58644"><strong>58644</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>This matching pair of CVSS 9.8 bugs results from the deserialization-of-untrusted-data and are reachable without authentication or user interaction. CVE-2026-50522 was demonstrated during <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2026/5/16/pwn2own-berlin-2026-day-three-results-and-master-of-pwn">Pwn2Own Berlin</a>, so it’s odd to see Microsoft list it as “Exploit Maturity Unknown” since we literally handed them a working exploit. Just another reason to do your own risk assessment and not rely 100% on the vendor. If you have any Internet accessible SharePoint servers, test and deploy this patch quickly. </p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56190"><strong>CVE-2026-56190</strong></a><strong> - Remote Desktop Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</strong><br> This patch covers an unauthenticated, network-reachable, no user interaction required bug. The root cause is a classic one: use of uninitialized resource (CWE-908), meaning specially crafted RDP traffic can interact with memory that was never properly initialized, letting an attacker corrupt memory and potentially steer code execution. RDP Servers are a common target, so audit your systems to see which are internet accessible and start from there. </p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55008"><strong>CVE-2026-55008</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability<br></strong>Ignore the title here and treat this like the XSS bug it is. The vulnerability is listed as a CVSS 9.6 since it’s a stored cross-site scripting flaw in Outlook Web Access, with a scope-changed impact that lets it break out of the web app context entirely. An attacker sends a specially crafted email, and if the victim simply opens it in OWA, arbitrary JavaScript executes in their browser session — no attachment needed, no macro warning, just viewing the message does it. If you’re using OWA, test and deploy this one quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50518"><strong>CVE-2026-50518</strong></a><strong> - Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>There are a couple of these DHCP RCE patches in this release, but the other has caveats while this one does not. Both are heap-based buffer overflows scoring CVSS 9.8, both unauthenticated and network-reachable. If you're running DHCP Server role on anything Internet-adjacent (you're not, right?), these move to the top of the list.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56188"><strong>CVE-2026-56188</strong></a><strong> - Windows Server Network driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Another Critical-rated bug, this one is caused by a race condition. It’s always fun to see a TOCTOU bug rated this high, since race conditions are notoriously finicky to exploit reliably. While it may prove tricky to exploit, this bug could allow an attacker to execute privileged code over the network without user interaction. Don’t let the race condition lull you to sleep on a wormable bug.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55010"><strong>CVE-2026-55010</strong></a><strong> - Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>File this in the “why not” category. This bug is a heap-based buffer overflow in Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server, also CVSS 9.8 and also unauthenticated RCE. Yes, your kid’s Minecraft server (it is your kid’s server, right?) is exposed to the same class of bug as your DHCP infrastructure. Patch it anyway.</p><p class="">Here’s the full list of CVEs released by Microsoft for July 2026:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    





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  <td width="144" class="xl65" height="47">CVE</td>
  <td width="256" class="xl65">Title</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Severity</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">CVSS</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Public</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Exploited</td>
  <td width="104" class="xl66">Type</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56155"><span>CVE-2026-56155</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56164"><span>CVE-2026-56164</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl70">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50661"><span>CVE-2026-50661</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows BitLocker
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl70">Yes</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54121"><span>CVE-2026-54121</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Certificate Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45499"><span>CVE-2026-45499 **</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure OpenAI Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48564"><span>CVE-2026-48564</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DHCP Server Service
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50370"><span>CVE-2026-50370</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DHCP Server Service
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56159"><span>CVE-2026-56159</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DHCP Server Service
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50382"><span>CVE-2026-50382</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41106"><span>CVE-2026-41106 **</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft 365 Copilot
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26145"><span>CVE-2026-26145 **</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Azure
  Synapse Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48561"><span>CVE-2026-48561</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Copilot
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55011"><span>CVE-2026-55011</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Defender
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55012"><span>CVE-2026-55012</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Defender
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="96"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55944"><span>CVE-2026-55944</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Dynamics NAV
  and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (On Premises) Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57100"><span>CVE-2026-57100 **</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Entra
  Provisioning Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55041"><span>CVE-2026-55041</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54998"><span>CVE-2026-54998 **</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Exchange
  Online Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55008"><span>CVE-2026-55008</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54992"><span>CVE-2026-54992</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Message
  Queuing Queue Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50314"><span>CVE-2026-50314</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50467"><span>CVE-2026-50467</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
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 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55018"><span>CVE-2026-55018</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55022"><span>CVE-2026-55022</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55045"><span>CVE-2026-55045</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55049"><span>CVE-2026-55049</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55129"><span>CVE-2026-55129</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55056"><span>CVE-2026-55056</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55140"><span>CVE-2026-55140</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55043"><span>CVE-2026-55043</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PowerPoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55123"><span>CVE-2026-55123</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PowerPoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55120"><span>CVE-2026-55120</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PowerPoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50522"><span>CVE-2026-50522</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58644"><span>CVE-2026-58644</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55040"><span>CVE-2026-55040</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54117"><span>CVE-2026-54117</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54118"><span>CVE-2026-54118</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50655"><span>CVE-2026-50655</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56189"><span>CVE-2026-56189</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57090"><span>CVE-2026-57090</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57094"><span>CVE-2026-57094</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57087"><span>CVE-2026-57087</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57092"><span>CVE-2026-57092</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  VMSwitch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55033"><span>CVE-2026-55033</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55127"><span>CVE-2026-55127</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55132"><span>CVE-2026-55132</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55010"><span>CVE-2026-55010</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Minecraft Bedrock
  Dedicated Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50474"><span>CVE-2026-50474</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49164"><span>CVE-2026-49164</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Domain Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54128"><span>CVE-2026-54128</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50518"><span>CVE-2026-50518</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49796"><span>CVE-2026-49796</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows GDI+ Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50380"><span>CVE-2026-50380</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows GDI+ Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54127"><span>CVE-2026-54127</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Hyper-V
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50680"><span>CVE-2026-50680</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Hyper-V
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50327"><span>CVE-2026-50327</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58542"><span>CVE-2026-58542</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58608"><span>CVE-2026-58608</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print Spooler
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54982"><span>CVE-2026-54982</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Reliable
  Multicast Transport Driver (RMCAST) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54995"><span>CVE-2026-54995</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Reliable
  Multicast Transport Driver (RMCAST) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42982"><span>CVE-2026-42982</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Kernel
  Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50392"><span>CVE-2026-50392</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Kernel
  Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50694"><span>CVE-2026-50694</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Socket
  Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56188"><span>CVE-2026-56188</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Server Network
  driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50444"><span>CVE-2026-50444</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Server Update
  Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54999"><span>CVE-2026-54999</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows TCP/IP Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl72">Critical</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47302"><span>CVE-2026-47302</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Denial of Service
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50525"><span>CVE-2026-50525</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Denial of Service
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50651"><span>CVE-2026-50651</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Denial of Service
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57108"><span>CVE-2026-57108</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Denial of Service
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50524"><span>CVE-2026-50524</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Framework Denial
  of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50527"><span>CVE-2026-50527</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Framework Denial
  of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50648"><span>CVE-2026-50648</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Framework Denial
  of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50650"><span>CVE-2026-50650</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Framework
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50646"><span>CVE-2026-50646</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Framework Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50649"><span>CVE-2026-50649</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47304"><span>CVE-2026-47304</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Security Feature
  Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50528"><span>CVE-2026-50528</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Security Feature
  Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50659"><span>CVE-2026-50659</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Spoofing
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50526"><span>CVE-2026-50526</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">.NET Tampering
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50682"><span>CVE-2026-50682</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55001"><span>CVE-2026-55001</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50647"><span>CVE-2026-50647</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Federation Server Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50684"><span>CVE-2026-50684</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Active Directory
  Federation Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56170"><span>CVE-2026-56170</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">ASP.NET Core Denial of
  Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47300"><span>CVE-2026-47300</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">ASP.NET Core Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47303"><span>CVE-2026-47303</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">ASP.NET Core Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50652"><span>CVE-2026-50652</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure Active Directory
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50653"><span>CVE-2026-50653</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure Active Directory
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57969"><span>CVE-2026-57969</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure CycleCloud
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58279"><span>CVE-2026-58279</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure CycleCloud
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47632"><span>CVE-2026-47632</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure Monitor Agent
  Metrics Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50338"><span>CVE-2026-50338</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Azure Spring Apps
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50488"><span>CVE-2026-50488</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Clipboard User Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50491"><span>CVE-2026-50491</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Code Integrity DLL
  (ci.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50381"><span>CVE-2026-50381</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Composite Image File
  System driver (cimfs.sys) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50427"><span>CVE-2026-50427</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Content Delivery
  Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50692"><span>CVE-2026-50692</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Desktop Window Manager
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58633"><span>CVE-2026-58633</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Desktop Window Manager
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58634"><span>CVE-2026-58634</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Desktop Window Manager
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50296"><span>CVE-2026-50296</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50375"><span>CVE-2026-50375</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50353"><span>CVE-2026-50353</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50493"><span>CVE-2026-50493</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56643"><span>CVE-2026-56643</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56644"><span>CVE-2026-56644</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58629"><span>CVE-2026-58629</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DirectX Graphics
  Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49174"><span>CVE-2026-49174</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DNS Client Tampering
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50495"><span>CVE-2026-50495</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">DNS Client Tampering
  Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57088"><span>CVE-2026-57088</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Extensible Storage
  Engine (ESENT) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50663"><span>CVE-2026-50663</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Game: Age of Empires
  II: Definitive Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="72">
  <td class="xl67" height="72"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47282"><span>CVE-2026-47282</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">GitHub Copilot and
  Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41109"><span>CVE-2026-41109</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">GitHub Copilot and
  Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50510"><span>CVE-2026-50510</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">GitHub Copilot Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49787"><span>CVE-2026-49787</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">HTTP.sys Denial of
  Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50420"><span>CVE-2026-50420</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">HTTP.sys Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49788"><span>CVE-2026-49788</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">HTTP/2 Denial of
  Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50696"><span>CVE-2026-50696</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Internet Key Exchange
  (IKE) Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58617"><span>CVE-2026-58617</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">M365 Copilot for iOS
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58595"><span>CVE-2026-58595</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Bing App for
  IOS Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49162"><span>CVE-2026-49162</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Brokering
  File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50305"><span>CVE-2026-50305</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Brokering
  File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50361"><span>CVE-2026-50361</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Brokering
  File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50466"><span>CVE-2026-50466</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Brokering
  File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50458"><span>CVE-2026-50458</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Brokering
  File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="72">
  <td class="xl67" height="72"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50658"><span>CVE-2026-50658</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Defender for
  Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="72">
  <td class="xl67" height="72"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56178"><span>CVE-2026-56178</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Defender for
  Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50657"><span>CVE-2026-50657</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Defender for
  Endpoint for Mac Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50329"><span>CVE-2026-50329</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58541"><span>CVE-2026-58541</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft DWM Core
  Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58596"><span>CVE-2026-58596</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57991"><span>CVE-2026-57991</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58291"><span>CVE-2026-58291</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57981"><span>CVE-2026-57981</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57984"><span>CVE-2026-57984</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57985"><span>CVE-2026-57985</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57986"><span>CVE-2026-57986</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57988"><span>CVE-2026-57988</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57992"><span>CVE-2026-57992</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58276"><span>CVE-2026-58276</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56645"><span>CVE-2026-56645</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57974"><span>CVE-2026-57974</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57975"><span>CVE-2026-57975</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58281"><span>CVE-2026-58281</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58284"><span>CVE-2026-58284</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58285"><span>CVE-2026-58285</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58287"><span>CVE-2026-58287</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58288"><span>CVE-2026-58288</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58289"><span>CVE-2026-58289</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58290"><span>CVE-2026-58290</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58292"><span>CVE-2026-58292</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58293"><span>CVE-2026-58293</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58294"><span>CVE-2026-58294</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57983"><span>CVE-2026-57983</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58295"><span>CVE-2026-58295</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58525"><span>CVE-2026-58525</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57987"><span>CVE-2026-57987</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58278"><span>CVE-2026-58278</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56646"><span>CVE-2026-56646</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57977"><span>CVE-2026-57977</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57993"><span>CVE-2026-57993</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58282"><span>CVE-2026-58282</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58283"><span>CVE-2026-58283</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58286"><span>CVE-2026-58286</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58298"><span>CVE-2026-58298</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58524"><span>CVE-2026-58524</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge
  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58296"><span>CVE-2026-58296</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58297"><span>CVE-2026-58297</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58300"><span>CVE-2026-58300</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58522"><span>CVE-2026-58522</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58299"><span>CVE-2026-58299</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58523"><span>CVE-2026-58523</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Edge for
  Android Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50678"><span>CVE-2026-50678</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54988"><span>CVE-2026-54988</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48580"><span>CVE-2026-48580</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50408"><span>CVE-2026-50408</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55046"><span>CVE-2026-55046</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55138"><span>CVE-2026-55138</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55054"><span>CVE-2026-55054</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55122"><span>CVE-2026-55122</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55898"><span>CVE-2026-55898</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50675"><span>CVE-2026-50675</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55899"><span>CVE-2026-55899</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55948"><span>CVE-2026-55948</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58618"><span>CVE-2026-58618</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47642"><span>CVE-2026-47642</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55024"><span>CVE-2026-55024</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55025"><span>CVE-2026-55025</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55031"><span>CVE-2026-55031</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55048"><span>CVE-2026-55048</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55029"><span>CVE-2026-55029</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55039"><span>CVE-2026-55039</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55136"><span>CVE-2026-55136</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55141"><span>CVE-2026-55141</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55036"><span>CVE-2026-55036</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55044"><span>CVE-2026-55044</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55037"><span>CVE-2026-55037</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55058"><span>CVE-2026-55058</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55137"><span>CVE-2026-55137</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55053"><span>CVE-2026-55053</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55131"><span>CVE-2026-55131</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54131"><span>CVE-2026-54131</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55947"><span>CVE-2026-55947</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55949"><span>CVE-2026-55949</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56156"><span>CVE-2026-56156</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Excel Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55006"><span>CVE-2026-55006</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55009"><span>CVE-2026-55009</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55005"><span>CVE-2026-55005</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Exchange
  Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56642"><span>CVE-2026-56642</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Fabric Data
  Warehouse Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50343"><span>CVE-2026-50343</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Install
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50439"><span>CVE-2026-50439</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Message
  Queuing Queue Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58537"><span>CVE-2026-58537</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft NAT Helper
  Components (ipnathlp.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56193"><span>CVE-2026-56193</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55023"><span>CVE-2026-55023</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55026"><span>CVE-2026-55026</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55027"><span>CVE-2026-55027</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55028"><span>CVE-2026-55028</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55047"><span>CVE-2026-55047</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55035"><span>CVE-2026-55035</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55057"><span>CVE-2026-55057</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl75" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55121"><span>CVE-2026-55121</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55042"><span>CVE-2026-55042</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55139"><span>CVE-2026-55139</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50665"><span>CVE-2026-50665</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56192"><span>CVE-2026-56192</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56195"><span>CVE-2026-56195</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47290"><span>CVE-2026-47290</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50301"><span>CVE-2026-50301</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55017"><span>CVE-2026-55017</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55125"><span>CVE-2026-55125</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Office
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55133"><span>CVE-2026-55133</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft OneNote
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58636"><span>CVE-2026-58636</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PC Manager
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50438"><span>CVE-2026-50438</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PC Manager
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58647"><span>CVE-2026-58647</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft PowerBI
  Report Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55052"><span>CVE-2026-55052</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58277"><span>CVE-2026-58277</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55051"><span>CVE-2026-55051</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54108"><span>CVE-2026-54108</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55016"><span>CVE-2026-55016</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55019"><span>CVE-2026-55019</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55020"><span>CVE-2026-55020</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55021"><span>CVE-2026-55021</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55030"><span>CVE-2026-55030</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55034"><span>CVE-2026-55034</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55126"><span>CVE-2026-55126</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55135"><span>CVE-2026-55135</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56157"><span>CVE-2026-56157</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SharePoint
  Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47296"><span>CVE-2026-47296</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55002"><span>CVE-2026-55002</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47295"><span>CVE-2026-47295</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50468"><span>CVE-2026-50468</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54116"><span>CVE-2026-54116</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft SQL Server
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42900"><span>CVE-2026-42900</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows App
  Store Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49784"><span>CVE-2026-49784</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows App
  Store Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50356"><span>CVE-2026-50356</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows App
  Store Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49165"><span>CVE-2026-49165</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows App
  Store Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54993"><span>CVE-2026-54993</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58610"><span>CVE-2026-58610</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Windows
  Media Foundation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55050"><span>CVE-2026-55050</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55124"><span>CVE-2026-55124</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55142"><span>CVE-2026-55142</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55032"><span>CVE-2026-55032</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55055"><span>CVE-2026-55055</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55038"><span>CVE-2026-55038</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55134"><span>CVE-2026-55134</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55128"><span>CVE-2026-55128</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55130"><span>CVE-2026-55130</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft Word Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50359"><span>CVE-2026-50359</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft XML Core
  Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57097"><span>CVE-2026-57097</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Microsoft XML Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50346"><span>CVE-2026-50346</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Netlogon RPC Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50402"><span>CVE-2026-50402</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">NTFS Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50506"><span>CVE-2026-50506</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">OData for ASP.NET and
  ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45646"><span>CVE-2026-45646</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">OData for ASP.NET and
  ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54989"><span>CVE-2026-54989</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Quality Windows
  Audio/Video Experience (QWAVE) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50365"><span>CVE-2026-50365</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Remote Access
  Management service/API (RPC server) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54990"><span>CVE-2026-54990</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58594"><span>CVE-2026-58594</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Remote Desktop Client
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56190"><span>CVE-2026-56190</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Remote Desktop
  Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49783"><span>CVE-2026-49783</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Secure Boot Security
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42990"><span>CVE-2026-42990</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">SQL Server ODBC driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49168"><span>CVE-2026-49168</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Storage Spaces Direct
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48581"><span>CVE-2026-48581</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Surface Broker SDMA
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49180"><span>CVE-2026-49180</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Universal Plug and
  Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50455"><span>CVE-2026-50455</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Universal Plug and
  Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54111"><span>CVE-2026-54111</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Universal Print
  Management Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58543"><span>CVE-2026-58543</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Universal Print
  Management Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58601"><span>CVE-2026-58601</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Virtual Hard Disk
  (VHD) Miniport Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulernability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50520"><span>CVE-2026-50520</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Visual Studio Code
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45496"><span>CVE-2026-45496</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Visual Studio Code
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57101"><span>CVE-2026-57101</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Visual Studio Code
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57102"><span>CVE-2026-57102</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Visual Studio Code
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305"><span>CVE-2026-47305</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Visual Studio Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49805"><span>CVE-2026-49805</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50297"><span>CVE-2026-50297</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50325"><span>CVE-2026-50325</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50489"><span>CVE-2026-50489</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57095"><span>CVE-2026-57095</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50416"><span>CVE-2026-50416</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56184"><span>CVE-2026-56184</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Win32k Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50432"><span>CVE-2026-50432</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Window Virtual
  Filtering Platform (VFP) Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54119"><span>CVE-2026-54119</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57976"><span>CVE-2026-57976</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Domain Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50366"><span>CVE-2026-50366</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Domain Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49178"><span>CVE-2026-49178</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Domain Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58529"><span>CVE-2026-58529</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54983"><span>CVE-2026-54983</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50695"><span>CVE-2026-50695</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50304"><span>CVE-2026-50304</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50368"><span>CVE-2026-50368</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50324"><span>CVE-2026-50324</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50355"><span>CVE-2026-50355</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50411"><span>CVE-2026-50411</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Active
  Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58631"><span>CVE-2026-58631</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  (WAC) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56196"><span>CVE-2026-56196</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  (WAC) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56197"><span>CVE-2026-56197</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  (WAC) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56169"><span>CVE-2026-56169</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57107"><span>CVE-2026-57107</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56185"><span>CVE-2026-56185</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Admin Center
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50312"><span>CVE-2026-50312</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50462"><span>CVE-2026-50462</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57093"><span>CVE-2026-57093</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34346"><span>CVE-2026-34346</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Ancillary
  Function Driver for WinSock Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48572"><span>CVE-2026-48572</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows App Package
  Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48571"><span>CVE-2026-48571</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows App Package
  Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50400"><span>CVE-2026-50400</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows App Package
  Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50331"><span>CVE-2026-50331</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Application
  Model Core API Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49803"><span>CVE-2026-49803</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows AppX
  Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50351"><span>CVE-2026-50351</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Audio
  Compression Manager (ACM) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50440"><span>CVE-2026-50440</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Audio Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34328"><span>CVE-2026-34328</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Audio Service
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50406"><span>CVE-2026-50406</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Backup Engine
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50364"><span>CVE-2026-50364</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Backup Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42975"><span>CVE-2026-42975</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Bluetooth Port
  Driver Remote Code Execution</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58538"><span>CVE-2026-58538</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Bluetooth
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58638"><span>CVE-2026-58638</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Boot Loader
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58637"><span>CVE-2026-58637</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Client-Side
  Caching Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50384"><span>CVE-2026-50384</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Clip Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49183"><span>CVE-2026-49183</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Clipboard
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50689"><span>CVE-2026-50689</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Clipboard
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50374"><span>CVE-2026-50374</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cloud Files
  Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58536"><span>CVE-2026-58536</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cloud Files
  Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58613"><span>CVE-2026-58613</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cloud Files
  Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50401"><span>CVE-2026-50401</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cloud Files
  Mini Filter Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50697"><span>CVE-2026-50697</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Common Log
  File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50667"><span>CVE-2026-50667</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Common Log
  File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50421"><span>CVE-2026-50421</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Connected User
  Experiences and Telemetry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50428"><span>CVE-2026-50428</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Container
  Isolation FS Filter Driver (unionfs.sys) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50352"><span>CVE-2026-50352</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cryptographic
  Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50302"><span>CVE-2026-50302</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cryptographic
  Services Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55144"><span>CVE-2026-55144</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Cryptography
  API: Next Generation (CNG) Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50347"><span>CVE-2026-50347</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Data.dll
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49181"><span>CVE-2026-49181</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Client
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50683"><span>CVE-2026-50683</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Client
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58627"><span>CVE-2026-58627</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Server
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50685"><span>CVE-2026-50685</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DHCP Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49807"><span>CVE-2026-49807</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DirectX
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49175"><span>CVE-2026-49175</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DNS Client
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50487"><span>CVE-2026-50487</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DNS Client
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50465"><span>CVE-2026-50465</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DNS Client
  Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49169"><span>CVE-2026-49169</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DNS Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50426"><span>CVE-2026-50426</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DNS Server
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50424"><span>CVE-2026-50424</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Domain
  Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50300"><span>CVE-2026-50300</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DWM Core
  Library Information Disclosure<span> 
  </span>Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50437"><span>CVE-2026-50437</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows DWM Core
  Library Information Disclosure<span> 
  </span>Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34348"><span>CVE-2026-34348</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Event Logging
  Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50502"><span>CVE-2026-50502</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Event Logging
  Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33842"><span>CVE-2026-33842</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40422"><span>CVE-2026-40422</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41087"><span>CVE-2026-41087</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50473"><span>CVE-2026-50473</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50442"><span>CVE-2026-50442</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50389"><span>CVE-2026-50389</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50456"><span>CVE-2026-50456</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57084"><span>CVE-2026-57084</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File Explorer
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57091"><span>CVE-2026-57091</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows File History
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50405"><span>CVE-2026-50405</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Filtering
  Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49172"><span>CVE-2026-49172</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows FTP Service
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50387"><span>CVE-2026-50387</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows GDI Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54122"><span>CVE-2026-54122</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows GDI+ Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50483"><span>CVE-2026-50483</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Graphics
  Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58609"><span>CVE-2026-58609</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Graphics
  Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50391"><span>CVE-2026-50391</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Group Policy
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50310"><span>CVE-2026-50310</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Human
  Interface Device Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50485"><span>CVE-2026-50485</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Hyper-V Denial
  of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54129"><span>CVE-2026-54129</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Hyper-V
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50315"><span>CVE-2026-50315</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Image
  Acquisition Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58534"><span>CVE-2026-58534</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Input Method
  Editor (IME) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50490"><span>CVE-2026-50490</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Installer
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58540"><span>CVE-2026-58540</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Installer
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50425"><span>CVE-2026-50425</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Internal
  System User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50293"><span>CVE-2026-50293</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Internal Task
  Bar Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49167"><span>CVE-2026-49167</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49173"><span>CVE-2026-49173</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54132"><span>CVE-2026-54132</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49795"><span>CVE-2026-49795</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49798"><span>CVE-2026-49798</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49808"><span>CVE-2026-49808</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50354"><span>CVE-2026-50354</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50332"><span>CVE-2026-50332</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50377"><span>CVE-2026-50377</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50390"><span>CVE-2026-50390</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50423"><span>CVE-2026-50423</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50397"><span>CVE-2026-50397</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50436"><span>CVE-2026-50436</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50399"><span>CVE-2026-50399</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50459"><span>CVE-2026-50459</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50477"><span>CVE-2026-50477</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50478"><span>CVE-2026-50478</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50484"><span>CVE-2026-50484</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50673"><span>CVE-2026-50673</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58532"><span>CVE-2026-58532</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50294"><span>CVE-2026-50294</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50316"><span>CVE-2026-50316</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50419"><span>CVE-2026-50419</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">3.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50463"><span>CVE-2026-50463</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50475"><span>CVE-2026-50475</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50429"><span>CVE-2026-50429</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.2</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58614"><span>CVE-2026-58614</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58545"><span>CVE-2026-58545</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58602"><span>CVE-2026-58602</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel-Mode
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50393"><span>CVE-2026-50393</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel-Mode
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50396"><span>CVE-2026-50396</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Kernel-Mode
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50378"><span>CVE-2026-50378</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Key Guard
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50303"><span>CVE-2026-50303</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Key Guard
  Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40378"><span>CVE-2026-40378</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Local Security
  Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49799"><span>CVE-2026-49799</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Local Security
  Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50371"><span>CVE-2026-50371</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows LUA File
  Virtualization Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58544"><span>CVE-2026-58544</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Management
  Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50404"><span>CVE-2026-50404</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50358"><span>CVE-2026-50358</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50336"><span>CVE-2026-50336</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50398"><span>CVE-2026-50398</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50414"><span>CVE-2026-50414</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50379"><span>CVE-2026-50379</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50433"><span>CVE-2026-50433</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50676"><span>CVE-2026-50676</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50677"><span>CVE-2026-50677</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34349"><span>CVE-2026-34349</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50394"><span>CVE-2026-50394</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50415"><span>CVE-2026-50415</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57083"><span>CVE-2026-57083</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Media Photo
  Codec Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54115"><span>CVE-2026-54115</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Message
  Queuing (MSMQ) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50447"><span>CVE-2026-50447</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Message
  Queuing Service (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50505"><span>CVE-2026-50505</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Message
  Queuing Service (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50342"><span>CVE-2026-50342</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows MIDI Service
  Module Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56183"><span>CVE-2026-56183</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows MIDI Service
  Module Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56187"><span>CVE-2026-56187</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows MIDI Service
  Module Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58635"><span>CVE-2026-58635</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Narrator
  Braille Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50500"><span>CVE-2026-50500</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Netlogon
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50476"><span>CVE-2026-50476</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network
  Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50450"><span>CVE-2026-50450</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network
  Connections Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56650"><span>CVE-2026-56650</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network File
  System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56649"><span>CVE-2026-56649</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network File
  System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.9</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50470"><span>CVE-2026-50470</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network Policy
  Server SNMP Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50496"><span>CVE-2026-50496</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Network Policy
  Server SNMP Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56194"><span>CVE-2026-56194</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NFS Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56648"><span>CVE-2026-56648</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NFS Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50337"><span>CVE-2026-50337</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Notification
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49789"><span>CVE-2026-49789</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50412"><span>CVE-2026-50412</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50422"><span>CVE-2026-50422</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50672"><span>CVE-2026-50672</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56175"><span>CVE-2026-56175</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56182"><span>CVE-2026-56182</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50341"><span>CVE-2026-50341</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58640"><span>CVE-2026-58640</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49184"><span>CVE-2026-49184</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49797"><span>CVE-2026-49797</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50308"><span>CVE-2026-50308</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50386"><span>CVE-2026-50386</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50309"><span>CVE-2026-50309</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50313"><span>CVE-2026-50313</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50388"><span>CVE-2026-50388</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50448"><span>CVE-2026-50448</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50471"><span>CVE-2026-50471</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50461"><span>CVE-2026-50461</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50417"><span>CVE-2026-50417</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50482"><span>CVE-2026-50482</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50494"><span>CVE-2026-50494</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows NTFS Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50344"><span>CVE-2026-50344</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows OLE Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50686"><span>CVE-2026-50686</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows OLE Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50335"><span>CVE-2026-50335</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Operating
  Systems Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50317"><span>CVE-2026-50317</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Operating
  Systems Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54987"><span>CVE-2026-54987</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Overlay Filter
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50435"><span>CVE-2026-50435</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Overlay Filter
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50409"><span>CVE-2026-50409</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Overlay Filter
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-40400"><span>CVE-2026-40400</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows PowerShell
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49166"><span>CVE-2026-49166</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print
  Configuration Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55004"><span>CVE-2026-55004</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print
  Configuration Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50499"><span>CVE-2026-50499</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print Spooler
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50383"><span>CVE-2026-50383</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print Spooler
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57085"><span>CVE-2026-57085</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Print Spooler
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50469"><span>CVE-2026-50469</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Projected File
  System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50434"><span>CVE-2026-50434</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50339"><span>CVE-2026-50339</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50430"><span>CVE-2026-50430</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50334"><span>CVE-2026-50334</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notification Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44800"><span>CVE-2026-44800</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50363"><span>CVE-2026-50363</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Push
  Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50431"><span>CVE-2026-50431</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Quality of
  Service (QoS) Packet Scheduler Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50372"><span>CVE-2026-50372</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Redirected
  Drive Buffering System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50666"><span>CVE-2026-50666</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Access
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56647"><span>CVE-2026-56647</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Access
  Service Infrastructure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50330"><span>CVE-2026-50330</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50376"><span>CVE-2026-50376</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50504"><span>CVE-2026-50504</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58533"><span>CVE-2026-58533</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58535"><span>CVE-2026-58535</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58546"><span>CVE-2026-58546</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58539"><span>CVE-2026-58539</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55003"><span>CVE-2026-55003</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57979"><span>CVE-2026-57979</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50445"><span>CVE-2026-50445</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50497"><span>CVE-2026-50497</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54126"><span>CVE-2026-54126</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57982"><span>CVE-2026-57982</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50369"><span>CVE-2026-50369</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58626"><span>CVE-2026-58626</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Desktop
  Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55014"><span>CVE-2026-55014</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Remote Help
  Defense Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50318"><span>CVE-2026-50318</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50407"><span>CVE-2026-50407</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50357"><span>CVE-2026-50357</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50441"><span>CVE-2026-50441</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50668"><span>CVE-2026-50668</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54109"><span>CVE-2026-54109</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49792"><span>CVE-2026-49792</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49793"><span>CVE-2026-49793</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50362"><span>CVE-2026-50362</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50492"><span>CVE-2026-50492</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50501"><span>CVE-2026-50501</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58530"><span>CVE-2026-58530</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Resilient File
  System (ReFS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49791"><span>CVE-2026-49791</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Routing and
  Remote Access Service (RRAS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50451"><span>CVE-2026-50451</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Routing and
  Remote Access Service (RRAS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57096"><span>CVE-2026-57096</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Routing and
  Remote Access Service (RRAS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50323"><span>CVE-2026-50323</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50452"><span>CVE-2026-50452</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50348"><span>CVE-2026-50348</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50345"><span>CVE-2026-50345</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50322"><span>CVE-2026-50322</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50340"><span>CVE-2026-50340</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50410"><span>CVE-2026-50410</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50449"><span>CVE-2026-50449</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50460"><span>CVE-2026-50460</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50403"><span>CVE-2026-50403</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50385"><span>CVE-2026-50385</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50413"><span>CVE-2026-50413</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50457"><span>CVE-2026-50457</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50486"><span>CVE-2026-50486</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50503"><span>CVE-2026-50503</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54125"><span>CVE-2026-54125</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58527"><span>CVE-2026-58527</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50373"><span>CVE-2026-50373</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Search Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50679"><span>CVE-2026-50679</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Search Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44806"><span>CVE-2026-44806</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Channel
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50681"><span>CVE-2026-50681</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Channel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56186"><span>CVE-2026-56186</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Secure Channel
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50367"><span>CVE-2026-50367</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Sensor Data
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58619"><span>CVE-2026-58619</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Sensor Data
  Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50311"><span>CVE-2026-50311</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50328"><span>CVE-2026-50328</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Server Update
  Service (WSUS) Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58531"><span>CVE-2026-58531</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54997"><span>CVE-2026-54997</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49801"><span>CVE-2026-49801</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50690"><span>CVE-2026-50690</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56168"><span>CVE-2026-56168</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB Server
  Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50360"><span>CVE-2026-50360</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB Server
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57089"><span>CVE-2026-57089</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows SMB Server
  Network Transport Driver (srvnet.sys) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50333"><span>CVE-2026-50333</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Spaceport.sys
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50298"><span>CVE-2026-50298</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Spaceport.sys
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49171"><span>CVE-2026-49171</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Speech Runtime
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49170"><span>CVE-2026-49170</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows
  StateRepository API Server file Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58526"><span>CVE-2026-58526</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Storage
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50299"><span>CVE-2026-50299</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Storage Spaces
  Direct Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57968"><span>CVE-2026-57968</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Subsystem for
  Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57973"><span>CVE-2026-57973</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Subsystem for
  Linux (WSL2) Kernel Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Tampering</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50418"><span>CVE-2026-50418</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows System Secure
  Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50306"><span>CVE-2026-50306</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows TCP/IP
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50307"><span>CVE-2026-50307</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows TCP/IP
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49177"><span>CVE-2026-49177</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows TCP/IP
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50669"><span>CVE-2026-50669</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Telephony
  Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54124"><span>CVE-2026-54124</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Terminal
  Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50350"><span>CVE-2026-50350</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Trusted
  Runtime Interface Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50326"><span>CVE-2026-50326</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Unified
  Consent System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49790"><span>CVE-2026-49790</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Universal Disk
  Format File System Driver (UDFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50498"><span>CVE-2026-50498</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Universal Disk
  Format File System Driver (UDFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="73">
  <td class="xl67" height="73"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58547"><span>CVE-2026-58547</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Universal Plug
  and Play (UPnP) Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49794"><span>CVE-2026-49794</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Audio
  Class Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50453"><span>CVE-2026-50453</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Audio
  Class Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.1</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58528"><span>CVE-2026-58528</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Audio
  Class Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50321"><span>CVE-2026-50321</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50479"><span>CVE-2026-50479</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Hub Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55000"><span>CVE-2026-55000</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.4</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54991"><span>CVE-2026-54991</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54996"><span>CVE-2026-54996</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49802"><span>CVE-2026-49802</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49806"><span>CVE-2026-49806</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50674"><span>CVE-2026-50674</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Print
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="48">
  <td class="xl67" height="48"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49804"><span>CVE-2026-49804</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows USB Video
  Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.6</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50454"><span>CVE-2026-50454</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows User Interface
  Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49176"><span>CVE-2026-49176</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows WalletService
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49800"><span>CVE-2026-49800</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Web Proxy
  Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50480"><span>CVE-2026-50480</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Web Proxy
  Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56173"><span>CVE-2026-56173</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows WebView
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl67" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58632"><span>CVE-2026-58632</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32 Kernel
  Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54107"><span>CVE-2026-54107</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54986"><span>CVE-2026-54986</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54112"><span>CVE-2026-54112</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54114"><span>CVE-2026-54114</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl67" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50670"><span>CVE-2026-50670</span></a></td>
  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
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  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  <td width="256" class="xl74">Windows Win32k
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
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  <td class="xl68">Important</td>
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  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
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  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
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  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
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  Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
  <td class="xl69">6.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  Address Translation (NAT) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl71">Moderate</td>
  <td class="xl69">8.3</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
  <td class="xl69">No</td>
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  Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl73">Low</td>
  <td class="xl69">4.3</td>
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  <p class=""><em>** Indicates this CVEs has already been resolved by Microsoft, and no further action is needed by the end user.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">I’ll do my best to summarize everything else in this release, but no promises. I’m only human after all.</p><p class=""> </p><p class="">Looking at the remaining Critical-rated patches, Office is its own weather system: fourteen Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Office RCEs clustered at CVSS 7.8, plus five Windows Media Foundation RCEs. Outside of the Preview Pane attack vector, they are individually unremarkable; collectively, patch Office and reboot. Always reboot. We’ve already mentioned DHCP some, but DHCP Server can't catch a break. Beyond the one already covered, add CVE-2026-56159, CVE-2026-48564, CVE-2026-50370, and DHCP Client cousin CVE-2026-54128. Five DHCP RCEs in one release. Rounding things out, Print Spooler (CVE-2026-58608), Windows TCP/IP (CVE-2026-54999), and a SQL Server RCE pair (CVE-2026-54117/54118) all receive patches, and all are rated a CVSS 8.8. VE-2026-55944 (Dynamics NAV/Business Central On-Prem RCE, 9.8) is the same deserialization flavor as the SharePoint pair; it’s unauthenticated, network-reachable, and easy to overlook since it's not SharePoint. CVE-2026-48561 (Microsoft Copilot RCE, 9.6) and CVE-2026-50380 (Windows GDI+ RCE, 9.6) round out the near-top tier. Don't forget CVE-2026-55040, a SharePoint Security Feature Bypass (9.1) — patch it in the same pass as the SharePoint RCE pair since it's the same product family. Identity and infrastructure get hit too: CVE-2026-54121 (AD Certificate Services EoP, 8.8) and CVE-2026-50444 (WSUS EoP, 8.8). The obscure Reliable Multicast Transport Driver (RMCAST) takes two RCEs (CVE-2026-54982, CVE-2026-54995), and CVE-2026-50474 gives Remote Desktop Client its own RCE, separate from the RDP one already covered. The rest is a long tail: Defender RCE x2, GDI+ again, Windows Media x2, Secure Kernel Mode EoP x2, and a second Hyper-V EoP. You can consider these “normal” as far as patch cadence goes.</p><p class="">That leaves us with 95 RCE to discuss. I would explain, but there is too much, so let me sum up. CVE-2026-55944 (Dynamics NAV/Business Central On-Prem, 9.8) is the same deserialization flavor as the SharePoint pair: unauthenticated, easy to miss since it's not SharePoint. CVE-2026-54990 (Remote Desktop Client), CVE-2026-49172 (Windows FTP Service), and CVE-2026-50447 (MSMQ) all hit 9.8 too, proof severity labels lag CVSS sometimes. CVE-2026-48561 (Copilot) and CVE-2026-50380 (GDI+) sit at 9.6.</p><p class="">The pattern worth watching: 14 Windows NTFS and 7 ReFS RCEs/ That makes 21 filesystem-driver bugs, an unusually large cluster suggesting a shared root cause. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) contributes 21 more that are genuinely Microsoft's to patch, not Chromium re-listing noise. Remote Desktop Client racks up a second and third RCE (CVE-2026-50474, CVE-2026-58594), and Windows Admin Center picks up two (CVE-2026-56196/56197) — WAC exposure keeps creeping into these releases. Exchange Server (CVE-2026-55005) and AD Domain Services (CVE-2026-49178) both land at 8.8.</p><p class="">And because this release wouldn't be complete without it: CVE-2026-50663, an RCE in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. Yes, really. Patch your civilization anyway.</p><p class="">There are close to 260 EoP bugs in this month’s release. Microsoft could have just published the EoPs and still had a record-setting month. As usual, most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges, so there’s not much to add without further technical details about the bugs themselves. What’s really frustrating is that 94 have no explicit privilege statement at all. Microsoft just says “elevate privileges” with no detail. By my count, that leaves around 25 bugs to consider. Some don’t elevate at all. The FAQ literally says the attacker just gets “the rights of the user running the affected application.” That covers Win32k, Clip Service, Search Service, MSMQ, and SharePoint. A few get a Low-to-Medium integrity bump. There are also a couple that lead to downgraded service accounts or arbitrary file deletion, but nothing else I’ve seen really stands out too much.</p><p class="">There are 20 Security Feature Bypass (SFB) bugs this month, and it's a genuinely mixed bag. CVE-2026-55040 leads at Critical, CVSS 9.1 as it’s weak authentication in SharePoint Server. Patch it in the same pass as the SharePoint RCE pair since it's the same product. The AI-coding-tool trend continues: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio all land SFB bugs, mostly injection or path-traversal flavored. BitLocker is this month's lone publicly disclosed bug. It’s not exploited yet, but public disclosure is a countdown clock, not a free pass. It requires physical access, as does the bug in Microsoft XML. The firmware/boot cluster is worth a second look: Secure Boot, Boot Loader, and Key Guard all touch the trust chain below the OS. Meaning, despite a low CVSS score, “if this fails, nothing above it can be trusted” stakes. Rounding out the SFB patches, there are two .NET SFBs, two Windows Kernel SFBs, and a DNS/Cryptographic Services bringing up the rear.</p><p class="">The July release includes 31Spoofing bugs this month, and we’ve already covered the most important (Exchange). SharePoint Server accounts for another ten with almost all the same root cause: stored XSS letting an authenticated attacker spoof content in the browser. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) contributes fifteen more spanning access-control failures, SSRF, type confusion, and UI misrepresentation. All genuinely Microsoft's to patch, not re-listed Chromium noise. The remaining six round out the usual suspects: a Windows NAT spoofing bug reachable from an adjacent network, a Bing app flaw on iOS, a PowerBI Report Server XSS issue, a .NET output-encoding bug, and an AD FS spoofing flaw. None publicly disclosed, none exploited, but with SharePoint's history this year, don't let "just Spoofing" lull you into deprioritizing the patch cycle.</p><p class="">Of 111 Information Disclosure bugs, the overwhelming majority of these simply result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. GitHub Copilot is the standout. Here, the bug insufficiently protected credentials, meaning actual secrets leak, not memory scraps. The Windows Admin Center flaw discloses data via improper authentication. A management console leaking to an unauthorized party is a bigger deal than it sounds. SharePoint uses SSRF to pull data server-side, and the Event Logging Service is a protection-mechanism failure, not a memory bug at all. Edge picks up three genuinely file-system-flavored disclosures — improper authorization, files/directories accessible to external parties, and link-following — plus Edge for Android exposing “private personal information” twice and two path-traversal bugs. The remaining 40+ are mostly one-line “exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor” entries scattered across File Explorer, Push Notifications, Cryptographic Services, and Win32k.</p><p class="">Only 8 Tampering bugs this month, the smallest bucket, but a couple stand out. The top of the list is a WSUS bug, caused by an uncaught exception that lets an unauthenticated attacker tamper with the update service over the network. That’s your patch-management infrastructure itself being the target, which always deserves extra attention. Windows CNG (the crypto API) picks up a missing-cryptographic-step flaw, and Windows DNS Client shows up three separate times across the list, twice for improper access control and once for missing authentication on a critical function. DNS resolution having this many tampering paths in one release is worth flagging as a pattern rather than three unrelated bugs. The one genuinely different entry is Outlook Copilot, described simply as vulnerable to “malicious uses” enabling tampering over the network. That’s a fantastically vague phrasing for an AI-assistant feature, continuing this year's running theme of Copilot-branded features showing up somewhere in every release. Finally, a .NET link-following bug and a WSL2 kernel race condition receive patches. Both require local/authorized access to trigger.</p><p class="">Still with me? Good, because we have 35 DoS bugs to cover, and this is really an identity-infrastructure story more than a grab-bag. Active Directory Federation Services alone accounts for seven of them, all sitting at CVSS 7.5, all stack-based buffer overflows or infinite loops that let an unauthenticated attacker knock the service over the network.  The .NET ecosystem is the other big cluster: .NET, .NET Framework, and ASP.NET Core/OData contribute nine bugs combined, almost all “allocation of resources without limits or throttling”.  HTTP.sys and HTTP/2 pick up the same flavor. LSASS shows up twice, which is always worth a second look given what that process actually holds. Rounding out the list are patches for Windows DHCP Server, SMB Server, Secure Channel, Hyper-V, and IKE Protocol each take a single hit, mostly requiring authorized or adjacent-network access rather than being wide open to the internet.</p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">The next Patch Tuesday will be on August 11, just after Hacker Summer Camp in sunny Las Vegas. Should I survive the heat, I’ll be back then to give you my full thoughts on the release – no matter how large it may be. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <p class=""><strong>Adobe Patches for March 2026</strong></p><p class="">For March, Adobe released eight bulletins addressing 80 unique CVEs in Adobe Acrobat Reader, Commerce, Illustrator, Substance 3D Painter, Premier Pro, Experience Manager, Substance 3D Stager, and the Adobe DNG Software Development Kit (SDK). Two of these bugs were submitted through the TrendAI ZDI program. If you need to prioritize, the update for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-26.html">Acrobat</a> likely has the most impact, with the patch fixing two Critical-rated and one Important bugs. The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-24.html">Experience Manager</a> is the largest this month with 33 CVEs addressed. However, these are simple cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs, so it’s not too exciting. The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/magento/apsb26-05.html">Commerce</a> is also quite large with 19 CVEs. Most of these are also XSS bugs, but there’s a few security feature bypass bugs in there, too. Adobe actually gives this patch a deployment priority of 2, but it’s not under active attack at the time of release. </p><p class="">The fix for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb26-18.html">Illustrator</a> corrects seven bugs, including a few Critical-rated ones. The patch for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb26-25.html">Substance 3D Painter</a> fixes nine different CVEs, all rated Important. That’s not the case for <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_stager/apsb26-29.html">Substance 3D Stager</a>, which fixes six different Critical bugs that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The patch for the <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dng-sdk/apsb26-30.html">Adobe DNG Software Development Kit</a> (SDK) addresses one Critical and one Important bug. Finally, the update for Premiere Pro correct a single, Critical-rated bug that could lead to arbitrary code execution. </p><p class="">None of the bugs fixed by Adobe this month are listed as publicly known or under active attack at the time of release, and beyond the update for Commerce, all of the other updates released by Adobe this month are listed as deployment priority 3.</p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for March 2026</strong></p><p class="">This month, Microsoft released 84 new CVEs in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, SQL Server, Hyper-V Server, and the Windows Resilient File System (ReFS). Counting the third-party and Chromium updates listed in the release, it brings to total number of CVEs to 94. Five of these bugs were reported through the TrendAI ZDI program. Eight of these bugs are rated Critical, and the rest are rated Important in severity.</p><p class="">This volume is relatively typical for a March release, and the lack of bugs under active attack is a nice change from last month. There are two vulnerabilities listed as publicly known at the time of release, but none listed as actively exploited.</p><p class="">Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with a bug with an AI slant:</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26144"><strong>CVE-2026-26144</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability<br></strong>This is a fascinating bug and an attack scenario we’re likely to see more often. The vulnerability is a simple cross-site scripting (XSS) bug in Excel, but an attacker could use it to cause the Copilot Agent to exfiltrate data off the target. This essentially makes it a zero-click information disclosure. Although not stated, the disclosure is likely at the level of the logged-on user, so there isn’t a privilege escalation component. Info disclosures rarely get rated Critical, but it makes sense here.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26110"><strong>CVE-2026-26110</strong></a><strong>/</strong><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26113"><strong>CVE-2026-26113</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability <br></strong>Another month and another pair of Office bugs where the Preview Pane is an exploit vector. I’ve lost count of how many of these bugs have been patched over the last year, but it’s just a matter of time until they start appearing in active exploits. The latest versions of Outlook allow you to hide the Preview Pane, but it isn’t clear if this would mitigate these attacks. The best option is still to test and deploy the update, but considering how many of these patches exist, it’s likely further updates will be needed to fully address these issues.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23669"><strong>CVE-2026-23669</strong></a><strong> - Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Just reading the title makes me twitch with remembrances of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrintNightmare">Print Nightmare</a> from a few years ago. This bug works in the same manner as those exploits. An authenticated attacker sends specially crafted messages to an affected system to gain arbitrary code execution. No user interaction is required. Let’s hope we don’t end up in a new nightmare of spooler exploits. Test and deploy this one quickly.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23668"><strong>CVE-2026-23668</strong></a><strong> - Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This vulnerability was submitted to the ZDI program by Marcin Wiązowski as two separate bugs, and it demonstrates the need for variant investigations when creating security patches. Both cases are caused by the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. However, in one case, it’s in the cdd.dll driver while the other is in the win32kfull driver. Either way, an attacker could use these to elevate privileges to SYSTEM and execute arbitrary code. Since the fix for both is to add object locking to the GDI object, the cases are combined into a single CVE. 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 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21262"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21262<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl68"><span> </span>Yes<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23651"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23651<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26124"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26124<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26122"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26122<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers
  Information Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21536"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-21536<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Devices Pricing Program Remote
  Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">9.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26144"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26144<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26110"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26110<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26113"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26113<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26125"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26125<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Payment Orchestrator Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.6</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26131"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26131<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>.NET Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25177"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25177<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Active Directory Domain Services Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26117"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26117<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Arc Enabled Servers - Azure Connected
  Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26130"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26130<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>ASP.NET Core Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23661"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23661<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23662"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23662<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23664"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23664<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IoT Explorer Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26121"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26121<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure IOT Explorer Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26118"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26118<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Azure MCP Server Tools Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23667"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23667<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Broadcast DVR Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25190"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25190<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25181"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25181<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GDI+ Information Disclosure
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="97">
  <td class="xl72" height="97"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26030"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26030 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GitHub: CVE-2026-26030 Microsoft Semantic
  Kernel InMemoryVectorStore filter functionality vulnerable<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">9.9</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23654"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23654 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>GitHub: Zero Shot SCFoundation Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26141"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26141<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Hybrid Worker Extension (Arc-enabled Windows
  VMs) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23665"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23665 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Linux Azure Diagnostic extension (LAD)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23674"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23674<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>MapUrlToZone Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26123"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26123<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Authenticator Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26148"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26148 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Azure AD SSH Login extension for
  Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25167"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25167<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26107"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26107<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26108"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26108<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26109"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26109<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.4</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26112"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26112<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26134"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26134<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26106"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26106<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26114"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26114<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26105"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26105<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.1</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24283"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24283<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Multiple UNC Provider Kernel Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25165"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25165<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Performance Counters for Windows Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24282"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24282<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Push message Routing Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26115"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26115<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26116"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26116<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20967"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-20967<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24285"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24285<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Win32k Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24291"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24291<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Accessibility Infrastructure
  (ATBroker.exe) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25186"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25186<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Accessibility Infrastructure
  (ATBroker.exe) Information Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23660"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23660 †</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24293"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24293<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25176"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25176<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25178"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25178<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25179"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25179<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for
  WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23656"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23656<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows App Installer Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.9</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25171"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25171<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Authentication Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23671"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23671<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Bluetooth RFCOM Protocol Driver
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24292"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24292<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Connected Devices Platform Service
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24295"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24295<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Device Association Service Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24296"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24296<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Device Association Service Elevation
  of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25189"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25189<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25174"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25174<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Extensible File Allocation Table
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25168"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25168<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25169"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25169<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Denial of Service
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.2</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">DoS</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23668"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23668<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25180"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25180<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Graphics Component Information
  Disclosure Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Info</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25170"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25170<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24297"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24297<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.5</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">SFB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24287"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24287<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24289<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26132"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26132<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24288"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24288<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Remote Code
  Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">6.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25175"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25175<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23669"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23669<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24290"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24290<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Projected File System Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23673"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23673<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Resilient File System (ReFS)
  Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25172"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25172<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25173"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25173<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26111"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26111<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Routing and Remote Access Service
  (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25185"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25185<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Shell Link Processing Spoofing
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">5.3</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">Spoofing</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24294"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-24294<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26128"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-26128<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25166"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25166<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows System Image Manager Assessment and
  Deployment Kit (ADK) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25188"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25188<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Telephony Service Elevation of
  Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">8.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
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  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23672"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-23672<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Windows Universal Disk Format File System
  Driver (UDFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
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 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25187"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-25187<span> </span></span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Winlogon Elevation of Privilege
  Vulnerability<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl70"><span> </span>Important<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">7.8</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">EoP</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3536"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3536 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3536 Integer overflow in
  ANGLE<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3538"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3538 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3538 Integer overflow in
  Skia<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl71"><span> </span>Critical<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3539"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3539 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3539 Object lifecycle
  issue in DevTools<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3540"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3540 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3540 Inappropriate
  implementation in WebAudio<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3541"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3541 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3541 Inappropriate
  implementation in CSS<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3542"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3542 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3542 Inappropriate
  implementation in WebAssembly<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="69">
  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3543"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3543 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3543 Inappropriate
  implementation in V8<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="47">
  <td class="xl72" height="47"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3544"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3544 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3544 Heap buffer overflow
  in WebCodecs<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
 </tr>
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  <td class="xl72" height="69"><a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3545"><span><span> </span>CVE-2026-3545 *</span></a></td>
  <td width="263" class="xl66"><span> </span>Chromium: CVE-2026-3545 Insufficient data
  validation in Navigation<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl69"><span> </span>High</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>N/A</td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67"><span> </span>No<span> </span></td>
  <td class="xl67">RCE</td>
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  <p class=""><em>* Indicates this CVE had been released by a third party and is now being included in Microsoft releases</em>.</p><p class=""><em>† Indicates further administrative actions are required to fully address the vulnerability.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">Looking at the other Critical-rated bugs in this month’s release, they are all cloud-native and require no user action. Microsoft has already remediated the vulnerabilities.</p><p class="">Moving on to the other code execution bugs, the vulnerabilities in SharePoint Server pop out first. Both require authentication, but it’s essentially the lowest level of authentication, so these would be ideal cases for lateral movement within an enterprise. There are the standard open-and-own cases within Office components. There an interesting sounding bug in the Windows Mobile Broadband Driver that requires physical access, but Microsoft doesn’t elaborate on the attack scenario beyond that fact. The bug in the System Image Manager Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) requires authentication. The bug in GDI requires user interaction. The remaining code execution bugs are in the RRAS protocol. We’ve seen bugs in this component in the past, but never in the wild. I wouldn’t ignore these, but I wouldn’t rush them out either.</p><p class="">Similar to last month, updates for Elevation of Privilege (EoP) bugs make up nearly half of this month’s release. And as we saw last month, but most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges. The bugs in SQL Server allow attackers to elevate to SQL sysadmin privileges. The bug in the Azure MCP Server is more complex. It allows attackers to obtain the permissions associated with the MCP Server’s managed identity, which lets them perform actions that the managed identity is able to reach. The bug in the Azure AD SSH Login extension for Linux leads to root access, and it won’t be easy to patch. You’ll need to run the update instructions from the command line on each affected system. That’s the same case for the bug in the Linux Azure Diagnostic extension (LAD). There’s an odd bug in the Hybrid Worker Extension (Arc‑enabled Windows VMs) that leads to “ELEVATED” privileges, which is something I’ve never seen before. The bug in the Broadcast DVR component allows an attacker to go from low integrity level up to medium. There’s a bug listed as an EoP in the Push message Routing Service, but reading the description, Microsoft notes it could lead to an information disclosure. It’s likely this is an error and should be an Information Disclosure bug. The final EoP is in the Azure Portal Windows Admin Center and leads to SYSTEM. However, there’s no patch to remediate this bug. Instead, you need to install the latest version of the Windows Admin Center extension through the Azure Portal by hand. </p><p class="">There are two security feature bypass patches in the March release. The first is a bypass of the MapURLToZone method, which (as expected) allows attackers to bypass MapURLToZone protections. The third bypass is in Kerberos and could allow an attacker to either view some sensitive information or make changes to “disclosed” information. This is a race condition that occurs while the group policy is being reapplied, so the window to exploit this would be extremely small.</p><p class="">Looking at the remaining info disclosure bugs getting patched this month, only two result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. Ther others provide more interesting results. There are three bugs in the Azure IoT Explorer have some wide-ranging implications. According to Microsoft, exploitation could result in, “device connection information, authentication tokens, request data, file paths, and other information transmitted between the application and the IoT Hub.” The bug in Authenticator almost reads like a security feature bypass, as exploit results in the disclosure of a one‑time sign‑in code or authentication deep link. The attacker would receive the sign‑in information and could potentially use it to authenticate as the user, allowing access to information or services available to that account. The last info disclosure bug is in the Accessibility Infrastructure and allows an attacker to gain secrets or privileged information belonging to the user of the affected application.</p><p class="">There are only four spoofing bugs in the March release. The first is in SharePoint server and manifests as an XSS. The second bug is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the Azure IoT Explorer. The remaining two are a bit more cryptic. The bug in Windows Shell Link Processing results from the “exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor,” and could lead to spoofing. That sounds like credential exposure, but it’s not explicitly called out. The final spoofing bug results from the insufficient verification of data authenticity in Windows App Installer. Again, this sounds vaguely like credential reflection, but without further information, we can only speculate. </p><p class="">Finally, there are four denial-of-service (DoS) bugs in the release, including one that’s listed as publicly known in the .NET Framework. As usual, Microsoft provides no actionable information about these bugs.</p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">I plan on being at RSA for the first time in my career, so if you’re around, please stop by and say hello. I like it when people say hello. Otherwise, I’ll be back on April 14 with my assessment of that patch Tuesday release. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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  <p class=""><strong>Adobe Patches for April 2026</strong></p><p class="">For April, Adobe released 12 bulletins addressing 61 unique CVEs in Adobe Acrobat Reader, InDesign, InCopy, FrameMaker, Connect, ColdFusion, Bridge, Photoshop, Illustrator, Experience Manager Screens, and the Adobe DNG SDK. Three of the Cold Fusion bugs came through the TrendAI ZDI program. For this month, I’m introducing an Adobe table as well. I’d love to get your feedback on whether this is helpful.</p>





















  
  




  


  
    


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    <th>Product</th>
    <th>CVE Count</th>
    <th>Highest Severity</th>
    <th>Highest CVSS</th>
    <th>Exploited</th>
    <th>Deployment Priority</th>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-43.html" target="_blank">APSB26-43</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Acrobat Reader</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.6</td>
    <td>Yes</td>
    <td>1</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-44.html" target="_blank">APSB26-44</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Acrobat Reader</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>2</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb26-32.html" target="_blank">APSB26-32</a></td>
    <td>Adobe InDesign</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb26-33.html" target="_blank">APSB26-33</a></td>
    <td>Adobe InCopy</td>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb26-36.html" target="_blank">APSB26-36</a></td>
    <td>Adobe FrameMaker</td>
    <td>11</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>8.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/connect/apsb26-37.html" target="_blank">APSB26-37</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Connect</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.6</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-38.html" target="_blank">APSB26-38</a></td>
    <td>Adobe ColdFusion</td>
    <td>7</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>9.3</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>1</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/bridge/apsb26-39.html" target="_blank">APSB26-39</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Bridge</td>
    <td>6</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
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    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb26-40.html" target="_blank">APSB26-40</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Photoshop</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb26-42.html" target="_blank">APSB26-42</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Illustrator</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>Critical</td>
    <td>7.8</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-screens/apsb26-34.html" target="_blank">APSB26-34</a></td>
    <td>Adobe Experience Manager Screens</td>
    <td>9</td>
    <td>Important</td>
    <td>5.4</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dng-sdk/apsb26-41.html" target="_blank">APSB26-41</a></td>
    <td>Adobe DNG SDK</td>
    <td>3</td>
    <td>Important</td>
    <td>5.5</td>
    <td>No</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>



  
  









  <p class="">Obviously, the active attack in Reader is the highest priority for this month, but don’t ignore the second bunch of Reader patches. Cold Fusion also gets a deployment priority of 1, so if you’re still running that platform, make sure you get the update. Otherwise, the FrameMaker and Connect patches fix 11 and nine bugs, respectively. InDesign and Experience Manager Screens also have nine CVEs addressed. </p><p class="">Outside of the Reader bug, none of the other bugs fixed by Adobe this month are listed as publicly known or under active attack at the time of release. One of the Reader bugs and Cold Fusion have a deployment priority of one, the other Reader bug has a priority of two, while all of the other updates released by Adobe this month are listed as deployment priority 3.</p><p class=""><strong>Microsoft Patches for April 2026</strong></p><p class="">This month, Microsoft released a monstrous 163 new CVEs in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, .NET and Visual Studio, SQL Server, Hyper-V Server, BitLocker, and the Windows Wallet Service. Counting the third-party and a huge Chromium release, it brings the total number of CVEs to a staggering 247 updates. Six of these bugs were reported through the TrendAI ZDI program. Eight of these bugs are rated Critical, two are rated as Moderate, and the rest are rated Important in severity.</p><p class="">By my count, this is the second-largest monthly release in Microsoft’s history. There are many things we could speculate on to justify the size, but if Microsoft is like the other programs out there (including ours), they are likely seeing a rise in submissions found by AI tools. For us, our incoming rate has essentially tripled, making triage a challenge, to say the least. Whatever the reason, we have a lot of bugs to deal with this month. I should also point out that the Pwn2Own Berlin occurs next month, and it’s typical for vendors to patch as much as they can before the event.</p><p class="">There is one Microsoft bug listed as under active attack at the time of release, and one other that’s publicly known. Let’s take a closer look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with the vulnerability being exploited in the wild:</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32201" target="_blank"><strong>CVE-2026-32201</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability<br></strong>Microsoft doesn’t provide a lot of information about this bug, but Spoofing bugs in SharePoint often manifest as cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs. They do note that attackers could view information or make changes to disclosed information. As always, they don’t provide any information on how widespread these attacks are, but I wouldn’t wait to test and deploy this fix – especially if you have internet-connected SharePoint servers.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33825" target="_blank"><strong>CVE-2026-33825</strong></a><strong> - Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability<br></strong>This bug is listed as publicly known, and this time, we know exactly <a href="https://deadeclipse666.blogspot.com/2026/04/public-disclosure.html" target="_blank">where</a> it was disclosed. There have been some questions about how exploitable this bug may be, but it does look like it’s a real problem – just with some reliability issues in its current state. I won’t add on to the commentary from the researcher about working with Microsoft. I’m just glad they are offering a fix for the vulnerability. If you rely on Defender, test and deploy this one quickly.</p><p class="">-   <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33827" target="_blank"><strong>CVE-2026-33827</strong></a><strong> - Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>This vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to exploit code on affected systems without user interaction. That adds up to a wormable bug – at least on systems with IPv6 and IPSec enabled. It is a race condition, which sets exploitability to High on the CVSS scale, but we see race conditions exploited at Pwn2Own all the time, so don’t rely on that obstacle. If you’re running IPv6, I would test and deploy this fix quickly before public exploits become available.</p><p class="">-    <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33824" target="_blank"><strong>CVE-2026-33824</strong></a><strong> - Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability<br></strong>Speaking of wormable bugs, here’s our second one this month. By the title, we can tell that systems with IKE enabled are affected, but that leaves plenty of targets for attackers. Microsoft also notes a significant mitigation for this bug. Blocking UDP ports 500 and 4500 at the perimeter prevents external attackers from reaching the affected service. However, insiders could still target this for lateral movement within an enterprise. For enterprises using IKE, get this fix tested and deployed with haste.</p><p class="">Here’s the full list of CVEs released by Microsoft for April 2026:</p>





















  
  




  


  
    




<title>April 2026 Patch Tuesday</title>



<table>
<thead><tr>
  <th>CVE</th>
  <th>Title</th>
  <th>Severity</th>
  <th>CVSS</th>
  <th>Public</th>
  <th>Exploited</th>
  <th>Type</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32201">CVE-2026-32201</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Yes</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5281">CVE-2026-5281 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5281 Use after free in Dawn</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Yes</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33825">CVE-2026-33825</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>Yes</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23666">CVE-2026-23666</a></td>
  <td>.NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32190">CVE-2026-32190</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33114">CVE-2026-33114</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33115">CVE-2026-33115</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32157">CVE-2026-32157</a></td>
  <td>Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33826">CVE-2026-33826</a></td>
  <td>Windows Active Directory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33824">CVE-2026-33824</a></td>
  <td>Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>9.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33827">CVE-2026-33827</a></td>
  <td>Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>8.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26171">CVE-2026-26171</a></td>
  <td>.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32226">CVE-2026-32226</a></td>
  <td>.NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.9</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32178">CVE-2026-32178</a></td>
  <td>.NET Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32203">CVE-2026-32203</a></td>
  <td>.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33116">CVE-2026-33116</a></td>
  <td>.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20585">CVE-2023-20585 *</a></td>
  <td>AMD: CVE-2023-20585 IOMMU Write Buffer Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.3</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32072">CVE-2026-32072</a></td>
  <td>Active Directory Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.2</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25184">CVE-2026-25184</a></td>
  <td>Applocker Filter Driver (applockerfltr.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32171">CVE-2026-32171</a></td>
  <td>Azure Logic Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32168">CVE-2026-32168</a></td>
  <td>Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32192">CVE-2026-32192</a></td>
  <td>Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32181">CVE-2026-32181</a></td>
  <td>Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27924">CVE-2026-27924</a></td>
  <td>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32152">CVE-2026-32152</a></td>
  <td>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32154">CVE-2026-32154</a></td>
  <td>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27923">CVE-2026-27923</a></td>
  <td>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32155">CVE-2026-32155</a></td>
  <td>Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23653">CVE-2026-23653</a></td>
  <td>GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32631">CVE-2026-23653 *</a></td>
  <td> GitHub: CVE-2026-32631 'git clone' from manipulated repositories can leak NTLM hashes </td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33096">CVE-2026-33096</a></td>
  <td>HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-25250">CVE-2026-25250 *</a></td>
  <td>MITRE: CVE-2026-25250 Secure Boot disable Eazy Fix</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26181">CVE-2026-26181</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32219">CVE-2026-32219</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32091">CVE-2026-32091</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26152">CVE-2026-26152</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Cryptographic Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33103">CVE-2026-33103</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Dynamics 365 (On-Premises) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32188">CVE-2026-32188</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32189">CVE-2026-32189</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32197">CVE-2026-32197</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32198">CVE-2026-32198</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32199">CVE-2026-32199</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32184">CVE-2026-32184</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26155">CVE-2026-26155</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27914">CVE-2026-27914</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Management Console Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26149">CVE-2026-26149</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Power Apps Security Feature Bypass</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32200">CVE-2026-32200</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26143">CVE-2026-26143</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33120">CVE-2026-33120 †</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20945">CVE-2026-20945</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.6</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33822">CVE-2026-33822</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33095">CVE-2026-33095</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23657">CVE-2026-23657</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32081">CVE-2026-32081</a></td>
  <td>Package Catalog Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26170">CVE-2026-26170</a></td>
  <td>PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26183">CVE-2026-26183</a></td>
  <td>Remote Access Management service/API (RPC server) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26160">CVE-2026-26160</a></td>
  <td>Remote Desktop Licensing Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26159">CVE-2026-26159</a></td>
  <td>Remote Desktop Licensing Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26151">CVE-2026-26151</a></td>
  <td>Remote Desktop Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32085">CVE-2026-32085</a></td>
  <td>Remote Procedure Call Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32167">CVE-2026-32167</a></td>
  <td>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32176">CVE-2026-32176</a></td>
  <td>SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-0390">CVE-2026-0390</a></td>
  <td>UEFI Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32220">CVE-2026-32220</a></td>
  <td>UEFI Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32212">CVE-2026-32212</a></td>
  <td>Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32214">CVE-2026-32214</a></td>
  <td>Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32079">CVE-2026-32079</a></td>
  <td>Web Account Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33104">CVE-2026-33104</a></td>
  <td>Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32196">CVE-2026-32196</a></td>
  <td>Windows Admin Center Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26178">CVE-2026-26178</a></td>
  <td>Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32073">CVE-2026-32073</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26168">CVE-2026-26168</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26173">CVE-2026-26173</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26177">CVE-2026-26177</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26182">CVE-2026-26182</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27922">CVE-2026-27922</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33099">CVE-2026-33099</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33100">CVE-2026-33100</a></td>
  <td>Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32088">CVE-2026-32088</a></td>
  <td>Windows Biometric Service Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27913">CVE-2026-27913</a></td>
  <td>Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26175">CVE-2026-26175</a></td>
  <td>Windows Boot Manager Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.6</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32162">CVE-2026-32162</a></td>
  <td>Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20806">CVE-2026-20806</a></td>
  <td>Windows COM Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26176">CVE-2026-26176</a></td>
  <td>Windows Client Side Caching driver (csc.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27926">CVE-2026-27926</a></td>
  <td>Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32070">CVE-2026-32070</a></td>
  <td>Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33098">CVE-2026-33098</a></td>
  <td>Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26153">CVE-2026-26153</a></td>
  <td>Windows Encrypted File System (EFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32087">CVE-2026-32087</a></td>
  <td>Windows Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32093">CVE-2026-32093</a></td>
  <td>Windows Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32086">CVE-2026-32086</a></td>
  <td>Windows Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32150">CVE-2026-32150</a></td>
  <td>Windows Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27931">CVE-2026-27931</a></td>
  <td>Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27930">CVE-2026-27930</a></td>
  <td>Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32221">CVE-2026-32221</a></td>
  <td>Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27906">CVE-2026-27906</a></td>
  <td>Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27928">CVE-2026-27928</a></td>
  <td>Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26156">CVE-2026-26156</a></td>
  <td>Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32149">CVE-2026-32149</a></td>
  <td>Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.3</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27910">CVE-2026-27910</a></td>
  <td>Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27912">CVE-2026-27912</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26179">CVE-2026-26179</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26180">CVE-2026-26180</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32195">CVE-2026-32195</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26163">CVE-2026-26163</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32215">CVE-2026-32215</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32217">CVE-2026-32217</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32218">CVE-2026-32218</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26169">CVE-2026-26169</a></td>
  <td>Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.1</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27929">CVE-2026-27929</a></td>
  <td>Windows LUA File Virtualization Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32071">CVE-2026-32071</a></td>
  <td>Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20930">CVE-2026-20930</a></td>
  <td>Windows Management Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26162">CVE-2026-26162</a></td>
  <td>Windows OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33101">CVE-2026-33101</a></td>
  <td>Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32084">CVE-2026-32084</a></td>
  <td>Windows Print Spooler Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27927">CVE-2026-27927</a></td>
  <td>Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26184">CVE-2026-26184</a></td>
  <td>Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32069">CVE-2026-32069</a></td>
  <td>Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32074">CVE-2026-32074</a></td>
  <td>Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32078">CVE-2026-32078</a></td>
  <td>Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26167">CVE-2026-26167</a></td>
  <td>Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32158">CVE-2026-32158</a></td>
  <td>Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32159">CVE-2026-32159</a></td>
  <td>Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32160">CVE-2026-32160</a></td>
  <td>Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26172">CVE-2026-26172</a></td>
  <td>Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20928">CVE-2026-20928</a></td>
  <td>Windows Recovery Environment Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.6</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32216">CVE-2026-32216</a></td>
  <td>Windows Redirected Drive Buffering System Denial of Service Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>DoS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27909">CVE-2026-27909</a></td>
  <td>Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26161">CVE-2026-26161</a></td>
  <td>Windows Sensor Data Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26174">CVE-2026-26174</a></td>
  <td>Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32224">CVE-2026-32224</a></td>
  <td>Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26154">CVE-2026-26154</a></td>
  <td>Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Tampering Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Tampering</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26165">CVE-2026-26165</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26166">CVE-2026-26166</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27918">CVE-2026-27918</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32151">CVE-2026-32151</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32225">CVE-2026-32225</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>8.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32202">CVE-2026-32202</a></td>
  <td>Windows Shell Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>4.3</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32082">CVE-2026-32082</a></td>
  <td>Windows Simple Search and Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32083">CVE-2026-32083</a></td>
  <td>Windows Simple Search and Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32068">CVE-2026-32068</a></td>
  <td>Windows Simple Search and Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32183">CVE-2026-32183</a></td>
  <td>Windows Snipping Tool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32089">CVE-2026-32089</a></td>
  <td>Windows Speech Brokered Api Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32090">CVE-2026-32090</a></td>
  <td>Windows Speech Brokered Api Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32153">CVE-2026-32153</a></td>
  <td>Windows Speech Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27907">CVE-2026-27907</a></td>
  <td>Windows Storage Spaces Controller Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32076">CVE-2026-32076</a></td>
  <td>Windows Storage Spaces Controller Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27908">CVE-2026-27908</a></td>
  <td>Windows TDI Translation Driver (tdx.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27921">CVE-2026-27921</a></td>
  <td>Windows TDI Translation Driver (tdx.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27915">CVE-2026-27915</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27919">CVE-2026-27919</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32075">CVE-2026-32075</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27916">CVE-2026-27916</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27920">CVE-2026-27920</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32077">CVE-2026-32077</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27925">CVE-2026-27925</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Information Disclosure Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32156">CVE-2026-32156</a></td>
  <td>Windows UPnP Device Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32223">CVE-2026-32223</a></td>
  <td>Windows USB Printing Stack (usbprint.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>6.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32165">CVE-2026-32165</a></td>
  <td>Windows User Interface Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27911">CVE-2026-27911</a></td>
  <td>Windows User Interface Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32163">CVE-2026-32163</a></td>
  <td>Windows User Interface Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32164">CVE-2026-32164</a></td>
  <td>Windows User Interface Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23670">CVE-2026-23670</a></td>
  <td>Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>5.7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-27917">CVE-2026-27917</a></td>
  <td>Windows WFP NDIS Lightweight Filter Driver (wfplwfs.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32080">CVE-2026-32080</a></td>
  <td>Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32222">CVE-2026-32222</a></td>
  <td>Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Important</td>
  <td>7.8</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>EoP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21637">CVE-2026-21637 *</a></td>
  <td> HackerOne: CVE-2026-21637 TLS PSK/ALPN Callback Exceptions Bypass Error Handlers</td>
  <td> Moderate</td>
  <td>7.5</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33119">CVE-2026-33119</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) for Android Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Moderate</td>
  <td>5.4</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33829">CVE-2026-33829</a></td>
  <td>Windows Snipping Tool Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Moderate</td>
  <td>4.3</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5858">CVE-2026-5858 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5858 Heap buffer overflow in WebML</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5859">CVE-2026-5859 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5859 Integer overflow in WebML</td>
  <td>Critical</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5272">CVE-2026-5272 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5272 Heap buffer overflow in GPU</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5273">CVE-2026-5273 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5273 Use after free in CSS</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5274">CVE-2026-5274 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5274 Integer overflow in Codecs</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5275">CVE-2026-5275 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5275 Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5276">CVE-2026-5276 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5276 Insufficient policy enforcement in WebUSB</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5277">CVE-2026-5277 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5277 Integer overflow in ANGLE</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5279">CVE-2026-5279 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5279 Object corruption in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5280">CVE-2026-5280 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5280 Use after free in WebCodecs</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5283">CVE-2026-5283 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5283 Inappropriate implementation in ANGLE</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5284">CVE-2026-5284 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5284 Use after free in Dawn</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5285">CVE-2026-5285 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5285 Use after free in WebGL</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5286">CVE-2026-5286 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5286 Use after free in Dawn</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5287">CVE-2026-5287 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5287 Use after free in PDF</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5289">CVE-2026-5289 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5289 Use after free in Navigation</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5290">CVE-2026-5290 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5290 Use after free in Compositing</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5860">CVE-2026-5860 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5860 Use after free in WebRTC</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5861">CVE-2026-5861 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5861 Use after free in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5862">CVE-2026-5862 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5862 Inappropriate implementation in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5863">CVE-2026-5863 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5863 Inappropriate implementation in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5864">CVE-2026-5864 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5864 Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5865">CVE-2026-5865 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5865 Type Confusion in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5866">CVE-2026-5866 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5866 Use after free in Media</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5867">CVE-2026-5867 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5867 Heap buffer overflow in WebML</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5868">CVE-2026-5868 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5868 Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5869">CVE-2026-5869 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5869 Heap buffer overflow in WebML</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5870">CVE-2026-5870 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5870 Integer overflow in Skia</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5871">CVE-2026-5871 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5871 Type Confusion in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5872">CVE-2026-5872 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5872 Use after free in Blink</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5873">CVE-2026-5873 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5873 Out of bounds read and write in V8</td>
  <td>High</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5291">CVE-2026-5291 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5291 Inappropriate implementation in WebGL</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5292">CVE-2026-5292 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5292 Out of bounds read in WebCodecs</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5874">CVE-2026-5874 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5874 Use after free in PrivateAI</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5875">CVE-2026-5875 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5875 Policy bypass in Blink</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5876">CVE-2026-5876 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5876 Side-channel information leakage in Navigation</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5877">CVE-2026-5877 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5877 Use after free in Navigation</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5878">CVE-2026-5878 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5878 Incorrect security UI in Blink</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5879">CVE-2026-5879 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5879 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5880">CVE-2026-5880 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5880 Incorrect security UI in browser UI</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5881">CVE-2026-5881 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5881 Policy bypass in LocalNetworkAccess</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5882">CVE-2026-5882 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5882 Incorrect security UI in Fullscreen</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5883">CVE-2026-5883 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5883 Use after free in Media</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5884">CVE-2026-5884 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5884 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Media</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5885">CVE-2026-5885 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5885 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in WebML</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5886">CVE-2026-5886 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5886 Out of bounds read in WebAudio</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5887">CVE-2026-5887 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5887 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5888">CVE-2026-5888 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5888 Uninitialized Use in WebCodecs</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5889">CVE-2026-5889 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5889 Cryptographic Flaw in PDFium</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5890">CVE-2026-5890 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5890 Race in WebCodecs</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5891">CVE-2026-5891 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5891 Insufficient policy enforcement in browser UI</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5892">CVE-2026-5892 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5892 Insufficient policy enforcement in PWAs</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5893">CVE-2026-5893 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5893 Race in V8</td>
  <td>Medium</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5894">CVE-2026-5894 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5894 Inappropriate implementation in PDF</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5895">CVE-2026-5895 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5895 Incorrect security UI in Omnibox</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5896">CVE-2026-5896 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5896 Policy bypass in Audio</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5897">CVE-2026-5897 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5897 Incorrect security UI in Downloads</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5898">CVE-2026-5898 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5898 Incorrect security UI in Omnibox</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5899">CVE-2026-5899 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5899 Incorrect security UI in History Navigation</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5900">CVE-2026-5900 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5900 Policy bypass in Downloads</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5901">CVE-2026-5901 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5901 Policy bypass in DevTools</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5902">CVE-2026-5902 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5902 Race in Media</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5903">CVE-2026-5903 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5903 Policy bypass in IFrameSandbox</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5904">CVE-2026-5904 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5904 Use after free in V8</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5905">CVE-2026-5905 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5905 Incorrect security UI in Permissions</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5906">CVE-2026-5906 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5906 Incorrect security UI in Omnibox</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5907">CVE-2026-5907 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5907 Insufficient data validation in Media</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5908">CVE-2026-5908 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5908 Integer overflow in Media</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5909">CVE-2026-5909 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5909 Integer overflow in Media</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5910">CVE-2026-5910 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5910 Integer overflow in Media</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5911">CVE-2026-5911 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5911 Policy bypass in ServiceWorkers</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5912">CVE-2026-5912 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5912 Integer overflow in WebRTC</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5913">CVE-2026-5913 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5913 Out of bounds read in Blink</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Info</td>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5914">CVE-2026-5914 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5914 Type Confusion in CSS</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>RCE</td>
</tr>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5915">CVE-2026-5915 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5915 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in WebML</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5918">CVE-2026-5918 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5918 Inappropriate implementation in Navigation</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5919">CVE-2026-5919 *</a></td>
  <td>Chromium: CVE-2026-5919 Insufficient validation of untrusted input in WebSockets</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>N/A</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>SFB</td>
</tr>
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  <td><a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33118">CVE-2026-33118</a></td>
  <td>Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability</td>
  <td>Low</td>
  <td>4.3</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>No</td>
  <td>Spoofing</td>
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  <p class=""><em>* Indicates this CVE had been released by a third party and is now being included in Microsoft releases</em>.</p><p class=""><em>† Indicates further administrative actions are required to fully address the vulnerability.</em></p><p class=""><em> </em></p><p class="">Looking at the other Critical-rated bugs in this month’s release, there are three Office-related bugs where the Preview Pane is once again listed as an exploit vector. I would still like to have a full-proof way of disabling the Preview Pane, but I don’t see that as an option. There’s a bug in the RDP client, but that involves connecting to a malicious RDP server. The bug in Active Directory requires authentication and a network adjacent attacker. The final Critical-rated bug is an interesting DoS in .NET Framework. An unauthenticated attacker could deny service over a network – presumably crippling any affected app made in .NET. You rarely see Critical-rated DoS bugs, but this one deserves the moniker.</p><p class="">Moving on to the other code execution bugs, you have quite a few open-and-own bugs in Office components, most notably Excel, where the Preview Pane is not an attack vector. The bug in SQL Server requires authentication, and as usual, additional steps are needed to ensure you have the correct update to remediate this vulnerability. The two bugs in Hyper-V almost reads like a privilege escalation since it allows unauthorized attackers to execute code locally. That’s the same for the bugs in the Windows Snipping Tool and the UPnP Device host. </p><p class="">More than half of this release addresses Elevation of Privilege (EoP) bugs. However, most simply lead to local attackers executing their code at SYSTEM-level privileges or administrative privileges, so there’s not much to add without further technical details about the bugs themselves. The bugs in SQL Server could allow an attacker to gain SQL sysadmin privileges. One of the kernel bugs simply states an attacker could “elevate privileges locally”. How obtuse. That’s similar for the bug in afd.sys and Desktop Windows Manager, but Microsoft also states that these bugs could crash an affected system. There are several bugs that result in a sandbox escape, including Windows Push Notifications, AFD for Winsock, Management Services, and User Interface Core. Of these, CVE-2026-26167 (Push Notifications) is the most notable — it's the only one with low attack complexity, meaning no race condition needed. The rest all require winning a race condition (AC:H). The bugs in UPnP are interesting as they allow attackers to gain access to a limited set of administrator-protected objects. Not a full escalation but definitely getting access to resources they shouldn’t. The vulnerability in the Brokering File System allows attackers to gain the level of the logged on user, so don’t do your normal activities as a user with admin privileges. The bug in Azure Monitor Agent leads to root-level access. </p><p class="">There are a dozen different security features bypass bugs in the April release. Some of these are obvious by the title alone. For example, the bugs in Windows Hello bypass safety features within the Hello app itself. The bug in the Biometric Service allows attackers to bypass biometric protections. The vulns in BitLocker and Secure Boot bypass protections in those components. The bug in Power Apps allows attackers to bypass a security warning dialog and trick targets into triggering an external protocol call that performs unintended actions on the user’s device. The bug in Windows Shell allows attackers to bypass Mark of the Web (MotW) protections. The bug in PowerShell could almost be described as a code execution bug as exploiting it bypasses dynamic-expression security checks, which could result in code execution. The vulnerability in the Windows Recovery Environment allows local attackers to bypass BitLocker device encryption. Finally, the bug in Virtualization‑Based Security (VBS) is the most interesting of the bunch – and not just because VBS is a (relatively) new feature. The problem allows attackers to manipulate allow a compromised Windows kernel to modify memory belonging to the secure kernel, breaking the intended isolation guarantees provided by VBS. Somewhat of a sandbox escape, but this time, you’re escaping from Virtual Trust Level 0 (VTL0) to Virtual Trust Level 1 (VTL1). Neat.</p><p class="">Moving on to the Information Disclosure bugs fixed this month, we have 20 different CVEs. Fortunately, most of these simply result in info leaks consisting of unspecified memory contents or memory addresses. While useful in crafting exploits, they aren’t exactly exciting on their own. There are also several bugs that disclose addresses from an object a contained in a sandboxed execution environment. This includes bugs in the Print Spooler, Package Catalog, and Web Account Manager. The bug in Dynamics 365 discloses the ever ineffable “sensitive information”. There are three different info disclosure bugs in UPnP. Two allow an attacker to read from the file system, while the third discloses anything available to the LOCAL SERVICE account. The final info disclosure bug resides in Copilot and Visual Studio and allows attackers to disclose the contents of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) when using Copilot. There are those who think MCP is dead (thanks to agentic AI agents), but if you’re using a custom MCP, I doubt you would want it leaked.</p><p class="">The April release contains just a handful of Spoofing bugs. Some, like the bugs in .NET, Active Directory, and Windows Shell, just say that they allow spoofing over a network. Others, like the bug in Windows Snipping Tool, say similar but also note that it could be used to relay NTLMv2 hashes. The patch for RDP <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2347342">notes</a> that there are new warning dialogs coming this month. The bug in the Windows Admin Center would allow an attacker to interact with other tenant’s applications and content. Finally, the spoofing bug in SharePoint is another XSS issue.</p><p class="">There are eight DoS bugs in the April release, but as always, Microsoft provides no actionable information about the vulnerabilities. Microsoft does offer a mitigation for the http.sys bug that can be applied while you test and deploy the patch, but I would rely on the patch rather than the mitigation. Another exception is the bug for Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service, which allows attackers to deny service locally rather than over the network.</p><p class="">The final(!) bug in the April release is a Tampering bug in WSUS that reads like a DoS. According to Microsoft, “An attacker can send specially crafted packets which could affect availability of the service and result in Denial of Service (DoS).” But sure – let’s call it Tampering. </p><p class="">No new advisories are being released this month.</p><p class=""><strong>Looking Ahead</strong></p><p class="">I will be in Berlin for the next Patch Tuesday, which will be May 12, and I’ll provide my full thoughts then on what will hopefully be a smaller release than this one. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[If you just want to read the contest rules, click here. Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and OffensiveCon. Outside of...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class=""><em>If you just want to read the contest rules, click </em><a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnBerlin2026Rules.html" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><p class=""> </p><p class="">Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and <a href="https://www.offensivecon.org/" target="_blank">OffensiveCon</a>. Outside of our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xj9Du8iuXCw" target="_blank">shipping troubles</a>, we had an amazing time and can’t wait to get back.</p><p class="">Last year, we added <strong>Artificial Intelligence</strong> as a category with great results. This year, we’re expanding this and splitting it into multiple different categories: AI Databases, Coding Agents, Local Inferences, and a separate category for NVIDIA products. In last year’s contest, NVIDIA targets had wins, losses, and collisions, so it will be interesting to see how they fare this year. The folks from <strong>AWS </strong>wanted to get into the fray as well, so they stepped up to co-sponsor this year’s event, which allows us to increase the reward for bugs in Firecracker. Of course, we have all of the returning categories as well, including web browsers, containers, servers, virtualization, and operating systems. There’s more than $1,000,000 in cash and prizes available for contestants. Last year, we awarded $1,078,750 for 28 unique 0-days over the three-day event. We’ll see if we can eclipse those numbers in 2026.</p><p class="">The contest begins on May 14, but registration closes on May 7, so don’t delay in getting those submissions in. We’re hoping for maximum participation, so set aside your vibe coding and show us what you can really do. We’re looking forward to some cutting-edge exploitation on display. For 2026, we have a total of 31 targets across 10 categories. Here is a full list of the categories for this year’s event:  </p>





















  
  



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<a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#virtual">-- Virtualization</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#browser">-- Web Browser</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#entapps">-- Enterprise Applications</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#server">-- Servers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#eop">-- Local Escalation of Privilege</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#container">-- Containers</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#aidb">-- AI Database</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#aicode">-- Coding Agents</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#ailocal">-- Local Inference</a><br><a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/3/11/announcing-pwn2own-berlin-for-2026#nvidia">-- NVIDIA</a>  </p>




  <p class="">Of course, no Pwn2Own competition would be complete without us crowning a Master of Pwn (Meister von Pwn?). Since the order of the contest is decided by a random draw, contestants with an unlucky draw could still demonstrate fantastic research but receive less money since subsequent rounds go down in value. However, the points awarded for each unique, successful entry do <em>not</em> go down. Someone could have a bad draw and still accumulate the most points. The person or team with the most points at the end of the contest will be crowned Master of Pwn, receive 65,000 ZDI reward points (enough for <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/about/benefits/" target="_blank">Platinum</a> status), a killer <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5894c269e4fcb5e65a1ed623/t/5b8993b321c67c67b886f506/1535742910114/trophy.jpg" target="_blank">trophy</a>, and a <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6Z5iQQXEAEPQ0Q.jpg" target="_blank">pretty</a> <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNhpw_xUEAEkEwG.jpg" target="_blank">snazzy</a> <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu-6uFSWcAEefBS.jpg" target="_blank">jacket</a> to boot.</p><p class="">Let's look at the details of the rules for this year's event.</p>





















  
  



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  <p class="">Some of the highlights for each contest can be found in the Virtualization Category, and we’re thrilled to see what this year’s event could bring with it. As usual, VMware is the main highlight of this category as we’ll have VMware ESXi return with an award of $150,000. Last year produced the first ESXi exploits in Pwn2Own history, so it will be interesting to see if we get more. Microsoft also returns as a target and leads the virtualization category with a $250,000 award for a successful Hyper-V Client guest-to-host escalation. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is our final target in this category with a prize of $50,000.</p><p class="">There’s an add-on bonus in this category as well. If a contestant can escape the guest OS, then gain arbitrary code execution on the virtualization target <em>and</em> obtain arbitrary code execution in the guest operating system on a separate virtual machine managed by the same targeted virtualization target, they’ll earn another $50,000. That could push the payout on a ESXi bug to $200,000. This bonus is for KVM and ESXi only. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and available payouts in the Virtualization category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">While browsers are the “traditional” Pwn2Own target, we’re continuously tweaking the targets in this category to ensure they remain relevant. We re-introduced renderer-only exploits a couple of years ago, and this year, we’ve increased the award to $75,000. In fact, we’ve increased the awards across the board for this category. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and available payouts:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Enterprise applications return as targets with Adobe Reader and various Office components on the target list once again. Attempts in this category must be launched from the target under test. For example, launching the target under test from the command line is not allowed. Prizes in this category run from $50,000 for a Reader exploit with a sandbox escape or a Reader exploit with a kernel privilege escalation, and $150,000 for an Office 365 application. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are all valid targets. Microsoft Office-based targets will have Protected View enabled where applicable. Adobe Reader will have Protected Mode enabled where applicable.</p><p class="">This year, we’re adding a bonus for Copilot data exfiltration and Copilot action execution. Microsoft just <a href="https://x.com/thezdi/status/2031496424488042681" target="_blank">patched</a> a bug like this in Excel, so we know they are out there. If you’re able to exploit Copilot in addition to a Microsoft application, you’ll earn an additional $50,000. There are quite a few rules and scenarios around this add-on, so be sure to read the rules carefully and contact us with questions. Here’s a detailed view of the targets and payouts in the Enterprise Application category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">The Server Category for 2026 focuses solely on the server components we’re most interested in. These servers are often targeted by everyone from ransomware crews to nation/state actors, so we know there are exploits out there for them. The only question is whether we’ll see any of the competitors bring one of those exploits to Pwn2Own. Last year, the bugs demonstrated in SharePoint ended up being exploited in the wild, so we know people are looking for these with great interest. Microsoft Exchange has been a popular target for some time, and it returns as a target this year as well, with a payout of $200,000. This category is rounded out by Microsoft Windows RDP/RDS, which also has a payout of $200,000. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and payouts in the Server category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">This category is a classic for Pwn2Own and focuses on attacks that originate from a standard user and result in executing code as a high-privileged user. A successful entry in this category must leverage a kernel vulnerability to escalate privileges. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Workstations returns as our Linux-based target, while Apple macOS, and Microsoft Windows 11 return as targets in this category. Prior exploits in this category have won Pwnie awards, so they’re always interesting to see. Here’s a detailed look at the targets and payouts in this category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">We’re excited to have this category return for its third season, and we’re hopeful that even more contestants will target one of these container targets. For an attempt to be ruled a success against these three, the exploit must be launched from within the guest container/microVM and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. Again, with help from AWS, Firecracker returns as a target with a prize of $100,000. Here are the targets and payouts for this category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">In the past, AI Hackathons have focused on using AI to develop vulnerabilities or other offensive frameworks. We’re opening up the models and various components themselves for exploitation. The first AI sub-category focuses on databases. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Database category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Let’s face it. At some point or another, we’ve probably all vibe coded something. There’s no shame in that, but how secure are the tools we use for vibe coding? Well, let’s take the most popular choices and find out. A successful entry must interact with a contestant-controlled resource (e.g. web page, repository, media file) to exploit a vulnerability within the coding agent. The attack vector of the entry must be a common coding agent use case. There are few things out of scope here as well. UI spoofing or misrepresentation unrelated to permission prompts, model jailbreaks or prompt outputs that do not cross security boundaries, and vulnerabilities that require unsafe or permission-less modes are just a few of the things not allowed. As this is a new category, please read the rules carefully to ensure your entry qualifies. Here’s a look at the targets and awards in the AI Coding Agent category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">We couldn’t leave local inference and LLMs out of Pwn2Own. These products claim to provide enhanced data privacy, zero-cost inference, lower latency, and fully offline functionality. We’ll see how the security stacks up. An attempt in this category must be launched from the contestant’s laptop within the contest network. Here are the targets and payouts for the Local Inference category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Our last AI sub-category focuses solely on NVIDIA products. For network accessible targets, an attempt must be launched from the contestant's laptop within the contest network. For NV Container Toolkit, the attempt must be launched from within a crafted container image and execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. For Megatron Bridge, entries that leverage vulnerabilities pertaining to pickle deserialization or that leverage a vulnerability when “trust_remote_code=true” are out of scope. Here are the targets and payouts for the NVIDIA category:</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class=""><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p class="">The complete rules for Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 are found <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/Pwn2OwnBerlin2026Rules.html" target="_blank">here</a>. As always, we <strong>highly</strong> encourage entrants to read the rules thoroughly if they choose to participate. If you are thinking about participating but have specific configuration or rule-related questions, <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com?subject=Pwn2Own%20Berlin%202026%20Question" target="_blank">email</a> us. Questions asked over X (nee Twitter), BlueSky, or other means will not be answered. Registration is required to ensure we have sufficient resources on hand at the event. Please contact ZDI at <a href="mailto:pwn2own@trendmicro.com">pwn2own@trendmicro.com</a> to begin the registration process. Registration for onsite participation closes at 5 p.m. Central European Time on May 7, 2026.</p><p class="">Be sure to stay tuned to this blog and follow us on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/thezdi" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thezdi" target="_blank">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/zerodayinitiative" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thezdi.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> for the latest information and updates about the contest. We look forward to seeing everyone in Germany, and we hope to see some of the best in the world show what they can do – vibe coded or not.</p><p class="">With special thanks to our Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 partners AWS, for providing their expertise and technology.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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<description><![CDATA[Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Executive summary 
A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboratio...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3694430/it-security-nachrichten/russian-state-supported-cyber-actors-conduct-phishing-campaign-targeting-users-of-zimbra-collaboration-suite/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:59:26 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="c-page-title__buttons"><a class="c-button" href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/22/2003965244/-1/-1/1/CSA_RUSSIA_PHISHING_TARGET_ZIMBRA.PDF">Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite</a></div>
<h2><strong>Executive summary</strong> </h2>
<p>A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) software since at least July 2025. The Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group’s activity is tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#cyber1">Cybersecurity industry tracking</a>), primarily as “LAUNDRY BEAR,” a name initially coined by the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>].</p>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR’s targeting is almost certainly to gather sensitive information for the Russian Federation, with these actors primarily focusing on the covert acquisition of email data. Previous campaigns indicated LAUNDRY BEAR relied on unsophisticated initial access techniques—including password spraying, phishing, and pass-the-cookie—allowing the group to successfully run high-volume operations. The latest campaign targeting ZCS uses a novel exploit that was a zero-day vulnerability when first exploited and continues to be successfully exploited. The vulnerability, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, was patched in November 2025. This demonstrates LAUNDRY BEAR’s intent and ability to deploy increasingly sophisticated technical capabilities.</p>
<p>Unlike traditional phishing campaigns that persuade a user into taking an action, such as clicking a link or opening a file, LAUNDRY BEAR’s latest campaign leverages a view-based exploit that only requires a user to view a malicious email within a vulnerable version of the webmail service. Once viewed, the exploit attempts to exfiltrate the victim’s last 90 days of email communications, the organization email directory (i.e., Global Address List [GAL]), and other sensitive information to servers controlled by LAUNDRY BEAR. The exploit also attempts to establish persistent access to victim accounts through a variety of means as detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section.</p>
<p>This Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) warns of this ongoing malicious threat activity and urges organizations to update their vulnerable software and implement additional mitigations to thwart these Russian state-supported actors’ continued success. The CSA is being released by the following authoring and co-sealing agencies:</p>
<ul>
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD)</li>
<li>Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>United States Department of the Treasury</li>
<li>United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li>Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f8"><sup>8</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f10"><sup>10</sup></a></li>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f11"><sup>11</sup></a></li>
<li>The Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland (SKW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f12"><sup>12</sup></a></li>
<li>Spain National Intelligence Centre (CNI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f13"><sup>13</sup></a></li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-SE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f14"><sup>14</sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The authoring agencies urge any organizations using ZCS to implement the recommendations listed within the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#mitigations1">Mitigations</a> section of this advisory to reduce the risk associated with this activity. This CSA also includes specific remediations for organizations to implement if they discover the presence of the listed <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">Indicators of compromise</a> (IOCs).  </p>
<p>As more organizations update their ZCS software based on this CSA, LAUNDRY BEAR may discontinue the current campaign exploiting this vulnerability; however, based on the success of this and previous campaigns, it is very likely that the group will continue to target ZCS and other email systems used by organizations in Western countries. The actors will almost certainly continue to rely on email to engage potential victims by exploiting novel vulnerabilities and, when necessary, use social engineering techniques to assist with their efforts. The authoring agencies recommend organizations regularly update their mail service software and continuously monitor their email systems and emails for malicious activity.</p>
<p>For a downloadable list of IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.xml">AA26-204A.stix.xml</a> (STIX XML)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.json">AA26-204A.stix.json</a> (STIX JSON)</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Cybersecurity industry tracking</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry provides overlapping cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and mitigation recommendations related to these Russian state-supported cyber actors. While not exhaustive, the following are threat group names commonly used for these actors within the cybersecurity community:</p>
<ul>
<li>LAUNDRY BEAR</li>
<li>Void Blizzard [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]</li>
<li>CL-STA-1114 [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc3">3</a>]</li>
<li>TA488 (formerly UNK_PitStop) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc4">4</a>]</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Cybersecurity companies have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this may not be a 1:1 correlation to the U.S. government’s understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<h2><strong>Background</strong></h2>
<p>Public advisories from Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), and Microsoft highlighted these Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) actors in May 2025, calling them LAUNDRY BEAR and Void Blizzard respectively [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]. Both advisories assessed that the group was engaged in malicious cyber activity as early as April 2024.  </p>
<p>The May 2025 advisories highlighted a cluster of activity targeting cloud-based email environments, including Microsoft Exchange in particular, and abusing legitimate APIs to perform data exfiltration in bulk [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank">T1114.002</a>]. The group relied on unsophisticated means of initial access, including procuring stolen credentials on criminal marketplaces [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank">T1078</a>], and using social engineering techniques to lure targets into interacting with a malicious site masquerading as a legitimate one. As of April 2025, one of these sites resembled a European Defence &amp; Security Summit registration portal that required registrants to sign in to their Microsoft account to view. Once a user entered their Microsoft credentials into this malicious site, LAUNDRY BEAR’s modified version of the open source adversary emulation toolkit, Evilginx, intercepted the user’s credentials. LAUNDRY BEAR then used this authentication data, including passwords and session tokens, to access the compromised account and conduct mass email exfiltration, as well as harvest other information. This method of compromise is commonly known as an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank">T1557</a>].  </p>
<p>Beginning around July 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR shifted toward a more technical method of email compromise, highlighting their continued efforts to covertly acquire email communications from a variety of Western organizations of interest and deliver them to the Russian Federation. Using a custom-developed capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/001/" target="_blank">T1587.001</a>] named “<em>Улей</em>” or “<em>Ulej</em>” (Russian for beehive), LAUNDRY BEAR successfully targeted and exfiltrated sensitive user information from organizations who use the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) product [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank">T1114</a>]. Data LAUNDRY BEAR attempted to exfiltrate from compromised accounts included:</p>
<ul>
<li>Last 90 days of emails,</li>
<li>Email address,</li>
<li>Password [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank">T1589.001</a>],</li>
<li>Global Address List (GAL) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>],</li>
<li>Two-factor authentication (2FA) tokens, and</li>
<li>Newly-created Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank">T1098</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>The covert and persistent nature of this activity, along with the absence of any known financial extortion, almost certainly indicates this group’s involvement in espionage activities with Russian government backing. Additionally, extensive Ukrainian targeting, prior to use against U.S. and other NATO allies, outlines an increasing trend within Russian cyber threat groups to target Ukrainian users first—both as a priority target and as a testbench for malicious cyber techniques before broader global deployment.</p>
<h2><strong>Targeting details</strong></h2>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has targeted and compromised users in various organizations, including those associated with:</p>
<ul>
<li>the Defense Industrial Base (DIB),  </li>
<li>the federal and local government,</li>
<li>education,</li>
<li>energy,</li>
<li>law enforcement,  </li>
<li>media,  </li>
<li>non-governmental organizations, and</li>
<li>technology.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Technical details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank">MITRE ATT&amp;CK® Matrix for Enterprise</a> framework, version 19. This advisory also uses <a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/" target="_blank">MITRE D3FEND<sup>TM</sup></a> version 1.4.0<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f15"><sup>15</sup></a>. See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixa">Appendix A</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixb">Appendix B</a> for tables of the activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK and D3FEND tactics, techniques, and countermeasures.</p>
<p><em>Ulej </em>is a novel data exfiltration and aggregation capability, that currently (as of the publication of this report) supports a campaign specifically targeting users of ZCS webmail servers. This capability is used to exploit <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> [Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html" target="_blank">CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'</a>)], but likely could be adapted to exploit other vulnerabilities. It exfiltrates emails and other sensitive user data from a victim’s system immediately after exploitation and stores the data in an actor-controlled unattributable virtual private server (VPS) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank">T1074.002</a>] running LAUNDRY BEAR’s “Flowerbed” collection framework. The collected data is almost certainly further exfiltrated to internal network resources for review and long-term retention.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Reconnaissance</strong></em></h3>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR uses the <em>Ulej </em>capability to exploit the <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> vulnerability in organizations using ZCS. This campaign’s targeted victimology and limited exploitation capabilities likely indicate this group manually identifies and targets the victim organizations. LAUNDRY BEAR likely identifies organizations with public-facing Zimbra infrastructure by port scanning [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank">T1595</a>] and fingerprinting datasets easily procured through various commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank">T1596.005</a>].  </p>
<p>After identifying a target organization, the group likely compiles email addresses for individual users to target with the exploit [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank">T1589.002</a>] from datasets offered by commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank">T1597.002</a>], open source intelligence [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank">T1593</a>], or previously exfiltrated data [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank">T1597</a>].  </p>
<h3><em><strong>Resource development </strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>The actors procure VPSs from a variety of providers [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a>], including those with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, and often use fabricated identities. LAUNDRY BEAR primarily uses Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/">T1583</a>] when interacting with these servers, further demonstrating the group’s intent to mask their identity and maintain operations security (OPSEC). After the server is provisioned, an automated process deploys the Docker containers necessary for <em>Ulej’s</em> Flowerbed framework [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/">T1608</a>], which then receives and aggregates the data <em>Ulej</em> exfiltrates. These servers are typically only used for 7-60 days before moving to new infrastructure.</p>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed framework</strong></h4>
<p>Flowerbed is a Python project that uses Docker for containerization. The project includes four different Docker containers:</p>
<ul>
<li>Catcher,</li>
<li>Certbot,</li>
<li>Nginx, and</li>
<li>Gardener.</li>
</ul>
<p>Catcher acts as both a DNS and HTTP server to receive and aggregate exfiltrated victim information [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/">T1048</a>]. For additional information on Catcher, refer to the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory. Flowerbed’s next container, Certbot, is based on one of the official Certbot containers, which allows for automated generation of Let’s Encrypt certificates using DNS challenges through Cloudflare. This certificate can then be used by the Nginx container, which serves as an HTTPS reverse proxy for Catcher, enabling Flowerbed to disguise some of its exfiltration activity through an encrypted communications channel [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank">T1048.002</a>]. The Nginx reverse proxy also validates that the Server Name Indicator (SNI) value contains “*.i.*” prior to forwarding the traffic to Catcher. If the SNI does not contain that string, the Nginx server returns a 444 error to the client. This is likely an attempt to reject non-Ulej connections. Finally, the Gardener container functions as a health check for the Catcher service. Gardener is a simple Python script that validates Catcher correctly receives and processes data.</p>
<p>The simplistic Flowerbed codebase has indications that artificial intelligence (AI) played a role in its development. This highlights how AI is increasingly being used to develop malicious capabilities [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank">T1588.007</a>]. The dependence on AI for a simple capability, such as Flowerbed, alongside a previous reliance on open source capabilities, such as Evilginx2 [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank">T1588.002</a>], likely indicates a lack of advanced technical knowledge within LAUNDRY BEAR, especially in relation to true software development capabilities.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Initial access</strong></em></h3>
<p>To gain initial access, LAUNDRY BEAR sends an email containing a malicious JavaScript payload to the target [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank">T1566</a>]. Through exploitation of <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, this JavaScript payload is immediately executed once the user views the malicious email [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank">T1203</a>], such as the one shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure1"><strong>Figure 1</strong></a>, in the ZCS webmail platform. Since at least November 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR began sending these phishing emails from victim infrastructure through compromised accounts [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank">T1199</a>], as shown in the email metadata in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>. These compromised accounts were likely previous victims of this, or another LAUNDRY BEAR, campaign and their use is intended to further obfuscate and frustrate anti-phishing tools and training.</p>
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<p>According to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was initially published on 5 January 2026. This vulnerability allows for execution of a JavaScript payload included in email content due to improper sanitization of Cascading Style Sheet’s (CSS) @import directives within an email [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc5">5</a>]. Because the activity attributed to this campaign began in July 2025—months before Synacor released a patch and the CVE was published—the payload initially exploited a zero-day vulnerability at that time [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank">T1587.004</a>].  </p>
<p><strong>Utilization of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability.</strong></p>
<p>Hidden in LAUNDRY BEAR’s email is a Base64 encoded payload within the “onload” field of a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) element [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank">T1027.017</a>], as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>. Leading up to the inclusion of this payload in the SVG element are various instances of @import directives, as required to leverage <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a>. This payload includes an XOR encrypted final script encoded in a Base64 inner payload (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank">T1027.013</a>]. The outer payload decodes and decrypts the inner payload using an XOR function and a hardcoded key and then executes the script contained within the inner payload containing the collection and exfiltration logic. By changing the key used for the XOR encryption of the inner payload or adding additional @import directives with non-functional code [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank">T1027.010</a>], LAUNDRY BEAR can easily generate new payloads that bypass basic threat detection signatures. This malicious payload attempts to collect and exfiltrate information in 12 asynchronous stages [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/">T1119</a>]. The stages in order of appearance within the payload are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>sendStartPing,</li>
<li>gather_email,</li>
<li>gather_environment,</li>
<li>gather_2fa_codes,</li>
<li>gather_app_password,</li>
<li>gather_device_status,</li>
<li>gather_oauth_consumers,</li>
<li>gather_autocomplete_password,</li>
<li>enable_mail_protocols,</li>
<li>gather_gal,</li>
<li>sendArchives, and</li>
<li>sendFinishPing. </li>
</ol>
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<p>Use of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/" target="_blank">T1587</a>].</p>
<h3><em><strong>Persistence and credential access</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>To establish sustained persistence into the victim’s email account, the script attempts to modify account preferences and collect authentication information. Any collected credentials are later exfiltrated, as further described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. Other campaigns attributed to LAUNDRY BEAR also demonstrated the group’s ability to circumvent multi-factor authentication through session token replay [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank">T1550.004</a>], and the Zimbra campaign follows a similar trend.</p>
<p>The script used in this campaign tries to discover the victim’s email address during the <em>gather_email</em> stage [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>]. The script searches for this email address in two ways. First, it examines the <em>batchInfoResponse </em>variable, which an HTML script element on the webpage can define, for an email address. Even if the script finds an email address there, it also checks whether it acquired a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) token as described later in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory. If so, the script uses the “GetIdentitiesRequest” Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to determine the victim’s email address [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank">T1185</a>] and then exfiltrates it. However, if the script does not have a CSRF token or the SOAP request fails, the script exfiltrates the email value recovered from the first method instead. If both attempts fail to capture the victim’s email, the script sends a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) payload with a key of “email” and value of <em>null </em>over HTTPS and does not attempt DNS exfiltration.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_autocomplete_password</em> stage, the script attempts to collect the victim’s saved password via the autocomplete feature of the victim’s password manager. The script injects two HTML div elements requesting login credentials onto the page outside of the victim’s view, as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. After waiting five seconds, the script then attempts to extract the password provided automatically by the password manager from the input element shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a>. If there is no value in that input field, it checks the password input field shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. If neither input field contains a value, a JSON payload with a key of “autocomplete_password” and value of <em>null </em>is sent over HTTPS and DNS exfiltration is not attempted.</p>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR almost certainly relies on a mail client using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for persistent access to the victim’s mailbox. During the <em>enable_mail_protocols</em> stage, a SOAP request leveraging the “ModifyPrefsRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace is sent. This request attempts to set the “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” preference to TRUE. While the default setting for “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” is not well documented, this action is almost certainly intended to ensure that IMAP access to the victim’s mailbox is enabled.</p>
<p>ZCS does not support 2FA for some mail clients, including IMAP. To support users who rely on IMAP clients, ZCS allows for the generation of Application Passcodes. Application Passcodes are randomly generated passwords that can be used for clients that cannot support the normal 2FA process to authenticate. During the <em>gather_app_password</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to create a new Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank">T1556.006</a>]. The SOAP request uses “ZimbraWeb” as the name of the application.</p>
<p>Additionally, the script also attempts to collect 2FA tokens. During the <em>gather_2fa_codes</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “GetScratchCodesRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace. The script then attempts to exfiltrate any non-null 2FA codes collected this way. The number of codes can vary, and each code is exfiltrated to Flowerbed individually.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Collection</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>As demonstrated in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, this script relies heavily on SOAP requests to collect victim information. To make these requests, the script aims to acquire the victim’s current CSRF token, which it attempts to access within the webpage’s local storage using localStorage.getItem("csrfToken"). If the script is unable to acquire this CSRF token, it will be unable to make any SOAP requests. In addition to the SOAP commands documented in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, other SOAP commands executed to collect victim information are shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a>.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 1: Additional SOAP commands used</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>SOAP Command </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Namespace </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetInfoRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraSync </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>SearchGalRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script attempts to collect the victim’s GAL through brute force by searching for each two-character combination from a character set of “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890.-_”. These queries are conducted using 20 batches of SOAP requests with 77 “SearchGalRequest” SOAP commands in each batch except for the last request containing only 58.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_environment</em> stage, the script attempts to determine which type of ZCS webmail client the victim is using. The script checks the user’s current URL to determine the client type being used, checking for certain indicators (shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table2"><strong>Table 2</strong></a>) to determine the client type. The corresponding value is then used as the payload when exfiltrating the client type.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 2: ZCS webmail client types</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Indicator </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Client Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Associated Value </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>?client=advanced </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Advanced </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/h/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Standard </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>h </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/modern/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Modern </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>m </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>As part of collection, the script attempts to harvest any emails not marked as “junk” from the last 90 days from the victim’s account. Emails are collected daily by an HTTP GET request to the URL path, “/home/~/?fmt=tgz&amp;meta=0&amp;query=date:-{DAY_OFFSET}d AND (not in:junk)”. The <em>{DAY_OFFSET}</em> value would be between 0 and 89 representing how many days ago the email was sent or received. To prevent redundant collection and exfiltration of emails, a variable with a name based on the email date being queried, using a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD</em>, and value of <em>true</em>, is saved to the <em>window.top.localStorage</em> property. This variable is saved regardless of whether the email is successfully exfiltrated.  </p>
<p>According to Mozilla documentation, if the user is not in a private browsing session, any data stored to localStorage does not typically expire. This means that if the user happens to execute the script again from the same computer, the script avoids attempting to re-exfiltrate previously captured emails. However, the script always attempts to pull any emails with a <em>{DAY_OFFSET} </em>of zero. In other words, the script always pulls emails sent or received the same day it is run. After email results are returned from the query for each day of email activity, those results are then passed to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section.</p>
<p>The script also provides LAUNDRY BEAR with telemetry on any errors that occur during the collection process. This is accomplished by executing any collection or exfiltration code through helper functions that contain error handling logic. If an error occurs, a payload containing information on the error itself, the context of the error happening, and the stage in which the error occurred is sent to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. For cases where the error occurs within a SOAP request, “:api” is concatenated to the stage value in the payload. If an error occurs during the batch SOAP requests that occur when collecting the GAL of the victim, the stage value will use a format of <em>gather_gal:{VAL}:api</em>. The <em>{VAL}</em> placeholder indicates which batch request, a number from 0 to 19, the error occurred in. Errors that occur during the password autocomplete interception process will use “gather_autocomplete_password:dom” for the stage value. Finally, if an error occurs when attempting to collect or exfiltrate a specific day’s emails, the stage will include which day the error occurred on, using the previously defined placeholder <em>{DAY_OFFSET},</em> with a format of <em>sendArchive:day-{DAY_OFFSET}</em>.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Exfiltration</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>At the end of each stage in the collection process, the script attempts to exfiltrate acquired information to Flowerbed. The script primarily relies on two forms of data exfiltration: DNS [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank">T1048.003</a>] and HTTPS. Some information is exfiltrated over both the DNS and HTTPS channels.</p>
<p>Prior to exfiltration, a randomized 10- or 11-character alphanumeric string is generated as an identifier for the victim. This identifier is included in the URL of both the DNS- and HTTPS-based exfiltration.  </p>
<h4><strong>DNS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>DNS exfiltration occurs through DNS A record queries. To ensure data exfiltrated through DNS is not corrupted when traversing through non-actor-controlled DNS infrastructure, <em>Ulej </em>maintains compliance with RFC 1035, Domain Names - Implementation and Specification, specifically accounting for the case insensitivity and subdomain length requirements. Base32 encoding is used to create a case-insensitive payload. Once the payload is encoded, a period (“.”) is added every 60 characters to ensure each subdomain is under 63 characters long. The script then creates a new image object sourced from a URL with the scheme defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a>. Any traffic involving DNS exfiltration will have “d-“ prefixing the victim identifier, and the subdomain immediately following indicates the type of information being exfiltrated.</p>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 6: Structure for information exfiltrated by DNS</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>When the script generates an image object, the browser tries to retrieve the complete domain of the URL specified as the source of the image. This triggers a DNS request sent to the actor-controlled server and processed by Flowerbed. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> lists both the information exfiltrated via DNS and their corresponding data type identifiers in the DNS queries.  </p>
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<table dir="ltr" class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em><strong>Table 3: DNS exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p><strong>Data Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>e </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Client Type </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Zimbra Version </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment  </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>v </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>URL at Time of Exploitation </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2FA Scratch Codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2fa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pw </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4><strong>HTTPS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>Any information exfiltrated via DNS is also exfiltrated through HTTPS, as well as additional data including email content, contacts, attachments, and error logging information. By using Let’s Encrypt certificates, this group can quickly deploy new infrastructure and leverage encrypted HTTPS communications with valid server certificates when exfiltrating information from the victim’s environment. The HTTPS exfiltration capability only uses two HTTP content types, defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table4"><strong>Table 4</strong></a>. Traffic associated with HTTPS exfiltration will use the URL scheme shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>.  </p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
<table dir="ltr" class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em><strong>Table 4: HTTPS exfiltration types</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p><strong>Content Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p><strong>URL Path </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>application/json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>/v/p </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>application/octet-stream </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>/v/d </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 7: Structure for information exfiltrated by HTTPS</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>Some of the data transmitted via HTTPS uses the standard JSON content type format. The script includes the information in a POST request to actor-controlled infrastructure.  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> provides a summary of the JSON-based exfiltration.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 5: HTTPS JSON exfiltration  </strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p><strong>JSON Key(s) </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Client Type, Version, and Current URL </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>client, version, full_url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script transmits all HTTPS exfiltration not identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> using the Octet-Stream content type as binary data. The POST requests for this method include a filename in the “X-Filename” header. Traditionally, developers use headers prefixed with “X-” to denote custom headers that do not follow a defined standard. The purpose of including this header remains unclear since the Catcher capability ignores the provided filename when saving the data. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> summarizes the data exfiltrated in this format.</p>
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<div class="WACAltTextDescribedBy SCXW189907655 BCX8"><a class="ck-anchor"></a></div>
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<caption><em><strong> Table 6: HTTPS binary exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p><strong>X-Filename Header </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetInfoRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetScratchCodesRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>Victim Organization’s Global Address List </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>telemetry_{1-20}.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>Last 90 Days of Victim’s Emails </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>sendArchives </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>telemetryData_{0-89}.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<p>The script sends all exfiltrated data identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> to the Catcher service exactly as received from the SOAP request in a JSON payload, except for email exfiltration. For email exfiltration, the script sends it as a GZIP compressed archive [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank">T1560</a>]. Although most of the exfiltration consists of valid JSON, the script still attempts to exfiltrate all information identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> using the application/octet-stream content typing rather than application/json.</p>
<p>At the beginning and end of the collection and exfiltration activity, during the <em>sendStartPing</em> and <em>sendFinishPing </em>stages respectively, the script submits a POST request with a JSON payload to indicate that the script is starting or finishing execution. Throughout execution, the script also logs error events and send the logs using similar JSON payloads. The script sends the JSON in a POST request to the URL documented in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>, using a URL path of “/v/p” and with a “subtype” key that shows which type of action it logged (<em>start, finish, or error</em>).  </p>
<h4><strong>Catcher</strong></h4>
<p><em>Ulej </em>exfiltrates information to Flowerbed to be handled by a service named Catcher. Catcher is a containerized Python application, running in Docker as part of Flowerbed, which is detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section. It receives exfiltrated data and temporarily stores it, enabling its eventual transfer to infrastructure designed for long-term, secure storage.</p>
<p>Catcher acts as an HTTP server over port 8000 and a DNS server on port 53. As described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section, the Flowerbed project uses an additional Docker container running an Nginx reverse proxy to enable HTTPS support. This reverse proxy uses a certificate generated by Let’s Encrypt and forwards all traffic with an SNI containing “*.i.*” to port 8000 within the Catcher container.</p>
<p>The DNS service can accept A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and CAA queries. For any MX, AAAA, or CAA queries, the server will always provide an empty response. The system only supports TXT records as needed to process Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) requests, which enable the assignment of Let’s Encrypt certificates. If the server receives an A query, Catcher will always respond with the public IP address of the Flowerbed server.  </p>
<p>However, if a query includes a domain formatted as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>, the service saves a log file in JSON format to disk containing the following details of the DNS query:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time of query,</li>
<li>Source IP address for query,</li>
<li>Queried domain, and</li>
<li>Type of query.</li>
</ul>
<p>The HTTP server typically responds with OK, except in cases where the path is “pixel.gif” when the response contains a 1x1 gif image with a SHA-256 hash of ef1955ae757c8b966c83248350331bd3a30f658ced11f387f8ebf05ab3368629. Like the DNS service, the HTTP service will only log entries when the domain found in the host header of the request follows the expected formatting as seen in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>. As the HTTPS exfiltration uses non-standardized binary and JSON-formatted payloads when exfiltrating to Catcher, Catcher will check the content type of the request. If the content type is set to “application/json”, Catcher encodes the data in Base64 and includes it in the JSON log entry written to disk. If the content type is set to any other value, Catcher leaves the Base64 payload in the JSON log entry blank and saves the payload to a separate file with the same filename as the JSON log entry with a “.bin” file extension. An HTTPS exfiltration event causes Catcher to save a JSON formatted log file to disk containing the following information from the HTTP request:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time,</li>
<li>Source IP address,</li>
<li>Request method,</li>
<li>Host,</li>
<li>Path,</li>
<li>Query string,</li>
<li>Headers, and</li>
<li>Base64 payload.</li>
</ul>
<p>These JSON event log files and binary output files are then initially saved to the directory <em>/root/hits/tmp</em> and later moved to the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory once processed. This prevents incomplete files, which are still being uploaded to Catcher, from premature exfiltration from the server. Approximately every 60 seconds, a likely automated workflow establishes a Secure Shell (SSH) connection with the server hosting Flowerbed for a few seconds, almost certainly exfiltrating the data processed by Catcher to non-public-facing infrastructure. The command in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure8"><strong>Figure 8</strong></a> also executes hourly to remove all files last modified at least two days ago from the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory.</p>
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<h2><strong>Response strategies</strong></h2>
<h3><em><strong>Mitigations</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>In many cases, by the time an organization identifies a compromise related to this campaign, numerous sensitive and proprietary emails have already been exfiltrated. The significant risk posed by this cyber threat emphasizes the importance for organizations that use ZCS and other similar webmail solutions to take proactive steps to mitigate this risk.</p>
<p>All organizations that use the ZCS webmail service should <strong>immediately prioritize</strong> ensuring that their ZCS is not running a vulnerable version. A patch for <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was released for both 10.1.13 and 10.0.18 versions of ZCS [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening">D3-AH</a>]. If immediate patching is not feasible, organizations should advise employees to use alternative mail clients to access email and avoid using the Classic ZCS webmail client until ZCS is updated to a non-vulnerable version [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/tactic/d3f:Isolate/" target="_blank">d3f:Isolate</a>].</p>
<p>System administrators should closely monitor any Internet-connected ZCS or other email systems and the workstations that access those systems and promptly apply available software updates [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening" target="_blank">D3-AH</a>]. Administrators can maintain awareness of active vulnerability exploitation by referencing open source resources, including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog">CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog</a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/vulnerability-management/guidance/responding-to-active-exploitation" target="_blank">NCSC-UK’s Responding to active exploitation of vulnerabilities</a> guidance.</p>
<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys for authentication to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. By doing so, organizations can work to eliminate the possibility of automated password collection from autocomplete or password reuse [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a>]. However, Application Passcodes may still be necessary and should be monitored closely.  </p>
<p>Organizations should implement network monitoring capabilities with collection and short-term retention of packet capture or NetFlow data and maintain log collection and storage [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MaintainLogCollectionStorage3Q">CPG 3.Q</a>]. This will allow organizations to monitor for and identify suspicious network activity [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#IdentifyAdverseEvents4B">CPG 4.B</a>], such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-NTA</a>];</li>
<li>Frequent DNS queries for a suspicious domain with seemingly random subdomains [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:DNSTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-DNSTA</a>];</li>
<li>A sudden spike of connections to a server associated with a recently established domain [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>]; and  </li>
<li>Connections to internal services, such as webmail, from VPN providers frequently leveraged by this group for nefarious activity, such as Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, for organizations that can inspect the content of outbound HTTPS connections via break-and-inspect infrastructure, security teams should identify traffic matching the characteristics described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Indicators of compromise (IOCs)</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed infrastructure</strong></h4>
<p>The following indicators have been attributed to use by LAUNDRY BEAR for their campaign targeting ZCS’s webmail service as of the publication of this advisory. (<strong>Disclaimer: </strong>Due to the frequency of operational structure changes by this group, these indicators are intended solely for historic attribution purposes. Some indicators, such as IPs, compromised emails, and domains, may be outdated, so organizations should check for current activity before acting on these IOCs.) <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table7"><strong>Table 7</strong></a> provides details about the server infrastructure used to host Flowerbed, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table8"><strong>Table 8</strong></a> lists the corresponding SHA-1 hash values for the Let’s Encrypt certificates used by that infrastructure [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:IdentifierActivityAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-IAA</a>].</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 7: Flowerbed server infrastructure</strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Domain </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>IP Address </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]104 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>8 July 2025 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>15 October 2025 </p>
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</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>zimbra-metadata[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]18 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>20 August 2025 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>14 October 2025 </p>
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<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>analyticemailmeter[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>37.120.247[.]228 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>emailanalytics.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>185.86.79[.]95 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>mailnalysis[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>104.248.134[.]194 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>11 November 2025 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>17 February 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>zimbrastat[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>64.226.124[.]190 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>18 December 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>zimbrasoft.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>193.238.152[.]66 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>20 January 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<td>
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<p>synacorzimbra[.]nl </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]64 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>3 February 2026 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>30 March 2026 </p>
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</td>
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<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>istc-cloud[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>194.156.103[.]193 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>5 February 2026 </p>
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</div>
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<td>
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<p>30 March 2026 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 8: Flowerbed X.509 certificate SHA-1 hashes  </strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Associated Domain </strong></p>
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<p><strong>X.509 SHA-1 Hash </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
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</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>2e4f314bc9943cab5005d6fde0b271c74d47bc9d </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>8 Jul 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>6 Aug 2025 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>*.i.zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>50a87d926621dd06389ba50d86e0ff574ed713a8 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>6 Aug 2025 </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>13 Oct 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>*.i.zimbra-metadata[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>c5a72420e7bb308d078e62128430897f82194c95 </p>
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<p>*.i.emailanalytics.com[.]ua </p>
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<p>*.i.mailnalysis[.]com </p>
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<p>*.i.zimbrastat[.]com </p>
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<p>*.i.zimbrasoft.com[.]ua </p>
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<p>1b25041ececf2457eef0270fc1d785cec8ec9ded </p>
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<p>*.i.synacorzimbra[.]nl </p>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has used the following email addresses to procure resources used for this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>ivanka.zurabishvili@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>zmul1@buildandconsulting[.]com,</li>
<li>garrysmithme@pinmx[.]net, and</li>
<li>hostingclient@pinmx[.]net.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Phishing distribution</strong></h4>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR primarily relied on ProtonMail for distribution of malicious email. However, as stated above, LAUNDRY BEAR’s more recent efforts likely have shifted to distributing the payload through previous victims.  </p>
<p>The following email addresses have distributed payloads attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>c.laurent.ejfa@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>j.moreau.epsc@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>liberty.insights@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the isofts.kiev[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @isofts.kiev[.]ua), and</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the navs.edu[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @navs.edu[.]ua).</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, the following are SHA-256 hashes of email samples containing the malicious payload attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>98df604ecc57f884a2e6ce3266a0013ad64455cac48442c2312cfa4765007aaf,</li>
<li>60db9abae75cd8ccc49dd7ea5feb41677566dcd442f12ebc5745ffd2810fb874,</li>
<li>b1f5beb1175fc5c7d1806a2f0d900eb124c54f0286c5c52b66eea7a6633adb1d, and</li>
<li>1517b3caa495f6c4e832df9c75fc94667e3c233773f7fa4e056d5e30e5ead760.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Post-compromise artifacts</strong></h4>
<p>Currently, the script does not remove artifacts. This leaves additional opportunities to identify victims of this activity. While emphasis should always be placed on consistent monitoring of network traffic and endpoint activity, there are a variety of persistent artifacts described below that can be used to identify victims of this campaign.</p>
<p>This <em>Ulej </em>capability relies on creating a significant number of SOAP requests to collect account information for exfiltration. ZCS logs from these requests are stored, by default, in the <em>/opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log</em> file [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. A significant amount of SOAP request activity that aligns with what was described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> sections of this advisory could indicate a potential compromise. Specific examples of high-risk SOAP request activity might include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Many <em>SearchGalRequest </em>command requests from a single user over a short period of time;</li>
<li>Use of the <em>CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest</em> command, especially in cases where it is creating an Application Passcode named “ZimbraWeb”; and</li>
<li>Use of the GetScratchCodesRequest command.</li>
</ul>
<p>While LAUNDRY BEAR uses the localStorage property to track what days had emails previously exfiltrated, defenders can use this property to identify victims of this campaign and determine the scope of exfiltrated information [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. Review of the items stored in that property for an organization’s ZCS webmail client page on an endpoint device could indicate compromise if there are items named with a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD,</em> as explained in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<p>While Application Passcodes have non-malicious purposes, in this case instances of these passcodes with the name “ZimbraWeb” are almost certainly malicious. The ZCS webmail application can support 2FA natively and does not require the use of an Application Passcode, so there is no reason that there should be one named “ZimbraWeb.”</p>
<p>In instances where organizations identify victims of this campaign, they should also examine the inbox of the suspected victim for the original phishing email [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-MA</a>]. If an email that has a payload exploiting <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a> is discovered, <strong>steps should be taken immediately to identify and quarantine other instances of emails with similar body content, senders, and subject lines to prevent further exploitation and exfiltration.  </strong></p>
<h3><em><strong>Remediation</strong></em></h3>
<p>In the event an organization identifies activity associated with this campaign, that organization should take steps to minimize further exploitation. The organization should consider requesting that employees minimize use of the ZCS webmail client until the organization updates to a patched version that is not vulnerable to <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>.</p>
<p>Organizations should use identifiers from the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">IOCs</a> section of this report to identify any individuals compromised by this campaign and record the date(s) of compromise(s) to determine the scale and scope of emails exfiltrated.</p>
<p>All users from the organization should have all Application Passcodes and 2FA scratch keys revoked. Affected organizations should require all employees to change passwords in line with establishing minimum password strength requirements [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#EstablishMinimumPasswordStrength3B">CPG 3.B</a>] and creating unique credentials [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#CreateUniqueCredentials3C">CPG 3.C</a>], specifically noting that compromised employees might have had any password stored in a password manager exfiltrated.</p>
<h2><strong>Works cited</strong></h2>
<p>[1<a class="ck-anchor"></a>] Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD). AIVD and MIVD identify a new Russian cyber threat actor. 2025. <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf</a></p>
<p>[2]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Microsoft Corporation. New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage. 2025. <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/</a></p>
<p>[3]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. Russian Global Webmail Espionage. 2026. <a href="https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/">https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/ </a></p>
<p>[4]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Proofpoint. TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits. 2026. <a href="https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit">https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit</a></p>
<p>[5]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Seqrite. Operation GhostMail: Russian APT exploits Zimbra Webmail to Target Ukraine State Agency. 2026. <a href="https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/" target="_blank">https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/  </a></p>
<h2><strong>Footnotes</strong></h2>
<p><sup>1</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost<br><sup>2</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste<br><sup>3</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Välisluureamet<br><sup>4</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Sotilastiedustelu<br><sup>5</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup> Suojelupoliisi<br><sup>6</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure<br><sup>7</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information<br><sup>8</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna<br><sup>9</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna<br><sup>10</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Serviciul de Informații și Securitate al Republicii Moldova<br><sup>11 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Agencja Wywiadu<br><sup>12</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego<br><sup>13</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Centro Nacional de Inteligencia<br><sup>14 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Nationellt Cybersäkerhetscenter<br><sup>15</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> MITRE and ATT&amp;CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation. MITRE D3FEND is a trademark of The MITRE Corporation.</p>
<h2><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies acknowledge the contributions to this advisory from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Proofpoint.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer of endorsement</strong></h2>
<p>The information and opinions contained in this document are provided "as is" and without any warranties or guarantees. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, and this guidance shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<p>Organizations have no obligation to respond or provide information back to the authoring organizations in response to this joint advisory. If, after reviewing the information provided, an organization decides to provide information to the authoring organizations, reporting must be consistent with all applicable laws and policies.</p>
<h2><strong>Purpose</strong></h2>
<p>This document was developed in furtherance of the authoring agencies’ cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to identify and disseminate threats, and to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>United States organizations </strong></p>
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<li><strong>National Security Agency</strong> <br>Cybersecurity Report Feedback: <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: NSA Media Relations: 443-634-0721, <a href="mailto:MediaRelations@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>MediaRelations@nsa.gov</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</strong> <br>CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov" target="_blank"><u>contact@cisa.dhs.gov</u></a>), or by calling 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472). </li>
<li><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation</strong> <br>If you or someone you know has fallen victim to this campaign, file a complaint with <a class="Hyperlink SCXW95230887 BCX8" href="https://www.ic3.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><u>IC3</u></a>. </li>
<li><strong>Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency </strong> <br>DCSA Counterintelligence, Cyber Mission Center, Cyber Threat Operations Branch: <a href="mailto:DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil</u></a> <br>Cleared Contactors (CCs) should contact their DCSA Counterintelligence Special Agent to report information pertaining to suspicious contacts or physical/digital efforts to obtain illegal or unauthorized access to the CC’s cleared facility/information, as required by 32 CFR 117. <br>Media/Public Inquiries: <a href="mailto:dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil</u></a>  </li>
<li><strong>Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center </strong> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base mandatory cyber incident reporting as required by 10 U.S. Code Sections 391 and 393 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 is submitted at <a href="https://dibnet.dod.mil/" target="_blank"><u>https://dibnet.dod.mil</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: <a href="mailto:DC3.Information@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.Information@us.af.mil</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Naval Criminal Investigative Service</strong> <br>To report criminal activity impacting the United States Navy, go to <a href="http://www.ncis.navy.mil/" target="_blank"><u>www.ncis.navy.mil</u></a> and click “Submit a Tip”</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Dutch organizations</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD): <a href="https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid" target="_blank"><u>https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid</u></a>  </li>
<li>General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD): <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.aivd.nl</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate <br>Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/about-asd-acsc/contact-us#no-back" target="_blank"><u>cyber.gov.au</u></a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of the Communications Security Establishment, encourages Canadian organizations to report cyber incidents and to strengthen the security of their networking devices.  <br>Report an incident or suspicious activity to the Cyber Centre by email at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca" target="_blank"><u>contact@cyber.gc.ca</u></a>, online via the reporting tool <a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/incident-management" target="_blank"><u>Report a cyber incident - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</u></a> or by phone at 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788). </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ): <a href="mailto:info@ncsc.govt.nz" target="_blank"><u>info@ncsc.govt.nz</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Report significant cyber security incidents to <a href="https://ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident" target="_blank"><u>ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident</u></a> (monitored 24/7) </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Estonia organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS): <a href="mailto:info@valisluureamet.ee" target="_blank"><u>info@valisluureamet.ee</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finnish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service: <a href="https://supo.fi/en/contact" target="_blank"><u>supo.fi/en/contact</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>French organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>French organizations are encouraged to report suspicious activity or incident related information found in this advisory by contacting ANSSI/CERT-FR at: <a href="mailto:cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr" target="_blank"><u>cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr</u></a> or by phone at: 3218 or +33 9 70 83 32 18. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Italian Organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a>  </li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a> </li>
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<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM): <a href="mailto:cybersec@sis.md" target="_blank"><u>cybersec@sis.md</u></a> </li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Polish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW): <a href="mailto:ctiteam@aw.gov.pl" target="_blank"><u>ctiteam@aw.gov.pl</u></a></li>
</ul>
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<h2><strong>Appendix A: MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table9"><strong>Table 9</strong></a> through <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table19"><strong>Table 19</strong></a> for all the threat actor tactics and techniques referenced in this advisory.<a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Credentials </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.001</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to intercept a victim’s password from their password manager. </p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Email Addresses </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to grab the victim’s email address from various data stores. </p>
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<p>Search Open Websites/Domains </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank"><u>T1593</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group likely leverages public information to support target development. </p>
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<p>Active Scanning </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank"><u>T1595</u></a> </p>
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<p>Port scanning can be used by this group to assist with determining exploitability of identified targets. </p>
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<p>Search Open Technical Databases: Scan Databases </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank"><u>T1596.005</u></a> </p>
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<p>Various public datasets can provide information to support discovery of exploitable targets. </p>
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<p>Search Closed Sources </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank"><u>T1597</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previously exfiltrated data can be used to enhance target development efforts. </p>
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<p>Search Closed Sources: Purchase Technical Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1597.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Commercial datasets can also be used to support target development efforts. </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/" target="_blank"><u>T1583</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group used Mullvad VPN to anonymize traffic sent to operational infrastructure. </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Server </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1583.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group procured VPS servers from a variety of vendors. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/" target="_blank"><u>T1587</u></a> </p>
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<p>The <em>Ulej</em> capability was developed likely for use by this group to conduct spear phishing campaigns. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities: Malware </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/001/" target="_blank"><u>T1587.001</u></a> </p>
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<p>Development of a novel payload that steals a victim’s emails and other sensitive account information. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities: Exploits </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1587.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Development of a novel, at the time, cross-site-scripting (XSS) exploit that enables execution of arbitrary JavaScript. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Tool </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Open source tools, such as Evilginx2, have also been used by the group. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Artificial Intelligence </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.007</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group appears to have leveraged AI to support development efforts. </p>
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<p>Stage Capabilities </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/" target="_blank"><u>T1608</u></a> </p>
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<p>Flowerbed is deployed to a procured server in the cloud. </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized access to accounts. Additionally, this actor is believed to use previously compromised accounts to conduct spear phishing.  </p>
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<p>Trusted Relationship </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank"><u>T1199</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group sends malicious payloads to targeted individuals using previously compromised accounts that might have an established relationship with the target.  </p>
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<p>Phishing </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank"><u>T1566</u></a> </p>
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<p>The actors used spear phishing to lure users into opening malicious email. </p>
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<p>Exploitation for Client Execution </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank"><u>T1203</u></a> </p>
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<p>An XSS vulnerability was leveraged to execute the JavaScript payload. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Manipulation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank"><u>T1098</u></a> </p>
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<p>Enabling IMAP and Application Passcodes provides persistent access to the compromised account. </p>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 14: Privilege Escalation </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized privileged access to accounts.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 15: Stealth </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.010</u></a> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated JavaScript payload sent to targets to exploit the XSS vulnerability. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Encrypted/Encoded File </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.013</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload included both a Base64-encoded and XOR-encrypted inner payload. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: SVG Smuggling </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.017</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload was contained in an “onload” attribute within an SVG image included in the malicious email. </p>
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<p>Use Alternate Authentication Material: Web Session Cookie </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1550.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previous campaigns using AiTM leveraged stealing and use of a victim’s session cookies to authenticate. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 16: Credential Access </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<p>Adversary-in-the-Middle </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank"><u>T1557</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previous campaigns used Evilginx2 as an AiTM toolkit to intercept credentials and session cookies. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 17: Collection </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Data Staged: Remote Data Staging </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1074.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Exfiltrated data was sent to an actor-controlled VPS prior to assumed long-term storage solutions. </p>
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<p>Email Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank"><u>T1114</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group has emphasized collection of emails. </p>
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<p>Email Collection: Remote Email Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1114.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are collected via API calls to the ZCS mail server and are not collected from emails stored directly on the victim’s device. </p>
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<p>Automated Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/" target="_blank"><u>T1119</u></a> </p>
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<p>Upon execution, the JavaScript payload automatically collects all relevant information in stages. </p>
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<p>Browser Session Hijacking </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank"><u>T1185</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload leverages the user’s authenticated browser session to make API requests as the user. </p>
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<p>Archive Collected Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank"><u>T1560</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are exfiltrated with GZIP compression. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 18: Discovery </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Discovery </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank"><u>T1087</u></a> </p>
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<p>Stolen Global Access Lists provide the group with new users to target. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 19: Exfiltration </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank"><u>T1048</u></a> </p>
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<p>Victim information was exfiltrated over both HTTPS and DNS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Some payloads, especially ones with large amounts of data, were exfiltrated over HTTPS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Some smaller bandwidth payloads were exfiltrated over DNS using Base32 encoding. </p>
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<h2><strong>Appendix B: MITRE D3FEND countermeasures </strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table20"><strong>Table 20</strong></a> for a mapping of several of the cybersecurity countermeasures mentioned in this advisory. <a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 20: MITRE D3FEND Countermeasures </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Description</strong> </p>
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<p>Application Hardening </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening" target="_blank"><u>D3-AH</u></a> </p>
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<li>Organizations should immediately prioritize patching <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank"><u>CVE-2025-66376</u></a>.  </li>
<li>Organizations should promptly apply software updates to all email systems. </li>
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<p>Organizations that cannot feasibly patch should use alternative mail clients. </p>
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<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. </p>
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<p>Organizations should monitor for significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization. </p>
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<li>Organizations should search ZCS log files for specific commands used by the malicious script. </li>
<li>Organizations should search the localStorage property in web browsers for the ZCS webmail client for “ZimbraWeb” Application Passcodes. </li>
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<title><![CDATA[Akku im Sinkflug – wann lohnt der Tausch, wann muss ein neues Notebook her?]]></title>
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Die Steckdose wird zum ständigen Begleiter, das Ladekabel zum wichtigsten Accessoire im Rucksack: Wenn der Notebook-Akku nachlässt, wächst unweigerlich der Frust im Alltag. Die schlechte Nachricht: Der chemische Alterungsprozess von Lithium-Ionen-Zellen ist unvermei...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Steckdose wird zum ständigen Begleiter, das Ladekabel zum wichtigsten Accessoire im Rucksack: Wenn der <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3158726/akkulaufzeit-unter-windows-11-erhoehen.html" target="_blank">Notebook-Akku</a> nachlässt, wächst unweigerlich der Frust im Alltag. Die schlechte Nachricht: Der chemische Alterungsprozess von Lithium-Ionen-Zellen ist unvermeidbar. Doch ein schwacher Akku bedeutet noch nicht zwingend, dass ein älterer <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2215385/die-besten-laptops-test.html" target="_blank">Laptop</a> in den Elektroschrott gehört. Oft lässt sich der Stromspeicher problemlos austauschen und die Reparatur ist wirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Aber nicht in jedem Fall. Wir zeigen, wie Sie sich an Fakten statt am Bauchgefühl orientieren und wann es Zeit wird, sich nach neuer Hardware umzusehen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Diagnose: Fakten statt Bauchgefühl</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-21.17.04.png?w=851" alt="Diagnose" class="wp-image-4198585" width="851" height="1024" sizes="auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px"></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bevor Sie Schraubenzieher zücken oder neue Hardware kaufen, muss geklärt werden: Ist Ihr Akku wirklich verschlissen, oder saugt ressourcenfressende Software im Hintergrund heimlich den Stromspeicher leer? Die Frage ist schnell beantwortet, denn sowohl Windows als auch macOS bieten tiefgreifende <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3014555/laptop-windows-akkubericht.html" target="_blank">Diagnose-Tools</a>, die sich mit wenigen</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Unter Windows:</strong> Öffnen Sie die Windows-Eingabeaufforderung (CMD) oder PowerShell als Administrator und tippen Sie den Befehl</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code><strong>powercfg /batteryreport</strong></code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ein. Windows generiert daraufhin eine detaillierte HTML-Datei, die tief ins System blicken lässt. Öffnen Sie die Datei unter dem angegebenen Pfad – z.B. „C:\battery-report.html“. Entscheidend sind hier zwei Werte: die <strong>Design Capacity</strong> (die ursprüngliche Nennkapazität Ihres Akkus ab Werk) und die <strong>Full Charge Capacity</strong> (die aktuell noch erreichbare Maximalkapazität). Liegt die aktuelle Kapazität unter <strong>80 Prozent des Ursprungswertes</strong>, gilt ein Akku allgemein als verschlissen. Spätestens wenn er die 70-Prozent-Marke unterschreitet, wird der Kapazitätsverlust im Alltag oft zu einer spürbaren Einschränkung – das Bauteil ist Ende seines Lebenszyklus angekommen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bei macOS:</strong> Auf einem MacBook führt der Weg über das Apfel-Menü zu <strong>Systemeinstellungen → Allgemein → Info → Systembericht</strong>. Unter dem Reiter „Stromversorgung“ finden Sie die Anzahl der Ladezyklen sowie den Zustand. Apple garantiert in der Regel, dass ein Akku nach 1.000 vollständigen Ladezyklen noch mindestens 80 Prozent seiner ursprünglichen Kapazität halten kann. Fällt der Wert darunter, rät das System oft von selbst zum Service.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Schrauben oder schrauben lassen?</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bildschirmfoto-2026-07-19-um-21.17.18.png?w=1024" alt="Reparaturanleitungen" class="wp-image-4198586" width="1024" height="684" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Auf <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">iFixit</a> finden Verbraucher Reparaturanleitungen, Ersatzteile und Werkzeug für zahlreiche Notebooks, Smartphones und andere Elektronikgeräte.</figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Steht der Defekt fest oder ist die Alterung bereits weit fortgeschritten, folgt oft eine logistische Herausforderung. Die Hardware-Realität von 2026 ist Verbrauchern nämlich nicht gerade entgegengekommen – zumindest beim Akku: In vielen modernen Ultrabooks, Surface-Geräten oder MacBooks sind die Akkuzellen großflächig im Gehäuse verklebt. Das macht den Tausch für Laien gefährlich, weil bei einer Beschädigung der Zellen <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2590103/akku-brennt-richtig-handeln-und-loeschen.html" target="_blank">akute Brandgefahr</a> besteht.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Der Gang zur Fachwerkstatt ist deshalb oft alternativlos – achten Sie hierbei am besten auf zertifizierte Betriebe, die eine <strong>Garantie auf das Ersatzteil</strong> gewähren. Anders sieht es bei reparaturfreundlichen Business-Geräten wie dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5</a> oder Vorreitern der Modularität wie dem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2230834/framework-laptop-16-test.html" target="_blank">Framework Laptop 16</a> aus: Hier brauchen Sie oft nur einen passenden Schraubendreher und zehn Minuten Zeit, um den Akku selbst zu tauschen. Wie Sie Ihren Akku am Laptop oder am Smartphone selbst tauschen können, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2666199/akkutausch-so-klappts-beim-smartphone-und-notebook.html" target="_blank">erklären wir in diesem Ratgeber</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Achtung beim Teilekauf:</strong> Sparen Sie nicht am falschen Ende. Extrem billige Nachbau-Akkus von No-Name-Händlern auf großen Marktplätzen bergen nicht nur ein <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3060569/akku-ladefehler-brandgefahr-vermeiden.html" target="_blank">Brandrisiko</a>, sondern schummeln oft auch bei der echten Kapazität. Greifen Sie <strong>unbedingt zu Originalteilen des Herstellers</strong> oder zu zertifizierten Ersatzteilen etablierter Drittanbieter (wie <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">iFixit</a>).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn die Diagnose zeigt, dass Ihr Akku physisch noch fit ist, dann liegt das Problem vermutlich an Software mit Selbstbedienungsmentalität. Praktisch: Windows und macOS verfügen über integrierte Stromfresser-Finder. Unter Windows navigieren Sie zu <strong>Einstellungen</strong> <strong>→ Strom und Akku → Akkunutzung</strong>. Dort listet Windows genau auf, welche Apps in den letzten Tagen am meisten Energie verbraucht haben. Auf dem Mac erfüllt die App <strong>Aktivitätsanzeige</strong> (Reiter <strong>Energie</strong>) denselben Zweck. Stoßen Sie hier auf Programme, die Sie gar nicht aktiv nutzen, sollten Sie deren Hintergrundaktivität einschränken oder die Software komplett deinstallieren.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>💡 Infobox: Das neue Recht auf Reparatur (Stand 2026)</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Das<strong> Recht auf Reparatur </strong>stammt von der Europäischen Kommission und dem EU-Parlament. Ziel des Gesetzespakets ist es, die wachsenden Berge von Elektroschrott auf dem Kontinent zu reduzieren und die Kreislaufwirtschaft zu stärken. Nach der Verabschiedung der EU-Richtlinie im Jahr 2024 hatten die Mitgliedsstaaten bis 2026 Zeit, die Vorgaben <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3174903/notebook-akku-tauschen-oder-neukauf-ratgeber.html#" target="_blank">in nationales Recht umzusetzen</a> – nun greifen die Regeln schrittweise und wirken sich zunehmend auf den Reparaturalltag aus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Was Verbraucher davon haben:</strong></p>



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<li><strong>Reparaturpflicht:</strong> Hersteller sind nun gesetzlich verpflichtet, für gängige Elektronikgeräte (wie Smartphones und Laptops) Reparaturen anzubieten – und das auch nach Ablauf der gesetzlichen Gewährleistung.</li>



<li><strong>Zugang zu Ersatzteilen:</strong> Unabhängige Fachwerkstätten und ambitionierte Bastler erhalten leichteren Zugang zu Original-Ersatzteilen und offiziellen Reparaturanleitungen.</li>



<li><strong>Weniger Software-Sperren:</strong> Praktiken wie das sogenannte “Parts Pairing” (bei dem Ersatzteile per Software blockiert werden, wenn sie nicht von einer offiziellen Vertragswerkstatt eingebaut wurden) werden stark eingeschränkt.</li>



<li><strong>Mehr Wirtschaftlichkeit:</strong> Durch den faireren Wettbewerb sinken die Reparaturkosten, was den Tausch eines Akkus oft attraktiver macht als einen teuren Neukauf.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wann lohnt sich der Tausch?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Um zu beurteilen, ob sich die Investition für den Austausch lohnt, hilft die bewährte <strong>50-Prozent-Regel</strong>: Übersteigen die Kosten für die Reparatur (Ersatz-Akku plus eventuelle Arbeitszeit der Werkstatt) mehr als die Hälfte des aktuellen Restwerts des Notebooks, wird die Angelegenheit unwirtschaftlich.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ein Rechenbeispiel:</strong> Ein vier Jahre altes Premium-Notebook, das früher mal 1.500 Euro gekostet hat, bringt auf dem Gebrauchtmarkt vielleicht noch 400 bis 500 Euro. Eine Investition von 120 Euro für einen fachgerechten Akkutausch ist dann noch durchaus sinnvoll und kann dem Gerät weitere zwei bis drei Lebensjahre verschaffen. Bei einem ohnehin leistungsschwachen 400-Euro-Plastikbomber aus dem Jahr 2021 ist eine 100-Euro-Reparatur jedoch (jenseits von Nostalgiegründen) kaum zu vertreten und gilt als unwirtschaftlich.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wann ein Neukauf wirklich sinnvoll ist</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mal ehrlich: Der Akku ist oft nur das offensichtlichste Symptom eines veralteten Systems. Wer über eine Reparatur nachdenkt, sollte objektiv prüfen, ob die restliche Hardware den heutigen Anforderungen noch gewachsen ist – oder ob man mit einem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2215385/die-besten-laptops-test.html" target="_blank">neuen Laptop</a> besser fährt:</p>



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<li><strong>Windows 10 Support-Ende:</strong> Das offizielle Support-Ende von Windows 10 (Oktober 2025) liegt bereits hinter uns. Privatanwender in der EU haben zwar <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2941599/windows-10-gratis-sicher-nutzen-esu-registrierung-so-gehts.html" target="_blank">Glück im Unglück</a>: Wer mit einem Microsoft-Konto angemeldet ist, <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3177497/windows-10-bekommt-ein-weiteres-jahr-lang-updates.html" target="_blank">erhält die Extended Security Updates (ESU) im ersten Jahr bis Oktober 2027 kostenlos.</a> Doch spätestens im Herbst 2027 ist endgültig Schicht im Schacht. Geräte, deren Prozessoren nicht offiziell für Windows 11 zertifiziert sind (ältere CPUs vor der Intel Core 8. Generation oder AMD Ryzen 2000er-Serie), stoßen dann an ihre praktische Lebensdauergrenze. Ohne den auslaufenden ESU-Schutz sollten Sie ab diesem Zeitpunkt bei betroffenen Windows-Geräten nicht mehr in einen neuen Akku investieren.</li>



<li><strong>Speicher-Flaschenhälse:</strong> Verlöteter, nicht aufrüstbarer Arbeitsspeicher von 8 GB stößt selbst bei ausschließlicher Browser-Nutzung und Office-Anwendungen oft an seine Grenzen.</li>



<li><strong>Träge Performance:</strong> Wenn das Notebook nicht nur schnell leer ist, sondern beim Öffnen von Programmen ins Schwitzen kommt und der Lüfter permanent auf Hochtouren läuft, bringt auch der stärkste neue Akku kein flüssiges Arbeitsgefühl zurück.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Zeit für einen neuen Laptop?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wenn kein (sinnvoller) Weg mehr am Neukauf vorbeiführt, ist das nicht immer eine schlechte Nachricht: Moderne Geräte punkten nicht nur mit deutlich mehr Ausdauer jenseits der Steckdose – sie bringen auch spürbar mehr Tempo und Sicherheit, effizientere Hardware und oft angenehm leise Kühlung in Ihren Alltag.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Fazit und Checkliste: Akku tauschen oder Neukauf?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Die Entscheidung zwischen Werkstatt und Neuanschaffung ist am Ende des Tages ein Abwägen von Kosten, Nutzen und Sicherheit. Die folgende Checkliste hilft dabei, das Schicksal Ihres Notebooks zu klären:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Der Tausch lohnt sich, wenn:</strong></p>



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<li>der Laptop noch alle Leistungsanforderungen im Alltag erfüllt.</li>



<li>Windows 11 offiziell unterstützt wird (oder macOS/Linux aktuell ist).</li>



<li>die Gesamtreparatur weniger als 50 % des Restwerts kostet.</li>



<li>das Gehäuse unbeschädigt ist und Scharniere sowie Tastatur noch zuverlässig funktionieren.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ein Neukauf ist besser, wenn:</strong></p>



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<li>das Betriebssystem (z. B. Windows 10) keine Sicherheitsupdates mehr erhält.</li>



<li>das Gerät durch 8 GB RAM oder eine alte CPU ohnehin ein Flaschenhals im Alltag ist.</li>



<li>Displayschäden oder defekte Ports weitere, teure Reparaturen erfordern.</li>



<li>die Reparatur den Zeitwert des Geräts deutlich übersteigt.</li>
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<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of this series on ethical AI looks at operationalizing trust with clear prompting framework and robust data governance for your public- or private-sector organization.]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Every CIO I speak with today is wrestling with some version of the same question: How do we move faster with AI and deliver on our commitments?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s an understandable concern. <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4171959/ceos-top-priorities-for-it-leaders-today-2.html">Boards and CEOs are asking about AI</a>. Business leaders are experimenting with use cases. Employees are discovering tools daily, while technology vendors promise unprecedented gains in productivity, innovation, and competitive advantage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After hundreds of conversations with technology executives over the past year, I’ve become convinced that speed isn’t the real issue. The organizations pulling away from the pack aren’t necessarily adopting AI faster than everyone else. They’re executing more effectively — a subtle distinction that represents one of the defining leadership challenges of the AI era.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology has never been the hardest part of transformation. People, priorities, culture, and operating models are the biggest challenges. The ability to translate bold boardroom aspirations into thousands of thoughtful decisions made every day by architects, engineers, product managers, analysts, and business leaders is where competitive advantage is created. AI may be accelerating the pace of change, but it hasn’t changed that fundamental truth.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I’ve met plenty of executives who are exceptional in the boardroom. They know how to frame a vision, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/272180/relationship-building-networking-how-to-wow-your-board-of-directors.html">influence a board</a>, and build confidence among investors and business leaders. I’ve also met remarkable technologists who instinctively understand the architectural decisions, engineering tradeoffs, and implementation details that determine how great ideas become reality. Modern CIOs, however, must move comfortably between both worlds. Afshean Talasaz is one who stands out among this rare breed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Long before becoming CIO of Colonial Pipeline, Talasaz built his career from the ground up as a business professional, data scientist, and technologist. He has designed enterprise platforms, built AI capabilities, led technology organizations, and partnered closely with executive leadership teams on business transformation. Today, as an executive in residence with our Practitioners for Practitioners (P4P) community, he helps CIOs and business leaders navigate one of the most significant technology shifts of our generation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While Talasaz brings deep knowledge of data and AI to the table, his greatest strength is his ability to create strategy and connect it with execution. He can spend the morning discussing enterprise reinvention with the board and the afternoon debating architectural principles with the teams responsible for bringing that vision to life.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That versatility gives Talasaz a unique lens on how CIOs <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4178006/state-of-the-cio-2026-cios-set-the-course-for-ai-roi.html">can deliver value with AI</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Software companies have a term for engineers who understand every layer of the technology stack: full-stack developers. Listen to Talasaz and it becomes evident that the AI era requires something similar from technology leaders: a full-stack CIO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The full-stack CIO: Leading with clarity</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A full-stack CIO understands how every layer of the enterprise influences the next. They recognize that every strategic priority becomes a portfolio investment, every investment shapes an operating model, every operating model influences architecture, every architecture choice informs product decisions, every product decision shapes engineering priorities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The best CIOs understand both ends of that journey. The extraordinary ones understand everything in between.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And those who execute best lead with clarity, Talasaz says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Everyone, from executives to middle managers to the people writing code, should be able to explain what we’re trying to achieve,” he emphasizes. “Clarity isn’t that we’ve handed out the PowerPoint. It’s that people genuinely understand where we’re going and can articulate it in their own language.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the unintended consequences of the AI boom is that organizations are beginning to confuse activity with alignment. They have AI councils, AI governance committees, AI innovation labs, AI centers of excellence, AI pilots, and AI roadmaps. Yet if you stop ten people in the hallway and ask a deceptively simple question, What business problem are we actually trying to solve? you’ll often hear ten different answers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As a result, architects optimize for one objective while product teams optimize for another. Business units pursue opportunities that seem perfectly reasonable from their perspective. Engineers make thoughtful technical decisions based on the information available to them. Individually, none of those decisions are necessarily wrong. Collectively, however, they create organizational drift. AI doesn’t create that problem. It simply accelerates the consequences.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And while AI can be a force multiplier for the positive when every decision is guided by a shared understanding of where the organization is headed, it can also be a force multiplier for the negative, resulting in an organization simply moving faster in different directions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When we have the fundamentals right, the tech infrastructure, the operating models, the nuances of how our business actually runs, we get the impacts of AI in a positive way,” Talasaz says. “When we don’t have those in place, AI can amplify the gaps or mute the benefits.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At a time when so much of the conversation surrounding AI is focused on algorithms, agents, and automation, it’s an important reminder that organizations don’t execute strategy; people do.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Reducing organizational friction</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most executives are familiar with the concept of VUCA that characterizes today’s business environment. But Talasaz stresses the importance of turning this concern inward: “If the world outside our organizations is becoming more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, what are we, as leaders, doing to the inside of our organizations?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leaders spend enormous amounts of time helping their organizations respond to external disruption but comparatively little time asking whether they are inadvertently re-creating those same conditions internally in response to those external needs. Are we reducing uncertainty or introducing more of it? Are we simplifying work or adding unnecessary complexity? Are we helping people focus on what matters most, or asking them to navigate competing priorities and shifting expectations?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Talasaz refers to this phenomenon as double VUCA — something I’ve witnessed repeatedly while working with CIOs over the past decade. Organizations often assume they’re struggling because of technology limitations when the real constraint is organizational friction. Teams wait for decisions. Priorities shift faster than roadmaps. Governance grows heavier. New committees are formed to solve problems created by existing committees. Everyone is working harder, yet the organization somehow feels slower.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI amplifies both outcomes. Organizations with clarity become dramatically more effective because AI accelerates good decisions. Organizations without clarity simply accelerate confusion.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Operating model as strategy enabler</h1>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI governance is one way to achieve greater clarity, but as Talasaz says, governance shouldn’t primarily exist inside policy manuals that few people read.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead, AI governance should be embedded in the daily rhythms of the organization, shaping how teams collaborate, how decisions are made, how products move from ideas into production, and how innovation happens safely without requiring constant escalation. In other words, it’s all about your operating model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“If you had to pick one thing that isn’t technology, your operating model is the most important element for executing data and AI at scale,” he says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The best operating models create enough clarity that capable people can make thousands of decisions independently and confidently, without having to wait for permission. By embedding good governance into the way it works, the organization becomes faster.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This advice echoes something I’ve heard repeatedly from some of the world’s most respected CIOs: High-performing organizations aren’t built on tighter control; they’re built on greater trust, supported by clear principles, shared expectations, and operating models that enable responsible decision-making at every level of the enterprise.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Talasaz points out that technology leaders tend to speak in terms of <em>transformation</em>. He suggests CIOs consider a different word: <em>reinvention.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As he explains, transformation implies replacing what exists today with something new. Reinvention starts with a more clear-eyed and practical premise: Some things absolutely must change; others represent years, sometimes decades, of accumulated expertise, customer trust, operational discipline, and competitive advantage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Reinvention is about building on those strengths while also creating new ways to deliver value. The leaders making the greatest progress in their AI journeys seem to recognize that it’s less about abandoning the past than thoughtfully preparing the organization for the future.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Closing the gap between strategy and execution</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Full-stack CIOs must be able to map out the various layers of execution and planning that need to be done at every level of the organization to be successful. To help with this, Talasaz has developed a data and AI framework that draws on his own experiences “from the keyboard to the boardroom.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As Talasaz sees it, too many organizations have been doing good work in isolation. “They’re doing a lot of the right things,” he says. “They’re just not connected.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Boards may be discussing growth while business leaders redesign customer experiences. Product teams may be prioritizing new capabilities while architects modernize platforms. Data teams may be improving quality while engineers focus on delivery. Every group makes meaningful progress within its own domain, yet somewhere between strategy and execution, the connective tissue begins to disappear. Talasaz’s framework brings those connecting points to the forefront.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Crucially, the framework doesn’t begin with technology or AI or even with data. It begins with the experiences the organization hopes to create for its customers, employees, or partners. Many AI initiatives start with the question, “What can this technology do?” And indeed, we need to be inspired by the possibilities and challenged to think differently by what the technology can do. But, Talasaz emphasizes, we also need to ask what experiences we need to deliver for our business and how the technology can make that a reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The framework challenges CIOs to answer that question first. Only after the experiences are clearly defined does the conversation move to the capabilities required to deliver it, the business activities that support those capabilities, the AI and data products that enable them, and finally the data foundation that makes everything possible.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This shift in perspective ensures that, rather than allowing technology investments to search for business value, the business experience defines the technology required to deliver it. For CIOs, that’s more than a planning exercise. It’s a fundamentally different way of leading.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Over the coming months, the P4P community will be convening a series of small CxO roundtables to explore these issues and work more deeply with Afshean Talasaz’s 6×6 Data and AI Framework. CIOs and other enterprise leaders interested in participating are welcome to <a href="mailto:droberts@ouellette-online.com?subject=P4P:%206x6%20Framework%20Roundtable">reach out to me directly</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sovereign AI has become the public-sector CIO’s control problem]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In public-sector and regulated-cloud work, I learned that sovereignty rarely starts as a national strategy. It starts as an auditor’s question: Who can prove where the data went, which system made the decision and what changes when the vendor or infrastructure does? That question is now moving in...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In public-sector and regulated-cloud work, I learned that sovereignty rarely starts as a national strategy. It starts as an auditor’s question: Who can prove where the data went, which system made the decision and what changes when the vendor or infrastructure does? That question is now moving into AI, and most sovereign-AI debates answer the wrong version of it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They ask whether a country can build its own model on domestic data and hardware. For the United States and China, which together hold more than 90% of global AI data-center capacity, per a <a href="https://institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/sovereignty-in-the-age-of-ai-strategic-choices-structural-dependencies">January 2026 Tony Blair Institute analysis</a>, that question is worth asking. However, for almost every other government, it is the wrong place to start. The operative question is narrower: Once AI is embedded in public services, who controls the stack?</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The 5 layers of public-sector control</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For a CIO, sovereign AI means enforceable control across the AI lifecycle; model ownership is a separate question. Control has five layers:</p>



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<li><strong>Data control:</strong> Where sensitive public data sits, and whether it can train a vendor’s model.</li>



<li><strong>Model control:</strong> Which models clear which workloads, and under what validation.</li>



<li><strong>Infrastructure control:</strong> Whether critical workloads run in approved environments.</li>



<li><strong>Operational control:</strong> Whether AI-assisted actions are logged, monitored and reversible.</li>



<li><strong>Vendor control:</strong> Whether the agency keeps portability, audit rights and a real exit.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Those five layers are the control plane for public-service AI. Floyd Dcosta recently made the enterprise case in “<a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4147102/ai-without-sovereignty-is-just-outsourced-intelligence.html">AI without sovereignty is just outsourced intelligence</a>”: capability is what a tool can do; authority over how and when it does it is something a buyer can quietly lose. For public services, losing that authority plays out in the public eye.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Public-sector AI risk differs from enterprise risk. A retailer’s bad recommendation costs a sale; a government’s AI touches benefits, tax enforcement, policing and emergency response, raising the bar to due process, records retention and continuity of operations. A government that cannot reconstruct an AI-assisted decision lacks operational sovereignty, even in a domestic data center.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Evaluating risk: Concentration, jurisdiction and shadow AI</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Foreign dependency is a real risk, but the exposure that matters is a sudden cutoff: A model you cannot audit, switch or exit, shut off by someone else’s order. A vendor’s nationality is a poor guide to that risk; control is.  Two markers matter. The first is concentration. In July 2024, a single faulty CrowdStrike update <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/07/19/widespread-it-outage-due-crowdstrike-update">crashed about 8.5 million Windows machines</a>, disrupting airlines, hospitals, banks and governments worldwide. No attacker was involved; one homogeneous dependency failed everywhere at once. The lesson points away from vendor nationality and toward uniformity as the fault line, making portability and provider diversity resilience controls.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The second is jurisdiction. In June 2025, Microsoft’s legal director for France <a href="https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/microsoft-tells-french-lawmakers-it-cant-protect-user-data-from-us-demands/">told a Senate inquiry, under oath</a>, that it could not guarantee that French public-sector data, even in French data centers, would be protected against US demands under the 2018 CLOUD Act. No such request had been made, and EU data has stayed in the EU since January 2025; senators called the assurance purely declarative. For the most sensitive data, residency does not equal control; the parent’s jurisdiction can matter as much as the server’s. Three US hyperscalers hold <a href="https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/european-cloud-providers-local-market-share-now-holds-steady-at-15">about 70% of the European cloud market</a>, while European providers’ share fell from 29% in 2017 to roughly 15%. Concentration plus jurisdiction is the exposure a CIO must price. I have watched teams treat vendor selection as the moment risk was solved; it rarely was.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The wrong response is self-isolation. Most countries will never build frontier models, advanced chips, hyperscale clouds and talent pipelines at once; the Tony Blair Institute calls full self-sufficiency “too expensive, too slow and, for most countries, simply impossible.” The better test is workload sensitivity. Low-risk uses, such as drafting, translation and summarization, can run on commercial platforms with controls; high-risk uses, such as benefits eligibility, fraud investigation and healthcare triage, demand stricter control over data, model behavior and auditability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mandating domestic-only provision before a competitive option exists inverts sovereignty. <a href="https://europe2031.ai/summary">Europe 2031</a>, a five-year scenario from June 2026 by European technologists and policy researchers, illustrates the failure mode: A 2027 “buy European” mandate lands as offensive cyber capability spreads, and agencies that switched to weaker providers are locked out and paying ransoms. The scenario is fiction; the mechanism is not. Leverage comes from being indispensable, not half-hearted self-sufficiency. The closer-to-home effect is shadow AI: Mandate an inferior sanctioned tool and staff bypass it, the way shadow IT grows up around tools people find too slow. A rule that pushes sensitive work into ungoverned shadow AI reduces control instead of adding it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Regulation and data-residency rules belong in any serious strategy, but carry failure modes. Blanket localization raises hosting costs and slows adoption without guaranteeing control, and a “sovereign cloud” on a foreign parent’s stack can amount to sovereignty theater. The more useful pattern tiers requirements by sensitivity. India’s BHASHINI shows the application layer done well: A public platform <a href="https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2093333&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2">serving 100 million-plus inferences a month across 22-plus languages</a> on a vendor- and cloud-agnostic design that keeps data and switching rights public. Sovereignty resides in the portability, not in a national model.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Building an operational sovereignty strategy</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Public trust is the constraint sovereignty rhetoric tends to skip. The OECD’s <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/governing-with-artificial-intelligence_795de142-en.html">2025 review of government AI</a> warns that opaque systems make AI-assisted decisions hard to explain and can give public servants false confidence in tools that fail quietly. State-controlled AI is the same problem from the other side: A government that deploys models against its own citizens without audit or record has gained control and lost accountability. An agency that can log, explain and reverse an AI-assisted action can defend it to citizens, courts, auditors and elected officials. If it cannot, it has bought access and called it sovereignty.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of this is new. AI sovereignty repeats earlier fights over cloud, telecom, semiconductors and cybersecurity. Europe’s flagship cloud project, GAIA-X, became a cautionary tale; the Dutch technologist Bert Hubert called it an <a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/gaia-x-is-an-expensive-distraction/">“expensive distraction”</a> that produced no European cloud, the familiar result of ambition without absorptive capacity. Cloud taught governments that outsourcing infrastructure does not outsource accountability; telecom, that vendor dependency becomes strategic exposure; chips, that supply chains matter before a crisis; cybersecurity, that trust must be verified continuously. AI inherits all four at once.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the next five to ten years, some countries will build national platforms, more will build trusted cloud and trusted model regimes, and most will run hybrids that pair domestic data control with global model access. Trade policy will harden those choices: Export controls on compute and data-localization rules will pull the vendor market into blocs that track alliances more than open markets. For a CIO, that turns a vendor and hosting decision into a five-year bet on whose rules and supply chains will still hold. The ones that succeed will treat sovereignty as an operating requirement, backed by leverage, not a slogan. Start with the control plane before the model: Most agencies will never own the model, and the controls are what decide whether the AI they do run stays accountable. Even when procurement policy is dictated from above, these questions remain within the CIO’s authority:</p>



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<li>Can we classify AI workloads by public-service risk?</li>



<li>Can we prove where sensitive data goes across training, retrieval, inference, logging and retention?</li>



<li>Can we restrict which models are approved for which data classes and functions?</li>



<li>Can we reconstruct an AI-assisted action in enough detail to explain it?</li>



<li>Can we change providers without losing continuity or institutional knowledge?</li>



<li>Can we explain the system to citizens, regulators, auditors and elected officials?</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A “no” to any of these does not mean the agency lacks AI. It means the agency has access it does not yet control. Public institutions can use global innovation without surrendering public authority, but only once they know what to hold, what to rent and where dependency turns into risk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.cio.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[The traditional methods of measuring success no longer tell the full story. Here’s what should replace them — and why.



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AI is transforming software as a service (SaaS), and the old ways of keeping score no longer apply.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The traditional methods of measuring success no longer tell the full story. Here’s what should replace them — and why.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In brief:</p>



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<li><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4146669/is-ai-the-end-of-saas-as-we-know-it.html">AI is transforming software as a service (SaaS)</a>, and the old ways of keeping score no longer apply.</li>



<li>Smart companies are evolving new metrics that provide deeper insight into how AI-native software is performing in a new marketplace.</li>



<li>These changes impact everything from pricing to valuations.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The transformation of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry toward AI-native operating companies is rapidly changing the unit of value across the industry.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The traditional metric of seats — which measured access — is rapidly giving way to credits designed to measure work performed. This evolution is upending the industry in multiple ways, impacting everything from pricing to enterprise valuations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While many companies still cling to seat-based metrics to measure growth, efficiency and durability, the future is likely to be one in which companies utilize a <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4184688/it-hurtles-toward-the-great-enterprise-pricing-reset.html">credit-centric metrics framework</a>, with seats and outcomes as the bookends of a spectrum.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why do software companies need new metrics?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Why the rethink, and why now? There are five major forces that are driving this shift:</p>



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<li><a href="https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/is-saas-dead-rethinking-the-future-of-software-in-the-age-of-ai/"><strong>The unit of value is changing</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Seats measured who could access software, and credits measure what the software actually does. But in an AI-native world, agents don’t have seats; they have workloads. Over the past 18 months, every major SaaS platform has moved to some forms of credit or consumption unit.</li>



<li><strong>The cost of goods sold (COGS) is exploding.</strong> AI inference adds real per-unit costs that scale with usage. In an AI-native world, software companies can’t scale to infinite users at near‑zero marginal cost as before.</li>



<li><strong>Buying is moving up the org chart.</strong> AI-native applications shift purchasing to higher-level operators — such as line-of-business leaders or chief operating officers — which expands the market from software budgets to labor budgets. And because AI agents replace services as well as software, the total market opportunity is 3x to 10x larger than traditional SaaS.</li>



<li><strong>Time to value (TTV) is collapsing.</strong> With AI-native tools, customers start seeing meaningful results in weeks rather than quarters. Onboarding and setup are fast, workflows are pre-built, and there’s no need for extensive customer success or professional services — dramatically reducing implementation time and costs.</li>



<li><strong>Retention is bifurcating.</strong> AI forces clarity in a way that traditional SaaS couldn’t. Products that can provide value become even “stickier” and retain customers. Those that don’t churn faster. In an AI-native marketplace, the middle disappears.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How this shift is impacting pricing</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/strategy/grow-with-trusted-software-portfolio-management">Given how AI-native software is transforming the market</a>, the shift to more variable pricing options is inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Seats won’t go away completely. Subscription pricing based on the number of users is stable and predictable and will continue to work for some customers. Tokens — the use of pass-through pricing for underlying compute — will fit those customers where the AI feature is commoditized or the buyer wants transparency into costs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Credits will likely become the dominant architecture because they provide a simple metric for both customers and providers. The vendor sets the conversation ratio between credits and underlying compute, shielding the customer from inference cost details. Credits are easy to understand and can be packaged into annual contracts for multiple features and products.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, the industry will likely see <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-01-gartner-says-us-dollars-234-billion-in-enterprise-application-software-spend-is-at-risk-from-agentic-artificial-intelligence">some move toward outcome-based pricing</a> for results such as resolved tickets, recovered revenue or qualified leads. This strategy will mostly be limited to verticals where it is easy to prove AI impacted the result.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where a software vendor sits on this spectrum is a signal of differentiation and pricing power. Credits are where most defensible AI-native businesses are landing because they balance customer predictability with vendor margin control.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How AI upends classic SaaS metrics</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When SaaS was in its infancy, companies settled on key metrics designed to answer a small set of core questions. Are we growing? Are customers using the product? Are we retaining and expanding accounts?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But as AI upends software itself, it is also requiring companies to adopt new metrics to track success. These new metrics fall into three primary buckets, rebuilt around the pricing spectrum described earlier and the trend toward credits as the primary frame:</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Revenue composition</h3>



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<li>Committed credit annual recurring revenue (ARR) vs. burndown ARR: Measuring the credits sold on annual commitment vs. those consumed and replenished. This is the single most important split for valuation. Committed credits behave like subscription and burndown behaves like usage.</li>



<li>Credit utilization rate: The percentage of purchased credits consumed per period. This is a leading indicator of renewal sizing.</li>



<li>Credit burn velocity: How fast is a customer consuming their credits, and is that consumption increasing or decreasing quarter over quarter? This metric predicts expansion or contraction before it shows up in ARR.</li>



<li>Effective price per credit: The real revenue per credit after discounts, overage and rollover, which can detect revenue leakage and help companies set smarter guide rails.</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Margin reality</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Credit margin: The gross profit the company earns per credit after subtracting inference costs. This is the core economic unit for AI-native, usage-based businesses — the replacement for gross margin per seat used in SaaS.</li>



<li>Inference-adjusted gross margin: By carving out AI inference costs separately in the P&amp;L statement, you can see true AI margins, avoid hiding deterioration inside blended SaaS margins, and clearly distinguish AI economics from legacy SaaS economics.</li>



<li>Compute leverage ratio: This metric measures how efficiently the business converts compute spend into revenue. It shows whether your AI margins are improving as you scale.</li>



<li>AI-adjusted “Rule of 40”: This updated metric recalibrates the traditional growth and profitability benchmark to account for AI’s lower gross margins and variable inference costs, giving a more accurate picture of business health for AI-native companies.</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Behavioral and value signals</h3>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Time-to-first outcome: Replaces traditional onboarding metrics. Tracks how fast a customer reaches their first measurable result.</li>



<li>Adoption: AI-native adoption is measured by workflow penetration and active agent density, not seat count. As AI replaces human-driven usage, the unit of adoption shifts from people to automated workflows and agents.</li>



<li>Net credit retention (NCR): Credit-volume retention across the customer base, tracked separately from net recurring revenue to avoid price-change impact.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Along with these new metrics, the industry’s transformation is prompting companies to retire or recalibrate old SaaS measures, including per-seat ARR as a primary key performance indicator (KPI), traditional magic number calibrated to subscription dynamics, unadjusted Rule of 40, customer success metrics tied to human touchpoints, and blended gross margin without AI COGS carve-outs.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What does this mean for enterprise value calculations?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As the internal metrics of success change, so do the ways the investment community measures growth and long-term viability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Increasingly, a company’s valuation multiple depends on whether its revenue behaves like committed subscription ARR or volatile usage ARR, and the commit‑to‑burndown ratio is the metric investors use to decide where the company fits.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For example, a business with 80% committed credit ARR could trade closer to subscription comps and one with 80% burndown could trade closer to usage comps even though both have the same types of customers. Being able to proactively explain the commit‑to‑burndown mix can help companies avoid undervaluation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In addition, utilization is expected to replace net promoter scores and seat usage as the primary predictor of churn or expansion. Low utilization guarantees downsizing at renewal, so companies must track utilization cohorts the same way SaaS tracks logo retention cohorts today.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We’re also seeing an inversion of the operating model, with R&amp;D and COGS moving up the P&amp;L and sales and marketing (S&amp;M) and customer success (CS) moving down or sideways. The net operating leverage profile is structurally different from classical SaaS, and the cost-to-scale curve looks different too.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, credit margin engineering is a hidden value-creation lever. The gap between price per credit and cost per credit is set by the software vendor and can be optimized. Most operators have barely started managing this rigorously, and the ones who do will pull away on margin.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What this means for leaders, boards and investors</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The shift from classic SaaS metrics to new AI‑native measures isn’t cosmetic. It represents the seismic change the industry is experiencing as AI matures and transforms products and organizations.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While these metrics — and perhaps others yet to be determined — may evolve over time, there is no doubt they are already changing how AI companies allocate capital, price products, incent sales teams, evaluate performance and communicate with investors.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It’s important to remember that SaaS metrics were practical tools for a specific era of software. As that era draws to a close, winning companies will choose new metrics that shape behavior and drive smart decision-making.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The views reflected in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst &amp; Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.</em></p>



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<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, I have learned that basic prompts produce inconsistent, hallucination-prone results that no executive would trust in production. What turned the tide was my move to advanced prompting techniques. These weren’t theoretical experiments; they became a practical foundation fo...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the past few years, I have learned that basic prompts produce inconsistent, hallucination-prone results that no executive would trust in production. What turned the tide was my move to advanced prompting techniques. These weren’t theoretical experiments; they became a practical foundation for reliable, measurable outcomes. I want to share the techniques that consistently delivered the biggest gains in my projects, complete with real before-and-after examples, copy-paste templates, lessons from failures and guidance on when to evolve beyond prompting to agentic systems.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why advanced prompting still matters in enterprise settings</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sophisticated prompting remains essential for control, reliability and compliance. If you “ask nicely” and hope for the best, you need deterministic behavior, auditable reasoning and minimal risk of hallucination. Here’s what worked for me.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1. Chain-of-Thought (CoT) and its variants: Unlocking step-by-step reasoning</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The problem:</strong> Models would jump to conclusions on complex analysis tasks, especially involving data interpretation or multi-step logic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>What I did:</strong> I started explicitly instructing the model to “think step by step” and show its reasoning.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Before (basic prompt): </strong>“Analyze last quarter’s sales data and recommend three actions.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>After (CoT prompt):</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“You’re a senior business analyst. Analyze the following sales data step by step: [data]. First, identify the key trends. Second, calculate the rates and anomalies. Third, link findings to business context. Finally, recommend the three prioritized actions with expected impact. Explain your reasoning at each step.”  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Results:</strong> Accuracy and depth improved dramatically.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Variants that worked well:</strong> Self-consistency. I ran the same CoT prompt multiple times and took the majority consensus. This reduced variability significantly.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Template you can use:</strong></p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>You are [expert role]. Solve this problem by thinking step by step.

[Task or question]

For each step:

1. State your observation or calculation.

2. Explain the implication.

3. Proceed only when confident.

Final answer in this format: [structured output]</code></pre>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2. Tree-of-Thoughts (ToT): Exploring multiple reasoning paths</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For truly complex decisions such as resource allocation or risk assessment, linear CoT isn’t enough. Tree-of-Thoughts lets the model generate and evaluate multiple branches.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Example:</strong> I was helping a client evaluate three potential vendor platforms for an AI deployment. A standard prompt gave a superficial comparison. With ToT</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Prompt Snippet:</strong></p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>Explore three different reasoning paths for selecting the best vendor platform:

Path 1: Focus on cost and scalability.

Path 2: Focus on security, compliance and integration.

Path 3: Focus on innovation and long-term roadmap.

For each path, evaluate pros/cons against our requirements [list].

Then, compare the paths and recommend the strongest overall option with justification.</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Outcome:</strong> The model surfaced nuanced trade-offs (e.g., one vendor had superior security, but higher integration cost).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When to use:</strong> Strategic planning, troubleshooting or scenarios with high uncertainty and multiple viable approaches.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">3. ReAct (Reason+ Act) and prompt chaining: Moving toward agentic behavior</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One of the biggest leaps I have noticed comes from combining reasoning with tool use and chaining prompts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>ReAct example</strong>: (used in data analytics workflow)</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>You are an AI analyst with access to tools. For the query below:

1. Reason about what information you need.

2. Choose the appropriate tool or action.

3. Observe the result.

4. Repeat until you can answer confidently.

Query: [user request]</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In practice, I chained this with retrieval tools. One automated quarterly compliance reporting; the system reasoned about required data, pulled relevant records, validated them, and generated the reports.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4. Meta-prompting and self-reflection: Letting the model improve itself</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Use the model to refine its own prompt. This is a huge time-saver.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>You are an expert prompt engineer. Improve the following prompt for clarity, structure and effectiveness with [target model]. Make it more precise while preserving intent.

Original prompt: [paste]

Provide the improved version and explain your changes.</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Self-reflection loops (asking the model to critique its own output and revise) are a game-changer for content generation and code-review tasks.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5. Multimodal and structured output techniques</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With vision-enabled models, I started combining text with images (e.g., uploading architecture diagrams or dashboards).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tip from experience:</strong> Be extremely specific in describing what the models should focus on.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Best practices I learned the hard way</h4>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Start simple, then layer complexity</strong>: Over-engineered prompts from Day One usually backfire.</li>



<li><strong>Model specific tuning:</strong> Some models respond better to XML delimiters; others to explicit reasoning.</li>



<li><strong>Evaluation and versioning:</strong> Treat prompts like code if you track versions and run automated evals.</li>



<li><strong>Security guardrails:</strong> Always include instructions against prompt injections and respect data boundaries.</li>



<li><strong>When to stop prompting</strong>: For repetitive, high-stakes workflows, move to full agents or an orchestration framework.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Final takeaways for technical leaders</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Advanced prompt engineering has now become a core competency for anyone responsible for enterprise AI outcomes. Start by picking one technique and apply it rigorously to a real business problem. Document before/ after and you will notice why it’s worth mastering.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The field continues evolving towards more automated and agentic systems, but the ability to precisely direct AI reasoning remains foundational.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.cio.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent L...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent LLMs at an almost monthly cadence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His comments came a day after <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash</a> and 3.5 Flash Cyber but offered no update on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, the company’s delayed flagship reasoning model that many developers had expected to arrive weeks earlier.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google introduced the Gemini 3.5 family at its annual I/O conference, promising to release the Pro model in June. That timeline has since slipped, with <a href="http://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bloomberg suggesting Gemini 3.5 Pro is months late</a> because the model’s coding performance is falling short of internal expectations, especially when compared to better performance by similar models from OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of revisiting the Gemini 3.5 Pro timeline, Pichai used the earnings call to shift the discussion toward Gemini 4, when asked about how his company planned to navigate an increasingly competitive race to release frontier AI models by to Barclays Investment Bank analyst Ross Sandler.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We are creating a baseline on top of which you will see us rapidly iterate on subsequent model releases. And so picking up pace and releasing models almost at a monthly cadence is part of our road map as we are building Gemini 4 as well,” Pichai said during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzExSq9DU9w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">call</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sandler’s question followed one from JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co analyst <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-anmuth-9229621/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Douglas Anmuth</a>, who asked Pichai if Google was releasing frontier AI models frequently enough to keep pace with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pichai had responded to Anmuth’s question that Google remained confident of competing at the frontier and was investing heavily in a larger Gemini 4 base model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts, though, aren’t as confident as Pichai.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While delays to Google’s frontier model roadmap have not triggered an exodus of existing customers, either because of high switching costs or because many enterprises already running multi-model architectures, they have made CIOs evaluating AI platforms more cautious about making new commitments, said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhupendrachopra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bhupendra Chopra</a>, chief revenue officer at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A monthly model release cadence could prove to be a double-edged sword for enterprises and their CIOs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While a monthly release cadence could help enterprises gain faster access to improvements in model performance, cost and capabilities, it will also require CIOs to invest more heavily in testing, governance and version management to safely adopt those updates, said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, <a href="https://pareekh.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, principal analyst at Pareekh Consulting, said enterprises will embrace a faster release cadence only if each successive model delivers measurable improvements in performance, cost or safety, rather than simply changing version number.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The challenge for CIOs, Jain said, is not just keeping up with model releases; it’s deciding whether each new version is worth the cost of validating it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4200818/google-ceo-distracts-from-gemini-3-5-pro-delay-with-talk-of-gemini-4-and-monthly-releases.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[OpenAI has launched Presence, an enterprise service for deploying voice and chat agents that can resolve customer and employee requests, potentially automating some work now handled by frontline support teams.



The agents can answer questions and operate IT systems, and enterprises can decide w...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI has launched Presence, an enterprise service for deploying voice and chat agents that can resolve customer and employee requests, potentially automating some work now handled by frontline support teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The agents can answer questions and operate IT systems, and enterprises can decide what actions the agents may take and when they should seek human approval for actions or transfer a case to a human.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI is already using Presence internally for its English-language phone support channel, where it verifies callers and uses account information to complete approved actions. The company said the system resolves 75% of inbound issues without human assistance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Another OpenAI service, Codex, can be used to monitor agents and suggest updates or improvements to processes. In OpenAI’s own tests, suggestions from Codex helped reduce handoffs to humans by 15 percentage points over 10 days, it said. Presence also includes simulation and evaluation tools that allow companies to test an agent before deployment. The tests assess whether it reaches the correct outcome, follows company policy, and hands a case to an employee when required.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI intends each Presence deployment to deal with one kind of task, for example billing issues, insurance claims, or employee IT service requests, with agents getting only the knowledge and system access required for that task.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Presence is not a self-service product: Enterprises will have to sign up for the limited availability program, with integration performed by OpenAI or selected <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4136024/openai-partners-with-consulting-giants-to-deploy-enterprise-ai-agents.html">global systems integrators</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Companies exploring or testing Presence include Spanish bank BBVA, which is evaluating the service for everyday banking support in Mexico, and Japanese technology group SoftBank, which is using it in trials involving Japanese-language customer interactions. Australian insurer IAG is assessing whether the technology can help it respond to surges in customer demand during severe weather events.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Workforce impact</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI’s announcement did not address the potential effect of Presence on employment. But its claimed automation rate raises questions about how the technology could affect staffing in customer service and other support functions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://pareekh.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, CEO of Pareekh Consulting, said CIOs should regard the 75% figure as evidence that the technology can work, rather than as a benchmark that every enterprise can expect to reach.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said OpenAI’s deployment benefits from being built around the company’s own products and data. Large enterprises may achieve lower automation rates because they must contend with fragmented legacy systems, uneven knowledge bases and more complex compliance demands.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Most organizations should expect lower initial automation levels that improve over time as the AI agent is refined,” Jain said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first workforce effect is more likely to be <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4015750/cios-see-ai-prompting-new-it-hiring-even-as-boards-push-for-job-cuts.html">slower hiring than immediate layoffs</a>, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulikasheel/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tulika Sheel</a>, senior vice president at Kadence International.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The roles most exposed are likely to be repetitive, high-volume functions such as frontline customer support and routine back-office processing,” Sheel said. “However, I would expect the first impact to be on hiring and team growth rather than immediate large-scale job cuts. Over time, enterprises may redesign roles around AI-assisted workflows, with humans focusing more on complex cases, escalation, and relationship management.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said Tier-1 support agents handling predictable queries would face the most exposure. Broader reductions would become more likely only after companies reorganize their operations around the technology.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, <a href="https://omdia.tech.informa.com/authors/lian-jye-su" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lian Jye Su</a>, chief analyst at Omdia, said Presence is unlikely to increase the threat of job displacement because companies have used similar customer-support automation from vendors such as Genesys, NiCE, Five9 and AWS for years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Enterprises are more likely to use Presence alongside employees, with AI handling routine requests while people remain responsible for work requiring judgment and empathy, Su said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cost and operational risks</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts said CIOs should examine whether Presence can maintain resolution quality as usage grows, since fewer human handoffs could leave employees dealing with a more difficult mix of cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The key question is not simply how many tasks AI can handle, but whether it can handle them reliably at scale,” Sheel said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The financial case will depend partly on the cost of connecting Presence to existing systems and maintaining the controls needed to govern its use, according to Jain. “Often the biggest cost of enterprise AI is not tokens but <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4128310/openai-responds-to-claude-cowork-with-its-own-platform-to-help-build-deploy-and-manage-ai-agents.html">integration and governance</a>,” Jain added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Companies will need to determine what systems and data the agents can access, monitor their performance, and audit the actions they take. Those investments could offset early savings.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Su said the complexity of enterprise IT will make it difficult for OpenAI to automate entire workflows on its own. Enterprises will still need to work with other technology providers and human employees, while CIOs will favor systems that can be audited and integrated with existing infrastructure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jain said the economics could improve if companies use the same integrations and governance controls across additional workflows.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The initial hype has faded, leaving CIOs to drive real enterprise value. Based on my experience implementing Google, OpenAI and Anthropic technologies, here are the fundamental, technology-agnostic lessons every leader must anchor their strategy around.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a leadership multiplier</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most common tactical error we see is treating AI as an isolated technology project. What I have observed among our customers is that true success does not come from organizations that define a standalone “AI strategy,” but rather from those leaders that integrate AI into their business strategy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When our customers isolate AI and define an AI strategy, it inevitably treats it like a “technological toy” to experiment with. This approach yields fragmented, orphaned initiatives that fail to scale because they are fundamentally disconnected from their core corporate objectives. What I learned is that AI is not the ultimate destination; it is a powerful catalyst. We have replaced “What can AI do for our customers?” with a more strategic question, “How does AI accelerate their existing business goals?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Think of AI like electricity. No modern corporation designs a standalone “electricity strategy.” Instead, all companies route it invisibly across the entire organization to illuminate offices, power production lines and drive communication. AI must be woven into the enterprise fabric in the exact same way, acting as an underlying utility that supercharges your existing operational model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Integrating AI into the broader business strategy also dictates how we measure success. It forces a shift away from short-term tech vanity metrics and anchors the technology into a long-term roadmap.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When AI remains trapped within the IT department of our customers, we notice that it is relegated to a mere “software experiment.” To become a true competitive advantage, we observed that AI requires intense cross-functional orchestration. This perspective does not diminish the merit of the technical team; their expertise is fundamental for establishing the architecture, data governance and tools your enterprise requires. However, while IT builds the foundational infrastructure, it lacks the organizational authority to decide what should be built on top of it. Only the CEO or the owner of the company can step in to ensure AI leaves the “toy project” phase and integrates into the DNA of the organization.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The requirement for top-down, executive ownership stems from three critical realities observed in the field:</p>



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<li><strong>Silo-smashing and data collaboration:</strong> True enterprise AI is data-hungry and that data lives across disparate business lines, finance, operations, marketing and customer service. Only the CEO possesses the cross-functional authority to demand that data silos be dismantled.</li>



<li><strong>Cultural transformation and fear mitigation:</strong> AI triggers widespread anxiety over job displacement across all industries and hierarchies. When relegated to an “IT project,” resistance spikes as teams view it as a threat to their livelihoods. When I saw the CEO lead this cultural shift directly is when I noticed the best results.</li>



<li><strong>C-Suite education and strategic alignment:</strong> The mandate for AI capability cannot just be delegated downward; the transformation must begin at the very top. I have conducted more than 70 presentations for the Board of Directors and C-Level teams. These people need to be actively educated not on technical code, but on specific business use cases, return on investment (ROI) frameworks and how AI resolves core organizational bottlenecks.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/ceo-survey.html">PwC’s data found that only 12% of enterprises have achieved both cost and revenue benefits from AI</a>. Those elite 12% succeeded precisely because their CEOs embedded AI extensively across <em>strategic decision-making and cross-functional workflows</em>. AI is simply too disruptive and too critical to be left exclusively in the hands of technical experts. If AI is not on the CEO’s weekly agenda, it is fundamentally missing from the company’s true strategy.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a new operational framework</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Traditional IT systems have operated on strict algorithmic certainty: if you input a specific set of data, the system executes an immutable line of code and guarantees the same, predictable output every single time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI completely breaks this paradigm. Because modern AI is built on probabilistic models, it does not execute static formulas; instead, it predicts the most likely correct response based on mathematical probabilities. This means that AI solutions carry an inherent, small percentage of uncertainty and variability. A prompt entered today might yield a slightly different, though contextually valid, output tomorrow.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executive leadership and organizational cultures must be actively educated to accept and navigate this fundamental shift. Traditional quality assurance frameworks for software are designed for a 100% success rate. Applying this rigid standard to AI will paralyze your initiatives, keeping 80% of your projects trapped eternally in the pilot phase. This happened to us in a food and beverage company in Latin America a couple of years ago. After this experience, we started to include conditions in our contracts that tolerate statistical margins of error and still define the project as a success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In terms of cost calculation, we had to teach CIOs and business managers to forget the monthly subscription model for AI and learn to manage the primary unit of exchange in modern AI: the token.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To understand AI costs, executives must understand how large language models process data. AI models do not read full words; instead, they break text, images or code down into “pieces” called tokens. As a baseline, every 100 words process as approximately 130 to 140 tokens. Because the major AI providers use the token as their currency, <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.22750">your business is billed dynamically based on the exact volume of tokens consumed</a> by every query submitted (input) and every response generated (output).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many leaders believe AI costs are fixed due to flat-rate enterprise tiers ($25–$30/user). This is a temporary illusion. These venture-capital-subsidized rates mask true operational costs and come with dynamic usage limits. Modeling long-term ROI on them guarantees a severe budget shock when true consumption pricing takes over.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The solution is not to halt AI adoption; doing so means losing your competitive edge. Instead, the cost per token must cease to be treated as a technical footnote relegated to the IT department. It must be elevated to a core business variable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Risks in the AI adoption model</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since the beginning of the AI boom, I have seen all our customers making a critical tactical error that could cost them heavily in the medium term: they are focusing only on operational efficiency (reducing costs with AI).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have observed that an alarmingly high percentage of companies remain trapped in pilot phases focused exclusively on short-term cost reduction. <a href="https://www.bain.com/insights/your-ai-budget-is-growing-your-returns-arent-heres-why/">Bain &amp; Company’s global Automation and AI Pathfinder Survey </a>found that the largest share of companies measuring their AI initiatives (exactly 40%) realized cost reductions of 10% or less, heavily missing their internal targets. Our customers are putting too many resources and effort into marginal financial gains and in doing so, they are jeopardizing their most valuable assets: service quality, resilience and customer trust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Utilizing AI solely to slash headcount or cut operational corners is a dangerous trap that introduces severe field liabilities. A financial service organization in Latin America announced that they saved $1 million in customer support by replacing humans with AI chatbots. However, the mid-term reality revealed a different story: a damaged brand reputation due to AI errors and an influx of frustrated clients fleeing because the automated system cannot handle special cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Putting a company on an extreme AI diet might make it look leaner on next quarter’s financial statement, but over-indexing on cost-cutting will ultimately leave the business too weak to compete when market dynamics shift. We are now inviting our customers to change the question from <em>“How much money will AI save us?”</em> to <em>“How will we leverage AI to exponentially increase the long-term value of our enterprise?”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deploying enterprise AI is a marathon, not a sprint, and the terrain changes with every mile. The organizations that thrive in this next era will be those that transition from fascination to discipline, treating AI not as a magic bullet for immediate savings, but as a core capability that demands rigorous governance, architectural foresight and cultural maturity. Navigating this shift requires moving past the theoretical hype and anchoring decisions in raw, field-tested reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we continue to deploy these technologies across industries, the blueprint for success is being rewritten in real time. Let’s keep this conversation going as we map out the future of business intelligence together.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[Late in a large enterprise SAP transformation, the strategic governance conversations began to drift. Instead of executive decisions, we found ourselves debating whether the program needed dedicated testing, whether cutover required a full weekend, whether twenty Agile teams really needed coordin...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Late in a large enterprise SAP transformation, the strategic governance conversations began to drift. Instead of executive decisions, we found ourselves debating whether the program needed dedicated testing, whether cutover required a full weekend, whether twenty Agile teams really needed coordination support and whether offshore resources were adding value at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The questions were not coming from the delivery teams. They were coming from the executive sponsor.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The sponsor had recently been elevated into a senior leadership role and had never sponsored a technology transformation at this scale. The challenge was not authority. The sponsor had every right to ask any question they wanted. The challenge was that strategic governance had quietly turned into a debate about delivery practices, because the sponsor did not yet have the transformation context to focus the conversation anywhere else.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a story about a bad sponsor. The executive in this case was a capable senior leader with strong judgment and authentic intent. They had been placed into a role they had not yet been prepared for, and the pattern that followed was structural, not personal. It is one of the more common patterns I have observed across enterprise transformation programs, and one of the most consistently misdiagnosed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most program failures are not execution failures. They are sponsor mismatches.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When governance becomes a debate about delivery practices</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the sponsor does not understand what an enterprise transformation actually requires, governance forums stop functioning as decision bodies and start functioning as practice debates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You see it in the questions that get asked. Why do we need a dedicated testing phase? Can the Build timeline be compressed? Why does cutover need a full weekend? Why do we need more Scrum Masters across 20 product teams? Can the US team simply work longer hours instead of using offshore resources? On one program, the sponsor suggested shifting the entire project’s working hours to India time, despite roughly 85 percent of the delivery organization being based in the United States.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these questions are unreasonable in isolation. Each one targets a real cost or timeline pressure. The problem is what is missing underneath them: an understanding of the operational risks the original choices were designed to mitigate.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When sponsors ask delivery-practice questions without that context, the program leadership team ends up defending the work instead of advancing it. Decision velocity drops. Trust between the program and its sponsor erodes. Senior delivery talent disengages from governance forums where the conversation never reaches the decisions they need made. What looks from the outside like an active sponsor producing engagement is, from inside the program, an active drain on the cycles needed to deliver.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The compounding cost is not unique to any single program. <a href="https://www.pmi.org/blog/why-executive-sponsorship-fuels-projects">PMI’s research on executive sponsorship</a> consistently identifies sponsor engagement quality, rather than sponsor presence alone, as one of the strongest predictors of project success. The visible symptom is debate. The actual cost is unmade decisions.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Authority is rarely the issue. Literacy is</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When transformations stall under a mismatched sponsor, the diagnostic instinct is to question the sponsor’s authority. Are they senior enough? Do they have the cross-functional reach? Can they unblock?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In most of the programs I have led or advised, authority was not the limiting factor. The sponsor in the SAP program above had ample authority. They could unblock any decision the program needed. What had not been developed was the transformation literacy to know which decisions mattered, which were technical noise and which were execution risks that should not be optimized away.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is what I have come to think of as the literacy problem. Sponsors elevated into transformation roles often have deep functional expertise (finance, operations, business unit leadership) but limited exposure to the distinct functions of PMO, organizational change management, agile delivery, testing and cutover, and how each one reduces a specific category of implementation risk. They are not expected to be SAP configuration experts. But they need enough transformation literacy to recognize which questions actually belong in a steering committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://hbr.org/2015/05/how-to-be-an-effective-executive-sponsor">Harvard Business Review’s research on effective executive sponsorship</a> has emphasized that sponsorship effectiveness depends as much on judgment as on authority. Judgment is where literacy becomes operational. A sponsor with authority but limited transformation literacy will optimize for speed and cost in ways that consistently underestimate risk. A sponsor with both will make the tradeoffs the program actually needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/change-management-best-practices">Prosci’s longstanding benchmark studies on change management</a> have ranked active and visible executive sponsorship as the single greatest contributor to change success for two decades. The word that matters in that finding is active. Active sponsorship without transformation literacy can introduce real cost. Not because the sponsor is acting against the program, but because the optimization choices they make are based on incomplete information about what the program is built to protect against.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shift the conversation from delivery practices to business risk</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the sponsor relationship is already in place and cannot be changed, the program leadership team has one move that consistently works: shift the conversation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the SAP program above, we stopped explaining why the testing phase existed. We started explaining the business risk of reducing it. We stopped debating the number of Scrum Masters. We started connecting delivery capacity to coordination across more than twenty Agile teams and the business cost of losing that coordination. We reframed offshore support as a way to maintain delivery momentum around the clock rather than asking the U.S. team to sustain fifteen-hour days.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The shift is from defending delivery practice to explaining business risk. The sponsor does not need to understand why testing takes the time it does. They need to understand what the program is exposed to if testing is compressed. They do not need to know how many Scrum Masters are statistically optimal for twenty Agile teams. They need to know what coordination breaks when the number is wrong.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This reframing accomplishes two things. First, it brings the conversation back to the level at which sponsors actually make decisions: tradeoffs between business outcomes and business risks. Second, it builds transformation literacy in the sponsor over time, almost as a byproduct. By the third or fourth iteration of business-risk-framed conversations, the sponsor begins to ask the right questions on their own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In practice, this happens through small but deliberate moves. When the sponsor asks why a phase needs the time it takes, the program lead names two or three things that could go wrong if the time is cut and what each would cost the business. When the sponsor asks why a role is needed, the program lead names the work that would not get done without it. Every delivery-practice question gets converted into a business-risk answer.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The program leadership team’s job is not to make the sponsor an expert in SAP delivery. It is to provide enough transformation context so that executive decisions reflect both business priorities and implementation realities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are a few phrases I have used with executive sponsors over the years that capture the underlying issue. The sharpest one:</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">If the decision has to go above the sponsor, they are not the sponsor.</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sponsorship is defined by what the sponsor can decide without asking someone else. That is the test. Anything else is the appearance of sponsorship, not the substance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For CIOs supporting enterprise transformation, the implication is direct. Sponsor selection, or sponsor preparation when selection is not an option, is not a hierarchy question. It is a transformation capability question. The same execution discipline that goes into defining decision rights, structuring governance and protecting delivery momentum should apply, with equal rigor, to assessing sponsor fit and building sponsor literacy before the program begins.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A sponsor does not need to be the technical expert. They do need to know when to trust the people who are.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Model Context Protocol (<a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4029634/what-is-model-context-protocol-how-mcp-bridges-ai-and-external-services.html">MCP</a>), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The latest <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/changelog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">release candidate</a>, scheduled for release on July 28, removes protocol-level sessions in favor of a stateless architecture, a change which industry experts say is intended to make MCP easier to deploy across standard cloud infrastructure as enterprises move AI pilots into production.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The session-based model made sense when MCP servers were local processes on a developer’s laptop. In production, it became an operational tax,” said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/muskan-bandta2004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Muskan Bandta</a>, cloud associate at ZopDev.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When your infrastructure team asks whether MCP services can scale like other cloud applications, the answer used to be ‘not quite.’ With the move to a stateless architecture, the answer is now yes,” Bandta added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier versions of the protocol maintained information about every client connection, meaning servers had to keep track of each session throughout an interaction. While that approach worked well for local development, it complicated deployments across multiple servers because requests often had to be routed back to the same machine, limiting scalability and making MCP a less natural fit for modern cloud architectures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Under the new stateless design, every request contains the information needed for any available server to process it independently. Applications that need to maintain context across multiple requests can still do so, but developers must now manage that state explicitly rather than relying on the protocol itself,” she said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This transition to a stateless design goes beyond simplifying infrastructure by fundamentally changing how AI applications manage and share context across tools, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/znamit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amit Jena</a>, AI development manager at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of keeping application state hidden inside protocol sessions, the new design makes it explicit, allowing AI models to access, reason over, and pass that information between tools, giving developers greater control over how context is preserved and shared across tools, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It should also make AI workflows more portable, resilient, and easier to orchestrate across distributed environments, he said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">MCP’s new features</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other changes to MCP include the addition of a Multi Round-Trip Requests (MRTR) mechanism that changes how AI agents request additional information they need to complete a task.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of relying on a persistent connection between the client and server throughout the interaction, the new mechanism lets the server request additional input through a standard request-response exchange before continuing the task, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Routable transport headers, another addition, enable API gateways and other networking infrastructure to identify and route MCP requests without inspecting their contents.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They reduce processing overhead, lower latency, and let enterprise teams enforce routing, rate-limiting and security policies more efficiently using existing API management infrastructure, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">MCP is also getting an updated authorization framework built around OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect; interactive MCP Apps; and deterministic caching of tool and resource listings to improve LLM prompt-cache hit rates, potentially saving on token costs.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Rebuilding the trust boundary</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MCP release steering committee also decided to deprecate some legacy features, including Roots, Sampling, Logging, the older HTTP+SSE transport and Dynamic Client Registration, although these will continue to work in this version and any other released over the next year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The deprecation of Sampling is likely to have the biggest impact because it changes who is responsible for interacting with foundation models, said Jena.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Sampling let MCP servers invoke the <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2335213/large-language-models-the-foundations-of-generative-ai.html" target="_blank">LLM</a> through the client, which meant the server had a callback path into the model without owning that connection. Deprecating it means rebuilding that trust boundary,” Jena said. “Your server now calls the model provider directly. That changes your network architecture, your auth model, and depending on how you’ve built cost attribution, your billing flow.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The year-long transition period will be enough for teams to audit their sampling dependencies now, said Jena: “The risk is that teams who haven’t implemented sampling themselves won’t know if a third-party MCP server they’re depending on uses it.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Updated MCP SDKs</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To accompany the protocol update, there are updated <a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MCP SDKs</a> for <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253770/what-is-python-powerful-intuitive-programming.html" target="_blank">Python</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2257305/what-is-typescript-strongly-typed-javascript.html" target="_blank">Typescript</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253031/whats-the-go-language-really-good-for-3.html">Go</a>, and <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4131649/the-best-new-features-of-c-14.html">C#</a>. These support both the old and new protocol versions, so new clients can continue communicating with older servers, while updated servers will also support older clients, reducing the risk of immediate disruptions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That backward compatibility should make the transition largely incremental, except for enterprises that built custom infrastructure around MCP’s earlier session-based architecture, Bandta said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Identifying and auditing those session dependencies may not be easy, Jena warned.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Session management complexity tends to be hidden across multiple layers — the gateway config, the deployment scripts, the monitoring dashboards. The code change is small; finding everywhere the assumption lives is what takes time,” he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4201254/model-context-protocol-is-going-stateless-to-make-scaling-simpler.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn't notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the investigation. The agent --...]]></description>
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OpenAI's public disclosure, on July 21, thatone of its agents had slipped out of control and carried out the break-in at Hugging Facedrew global attention. But many details of the hack, including how long the agent went rogue and OpenAI's belated knowledge of it, are being reported here for the first time. Hugging Face is preparing a public timeline of the hack, Wolf said, adding that he could not speak to what happened at OpenAI. In a statement, OpenAI said the hack was unprecedented and "marks an important moment for AI safety." It added that it was reviewing the incident with outside advisers and would eventually publish a technical report. "Does that mean that they left it unattended and didn't realize what it was doing? Or maybe they did and didn't know how to contain it? Both are equally dangerous and alarming," asked Marley Smith, the principal intelligence specialist at the nonprofit World Ethical Data Foundation.
 
"The models lie, they cheat, they hack," said Jeffrey Ladish, whose organization, Palisade Research, studies the capabilities and motivations of AI agents. Ladish said the hack should spark broader questions over how much all the leading AI companies are willing to invest in onerous security measures while locked in a race with one another to deploy the best and fastest models. "There has to be government oversight," Ladish said, "because it won't happen otherwise."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Installing Rogue-jndi on Kali Linux]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Following the previous tutorial in which we looked at the log4j vulnerability in VMWare vSphere server, I got some questions about how to set up a malicious LDAP server on Linux. The attacker controlled LDAP server is required to provide the malicious java class (with a reverse shell for example)...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:52:21 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following the previous tutorial in which we looked at the log4j vulnerability in VMWare vSphere server, I got some questions about how to set up a malicious LDAP server on Linux. The attacker controlled LDAP server is required to provide the malicious java class (with a reverse shell for example) in response to the forged [...]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hackingtutorials.org/general-tutorials/installing-rogue-jndi-on-kali-linux/">Installing Rogue-jndi on Kali Linux</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hackingtutorials.org/">Hacking Tutorials</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-16374 | Mozilla Firefox up to 140.12/152 Framework information disclosure (Nessus ID 329499)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 140.12/152. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Framework. This manipulation causes information disclosure.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-16374. It is possible to initiate the at...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3694011/sicherheitsluecken/cve-2026-16374-mozilla-firefox-up-to-14012152-framework-information-disclosure-nessus-id-329499/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:02:35 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
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The identification of this vulnerability is <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16374">CVE-2026-16374</a>. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Android 6 Marshmallow: Google beendet den längsten Support der Android-Geschichte]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ohne Ankündigung, ohne Blogpost, nur eine geänderte Zeile im Hilfe-Center: In Googles Supportdokument zu den Play-Diensten steht jetzt, dass diese nur noch auf Geräten mit…
Dieser Artikel Android 6 Marshmallow: Google beendet den längsten Support der Android-Geschichte erschien zuerst auf SmartDr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:00:27 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
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<p>Dieser Artikel <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.smartdroid.de/android-6-marshmallow-google-beendet-den-laengsten-support-der-android-geschichte/">Android 6 Marshmallow: Google beendet den längsten Support der Android-Geschichte</a> erschien zuerst auf <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.smartdroid.de/">SmartDroid.de</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Finale Preview: Will Agent Kim Fight His Closest Friends?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Episode 10 will place Manager Kim and his closest allies inside their most personal and dangerous battle yet. With their children being used as hostages, the three fathers must find a way to defeat Ju Gang-chan without turning against each other.




Release date: July 25, 2...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:45:18 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Agent Kim Reactivated Episode 10 will place Manager Kim and his closest allies inside their most personal and dangerous battle yet. With their children being used as hostages, the three fathers must find a way to defeat Ju Gang-chan without turning against each other.




Release date: July 25, 2026



Release time: 9:45 p.m. KST on SBS




Spoiler warning for Episode 9



Episode 9 followed Manager Kim, Seong Han-su and Park Jin-cheol as they entered another heavily guarded location and fought through Gang-chan’s men. Han-su and Jin-cheol handled several attackers together, while Manager Kim used his old operational skills to clear the remaining guards.



However, Gang-chan had already prepared a cruel backup plan. He arranged the kidnapping of Han-su and Jin-cheol’s children, giving him complete control over the fathers before the final confrontation.



The story began with Manager Kim leaving his secret past behind and raising his daughter Min-ji as an ordinary single father. Her disappearance forced him to reactivate his black-ops skills and reconnect with former operatives Han-su and Jin-cheol. Since then, each man’s family has become connected to Manager Kim’s unfinished conflicts.



Will the three agents fight each other?



The Episode 10 preview suggests that Gang-chan will force the three men into a cage and demand that Han-su and Jin-cheol kill Manager Kim. Their children’s survival appears to depend on whether they follow his instructions.



This creates a painful choice for both fathers. Manager Kim previously risked everything to protect their families, but Han-su and Jin-cheol cannot ignore an immediate threat against their children.



Still, the three agents know each other’s abilities well. Their apparent conflict could become part of a plan to distract Gang-chan, escape the cage and reach the hostages before his men can act.



Will all the families survive?



The finale’s official description says the three men become enemies while trying to protect the people they love. This confirms that every family will remain in danger until the final moments.



Manager Kim will likely take the greatest risk because he understands Gang-chan’s methods and refuses to let another child suffer because of his past. Min-ji could also play an important role, especially after repeatedly showing courage during earlier threats.



Episode 10 should end the conflict between Manager Kim and Gang-chan while revealing whether the three fathers can save every hostage. Do you think all the agent families will survive the finale? Let us know in the comments.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[What Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What Surrounds Us takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle - it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them joyfully meet with others. And you traverse a large map that's composed entirely o...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3693908/it-nachrichten/what-surrounds-us-will-make-you-think-a-lot-about-circles/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:11:59 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universitiesThe US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, ⁠the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3693747/it-nachrichten/trump-administration-says-15-agencies-will-get-5bn-in-ai-for-science-effort/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:40:31 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities</p><p>The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai">AI</a>, ⁠the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes ⁠of chronic diseases, accelerate drug ⁠discovery and ​develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statement.</p><p>Scientists will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI and specialized ⁠datasets, along with other components needed to run experiments using algorithms, said Michael Kratsios, the chief technology adviser to Donald Trump, in an ⁠interview with Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows platform security for AI agents]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Making Windows the trustworthy OS for agents
AI agents are no longer just answering questions, they are taking actions across systems with increasing autonomy. As they become persistent participants in how software runs, they introduce new r
The post Windows platform security for AI agents appear...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:17:36 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🪟 Windows Tipps</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Making Windows the trustworthy OS for agents</h2>
<p>AI agents are no longer just answering questions, they are taking actions across systems with increasing autonomy. As they become persistent participants in how software runs, they introduce new r</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/06/02/windows-platform-security-for-ai-agents/">Windows platform security for AI agents</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper">Windows Developer Blog</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Build for the future with the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program — Apply now!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Android XR Team


  The Android XR ecosystem is expanding, and we’re committed to supporting developers who will build its next great experiences. Today, we’re opening applications for the Android XR Developer Catalyst Program, a dedicated initiative to accelerate the development of And...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:51 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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  <p dir="ltr">The Android XR ecosystem is expanding, and we’re committed to supporting developers who will build its next great experiences. Today, we’re opening applications for the <a href="http://developer.android.com/develop/xr/catalyst">Android XR Developer Catalyst Program</a>, a dedicated initiative to accelerate the development of Android XR apps ready to launch within the next year.</p>
  
  <p dir="ltr">This program is designed to provide the resources, hardware, and grants to help you build and scale innovative experiences across <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/devices#xr-glasses">wired XR glasses</a>, like <a href="https://www.xreal.com/us/aura">XREAL’s Project Aura</a>, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/devices#audio-display">intelligent eyewear</a> (audio and display glasses). We are especially interested in seeing innovative experiences across media, gaming, productivity, and health, but we welcome any unique use case that helps users expand what's possible.</p>
  
  <h3 dir="ltr">Why join the catalyst program?</h3>
  
  <p dir="ltr">We want to help developers navigate common barriers to entry for XR development by providing:</p>
  
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    <li dir="ltr">
      <p dir="ltr"><strong>Development Kits:</strong> Get early access to hardware development kits for wired XR glasses (XREAL’s Project Aura) and / or intelligent eyewear (audio and display glasses).</p>
    </li>
    <li dir="ltr">
      <p dir="ltr"><strong>Technical support:</strong> Gain access to specialized technical resources and support forums specifically designed to help you prepare your app for Google Play.</p>
    </li>
    <li dir="ltr">
      <p dir="ltr"><strong>Grant Opportunities:</strong> Submit a request and you may be eligible to receive a non-recoupable grant to accelerate your development.</p>
    </li>
  </ul>
  
  <h3 dir="ltr">Ready to start building?</h3>
  
  <p dir="ltr">Applications are open to developers looking to publish apps for the Android XR ecosystem in the next 6-12 months. You can build with Kotlin and the <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/jetpack-xr-sdk">Jetpack XR SDK</a>, or with <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/unity">Unity</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/unreal">Unreal Engine</a> or <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/godot">Godot</a>. If you need a spark of inspiration, you can check out existing XR <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/experiments">Experiments</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/xr/samples">Samples</a> to see how you can use the SDK for everything from spatial music to navigation.</p>
  
  <p dir="ltr">Once you have your concept ready, be sure to <a href="http://developer.android.com/develop/xr/catalyst">submit your application</a> by June 30th by 11:59PM PDT. We can’t wait to see what you build.</p>
  
  <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href="http://developer.android.com/develop/xr/catalyst">Start Your Application</a></strong></p><p dir="ltr">Explore this announcement and all Google I/O 2026 updates on <span></span><a href="https://io.google/2026/?utm_source=blogpost&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=devblogs&amp;utm_content=" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">io.google<span></span></a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing app discovery and engagement on Google TV]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Paul Lammertsma, Developer Relations Engineer


  With over 300 million monthly active devices across Google TV and Android TV, it’s clear that the living room is a massive, distinct platform for apps to accelerate growth. Today, we’re excited to share Google TV features and developer t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:47 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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  With over 300 million monthly active devices across Google TV and Android TV, it’s clear that the living room is a massive, distinct platform for apps to accelerate growth. Today, we’re excited to share Google TV features and developer tools designed to increase the discoverability of your content and prepare your app for future TV experiences.
</p>

<h2 dir="ltr">Drive discovery and engagement with Gemini</h2>

<p dir="ltr">
  Last year, we brought our AI voice assistant, <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-tv/gemini-google-tv/">Gemini</a>, to our platform, so that people can easily find what to watch, learn something new on the big screen, and get everyday tasks done with just their voice.
</p>

<p dir="ltr">
  Since launch, we’ve made <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/google-tv/new-gemini-features-march-2026/">improvements</a> to how Gemini provides tailored responses to questions. Gemini shares a mix of visuals, videos, and text to help users find what they need, when they need it. For our streaming partners, Gemini is a helpful discovery engine—pulling from your app's metadata to surface your relevant content to viewers.
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<h2 dir="ltr">Declare support for pointing modality</h2>

<p dir="ltr">
  The TV experience that we once knew is changing. Gemini is changing the way we discover and stream content with voice, but how we use the remote is evolving, too.
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<p dir="ltr">
  Pointer remotes bring motion-controlled input to the big screen, unlocking faster user navigation across the Google TV Home page and within content-heavy apps. To ensure your app is ready for this shift and provides a great experience for all users, now is the time to start thinking about pointing input. Here’s how to get started:
</p>

<h4><span>1. Adapt your TV app UI Library</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  You’ll need support for hover states, scrollable containers, and cursor clicks to enable pointer remote interactions for your app on Google TV. While implementation varies by UI stack, Jetpack Compose streamlines this transition, as most core components handle these multi-modal interactions natively out of the box.
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  <li><strong>Hover state:</strong> Every focusable element on your screen (buttons, movie posters, setting toggles) needs a clear visual feedback mechanism for a hover state. This is often subtler than a focus state but critical for feedback.</li>
  <li><strong>Scrollable containers:</strong> Pointer remotes will also have a small circular touchpad for scrolling. Users can use this touchpad to scroll up or down, or left or right in your app. Your app will need to respond to touch events to scroll.</li>
  <li><strong>Cursor clicks:</strong> Many TV apps today expect a simple D-pad OKAY button “click.” With a pointer remote, a user may “click” on an element that’s not the D-pad focus state, but is instead from a hovered state (similar to a mouse click).</li>
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<h4><span>2. Test pointing interactions with a mouse today</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  To see how your app handles hover, scroll, and clicks, simply connect a bluetooth mouse or wired mouse to your Google TV. Keep in mind that a mouse has more precise control, since users are closer to the screen and typically rest the mouse in a stable position. Pointer remotes can often be less precise, since users are sometimes 10 feet away from the screen, making rough gestures with the remote from their couch. As a TV designer or developer, you can mitigate this lack of input precision by having larger hover targets for elements.
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<h4><span>3. Declare TV app support for pointer remotes on Google Play</span></h4>
<p dir="ltr">
  Finally, tell Google Play that your TV app is designed to work with a pointer. This ensures that users with pointer remotes will be able to easily find, install, and interact with your app.
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  Within your AndroidManifest.xml, declare the meta-data tag, <span>android.software.leanback.</span><span>supports_touch</span>. This tag informs the platform that your TV app “spatially supports touch,” since pointer remotes simulate touch events from a distance.
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><em>AndroidManifest.xml</em></strong></p>

<pre>&lt;manifest ...&gt;
    &lt;!-- Signal whether the app is adaptive or built just for TV --&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature android:name="android.software.leanback" android:required="true|false" /&gt;

    &lt;!-- Ensure the app can be installed on conventional TVs --&gt;
    &lt;uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" /&gt;

    &lt;!-- Signal whether the app supports pointer remotes --&gt;
    &lt;meta-data android:name="android.software.leanback.supports_touch" android:value="true|false"/&gt;

    &lt;application ...&gt;
        ...
    &lt;/application&gt;
&lt;/manifest&gt;
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Tips:</strong></p><ul>
  <li>The <span>android.<strong>software</strong>.<strong>leanback</strong></span> feature declaration indicates that your app supports D-pad navigation and is intended for distribution only on TV devices via Google Play.</li>
  <li>The new software attribute of <span>android.software.leanback.</span><span>supports_touch</span> declares that in addition to D-pad, you have ensured that your TV app works well for pointer/cursor experiences via mouse (of today) and pointer remotes (of future).</li>
  <li>If you haven't already, now is the time to adopt <a href="https://developer.android.com/compose">Jetpack Compose</a>. Hover, scroll, and clicks are common input modalities that are supported on various form factors, and building your app with an adaptive UI framework enables code reusability and reduced maintenance.</li>
</ul>

<h2 dir="ltr">Onboard the Engage SDK</h2>
<p dir="ltr">
  The Engage SDK, formerly known as the Video Discovery API, optimizes Resumption, Entitlements, and Recommendations across all Google TV form factors to boost app discovery and engagement.
</p>

<ul>
  <li><strong>Resumption:</strong> Partners can easily display a user's paused video within the 'Continue Watching' row from the Home page.</li>
  <li><strong>Entitlements:</strong> The Engage SDK streamlines entitlement management, which matches app content to user eligibility. Users appreciate this because they can enjoy personalized recommendations without needing to manually update all their subscription details. This allows partners to connect with users across multiple discovery points on Google TV.</li>
  <li><strong>Recommendations:</strong> The Engage SDK even highlights personalized recommendations based on content that users watched inside apps.</li>
</ul>

<p dir="ltr">
  It’s a great time to start onboarding the Engage SDK now, since the legacy Watch Next API, which has been powering your continue watching 1.0 experience, will lose support in the 2nd half of 2027. To get started, head to <a href="https://goo.gle/engage-tv">goo.gle/engage-tv</a> to learn more.
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<p dir="ltr">
  We're excited to see how our latest Gemini experience and developer tools will optimize your discovery and drive user engagement on our platform.
</p>Explore this announcement and all Google I/O 2026 updates on <a href="https://io.google/2026/?utm_source=blogpost&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=devblogs&amp;utm_content=">io.google</a>.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Build native Android apps in Google AI Studio]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Emma-Louise Leavey, Group Product Manager and Mike Taylor-Cai, Product Manager

    Starting today Google AI Studio can build entire Android apps for you in minutes from just a prompt. You don't need to install any software or configure any libraries, which significantly lowers the barr...]]></description>
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<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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    Starting today <a href="https://ai.dev/apps?features=build_android_app">Google AI Studio</a> can build entire Android apps for you in minutes from just a prompt. You don't need to install any software or configure any libraries, which significantly lowers the barrier to development. Whether you’re a seasoned developer looking to prototype at lightning speed or a creator building your first-ever mobile experience, you can now go from a single prompt to a high-quality, Kotlin-based Android app in AI Studio. You can easily install the app on your device, share it with others for testing, or send it to Android Studio for any further development.</div><div><h2>The power of native Android</h2>While AI has made it easy to generate web-based apps, people want more on their mobile devices. They expect the beautiful and usable modern app design and capabilities that come with native Android user experiences, built with the Kotlin programming language using Jetpack Compose, the official and recommended toolkit for Android development. Native Android apps bring the reliability of offline support, continuous background services, and the deep integration of hardware sensors like GPS, Bluetooth, and NFC. We've brought the technology that enables you to <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/gemini/create-a-new-project-with-ai">quickly create new projects with Gemini in Android Studio</a> directly into the web-based AI Studio. Now, you get the best of both worlds: the ease of a prompt-based interface paired with the power of the Android SDK, all in your browser, no installation required.<br><h2><span>A seamless, end-to-end workflow</span></h2>
    We have streamlined the entire development lifecycle so you can focus on your idea: </div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>1. Create your app and iterate in the cloud:</b> Use the embedded Android Emulator directly in your browser to preview and interact with your app as it’s being built. No heavy SDKs to download, no local setup required.</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOTqLBbAXBibOw5wN_-49Q21RuGxwPjhQESK5r3KctKIPz1uV4dg0_LiK0w6xxdvbLECzMHzQk-kQO9h1VdflTPKi3wM9sKrwZvLcPbtISBnL2H4acnG8gpEuPtbxpDHexKi4S8Eg_hcQv1_dZOCh78pFGi27aiWHMYZc1gsDA_Iq7SRbVRUkHhngrgw/w640-h544/AI_Studio_creation_step_v2.gif"></div><i><div><i>Use the embedded Android Emulator to create and edit Android Apps right in the web browser</i></div></i><div><br></div><b>2.</b> <b>Install instantly: </b>Connect your Android phone using a USB cable and install your app directly from AI Studio using the integrated Android Debug Bridge (adb).</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMqfor305bPNhs_X2ahAxG8QmtpxtLKPrq44Uh4q1OpdsZyDlAuIyKJJDk-2v75-ErSLNp8yCyHQZn-6IQ-mkz8mfedEFtEJuD6VILIhtt8ypGpXmRuqM9LoJDDNnn-xrX3_Cr2MRUUcaEhVpJgCsjrjz-kwHHQeIhq8celQjg5Rt5_S5-j-_eSYpYaU/w640-h544/AI_Studio_Install_v2.gif"></div><div><i>Install the app on your Android device</i></div><div><br></div><b>3. Streamlined Publish to Google Play: </b>Using your <a href="https://play.google.com/console/signup">Google Play developer account</a>, you can now publish your app directly from AI Studio for testing. AI Studio will automatically create your app record, package the bundle, and upload it to an internal testing track in Google Play Developer Console. Your app is available for you to install within minutes, and you can automatically update your app on your device as you develop it further in AI Studio. </div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGamXSrq6MNtz-PUt17netBXi_JiOMVERsoYV2mEArG8x5f-zCbU8WwTTaClpruCTsN4o3xeyMylDJLaWe0yCteqZJghc6sEXLYwoLPbTtnoa7761JVR_XEbm2Fj20IX142L2mGzU39vuNwLVVw0bDiSwICFelQZhxO63sG9N3GCo8Xx8wHY6gPEDj8c/w640-h544/AI_Studio_Play_v3.gif"></div><div class="separator"><i>Publish the app to an internal test track in Google Play</i></div>

    <br><div><b>Seamless app development handoff </b></div><div>As you iterate on your app in AI Studio, you may find you need more advanced Android tools or support for a wider variety of Android device types. To move beyond the browser, you can seamlessly hand off your project to <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio">Android Studio</a> by downloading a ZIP file or exporting it directly to GitHub.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTwSv8o6QwB9QYZS_OezD7WhWQZiShTEu5aJz6_oGUfOu-2RQWmANs0jgeC1G1jrsZauVbeWzLHkjoZa_Ai_cjKvgbB_-Qzqh8-obzcNf9zKTJSG4AfvXTogb0xsCxcHRS4P-LHFKk1pm8sTdDjIn8A5b9vX8GRRvHrCvN9_xoPm6hPzN1rct5Aph3Zc/w640-h206/AI_Studio_Download.png"></div><div><span><i>Download zip file of Android app project files</i></span></div><div><span><i><br></i></span></div>When transitioning to a team environment or local development, you can leverage any IDE or agent you prefer. For a specialized experience, we recommend <a href="https://developer.android.com/gemini-in-android">Gemini in Android Studio</a>, which features models designed with Android in mind, or Antigravity, which integrates <a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-cli">Android CLI</a> commands into Google’s agentic development platform. This workflow makes building high-quality apps more accessible while giving you total flexibility in how you use AI to scale your project.</div><div><h2>Start building today</h2><div>To ensure a safe, high-quality ecosystem from day one, we have focused our initial release on specific capabilities including:</div><div><ul><li><b>Personal utilities and simple social apps: </b>You can rapidly prototype single or multi-screen apps, such as habit trackers, study quizzes, or event itineraries.</li><li><b>Hardware-enabled experiences:</b> Because you are building native apps, you can leverage device features like the Camera, GPS/Location, Accelerometer and Bluetooth using the native Android APIs, letting you optimize hardware-level performance.</li><li><b>AI-powered experiences: </b>You can create apps that feature Gemini API integrations, seamlessly embedding powerful AI capabilities directly into your mobile experience.</li></ul></div><h2><span>What’s Next?</span></h2>
    <div>We are moving fast to expand what’s possible for creators in AI Studio. Here is a sneak peek at what is coming soon:</div><div><ul><li><b>Managing Google Play Test Tracks: </b>Coming soon, we will be adding the ability to invite testers to try your app directly from AI Studio. </li><li><b>Firebase integrations: </b>Out-of-the-box support for Firestore, Firebase Auth, Firebase App Check and other tooling critical for Android developers is coming soon.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>Head over to <a href="https://ai.dev/apps?features=build_android_app">Google AI Studio</a> right now to start building. Here is some inspiration to get you started… </div><div><br></div><table border="1">
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            <td colspan="2">Turn your Google Pixel Watch into an aviation assistant</td>
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                <strong>Prompt:</strong><br>
                <div>Build a small airplane "6-pack" instrument app for Google Pixel Watch. The 6 instruments should include attitude indicator, airspeed indicator, altimeter, turn coordinator, vertical speed indicator, and heading indicator. Use the Google Pixel Watch's sensors to power the instruments and display them clearly. Display one instrument at a time on the display. Swiping to the left or right should cycle through the instruments.</div>
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            <td colspan="2">Interactive Harmonium app on Google Pixel Fold</td>
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                <div>Build a Harmonium app for Pixel Fold devices, which plays like the instrument based on the hinge angle and touch gestures. The app should simulate the bellows and reeds accurately.</div>
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            <td colspan="2">An Android app for guitarists to become better musicians by jamming to backing tracks </td>
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                <strong>Prompt:</strong><br>
                <div><div><span>Build an Android guitar practice companion app that features a two-tab navigation system: 'Fretboard' and 'Library'.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The 'Fretboard' primary screen must contain an interactive guitar neck UI that visually maps out user-selected root notes, musical scales, and chords. Above the fretboard, implement a WebView-based YouTube player configured to play embedded videos inline. Additionally, include an AI generation feature that uses Retrofit to call Gemini Lyria 3 to create custom, 30-second backing tracks based on the user's currently selected key and scale. The generated audio files and their metadata must be saved locally using a database and displayed as a list in the 'Library' tab, where users can delete or play them.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Finally, implement a persistent, globally visible mini audio player at the bottom of the screen, complete with play/pause toggles, a progress slider for seeking, and timestamp text, allowing the user to seamlessly practice on the fretboard tab while listening to their tracks.</span></div><div><br></div></div>
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    We are looking forward to seeing what you build next!</div><div><br></div><div>Explore this announcement and all Google I/O 2026 updates on <a href="https://io.google/2026/?utm_source=blogpost&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=devblogs&amp;utm_content=">io.google</a>.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[17 Things to know for Android developers at Google I/O]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android DeveloperToday at Google I/O, we announced the many ways we’re powering agentic workflows to increase your productivity and ensure your apps shine across the expanding Android ecosystem. Here’s a recap of 17 of our favorite announcemen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:45 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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<div><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><i>Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP, Product Management, Android Developer</i></div></div></div></div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVq21_VInGStxa8CNxcwiU_tpvlkPXci8aDeSb8qUqBe4teuWUN_vIqBf_W64xjTQMBYFyJkdXB-nshsp9DXXEwzUV8-Zn9feQTbuyLk8l98kAlFQqz3_LZrYaEvCukqXCZuY95tmNzrLFqXSviaTTSxflyAkpXJb88cB7mZ7g0x6fdnKzXqY8i1jmhqM/s4209/GoogleForDevelopers-AndroidText-Blogger-4209x1253.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVq21_VInGStxa8CNxcwiU_tpvlkPXci8aDeSb8qUqBe4teuWUN_vIqBf_W64xjTQMBYFyJkdXB-nshsp9DXXEwzUV8-Zn9feQTbuyLk8l98kAlFQqz3_LZrYaEvCukqXCZuY95tmNzrLFqXSviaTTSxflyAkpXJb88cB7mZ7g0x6fdnKzXqY8i1jmhqM/s16000/GoogleForDevelopers-AndroidText-Blogger-4209x1253.png"></a></div><div><br></div>Today at <a href="https://io.google/2026/">Google I/O,</a> we announced the many ways we’re powering agentic workflows to increase your productivity and ensure your apps shine across the expanding Android ecosystem. Here’s a recap of 17 of our favorite announcements for Android developers; you can also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/KvTRMSa1w4E?si=QBAxNvihPwJCJUuS">see what was announced last week</a> in <a href="https://developer.android.com/events/show">The Android Show: I/O Edition</a>. Stay tuned over the next two days as we dive into all of the topics in more detail!<h2><strong><span>Build High Quality Android Apps Using Agents</span></strong></h2>

  <h3><strong><span>1: Android CLI: helping you build with any agent, LLM, and tool</span></strong></h3>
  <a href="https://goo.gle/CLI_IO26">Android CLI is now stable</a>. It offers programmatic tools that allow any AI agent, including Claude Code, Codex, or Antigravity, to perform core Android tasks much more easily and efficiently. With today’s release, it also provides a bridge to tap directly into the "heavy-lifting" power of Android Studio to give you the production-ready polish needed for professional Android development. By leveraging the new android studio commands, developers can now grant their preferred agents the ability to perform semantic symbol resolution, analyze files for warnings, and even render Jetpack Compose previews. This release also enables official support for "Journeys" through new <a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-skills">Android skills</a>, which enables agents to execute end-to-end UI tests under your direction. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmpZocmR8o&amp;list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKL_eEgkKJWDRhYUEvS9eYz&amp;index=23">developer keynote</a>, and tune into the <a href="https://io.google/2026/explore/pa-keynote-7">What’s New in Android tools talk</a> for more information.    <p><span></span></p><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrW3yDK9uH_I8MDyVxgYbPAXfrNTJvlMkXhaZFrM1X9ob0LvQbGe_ZC6anUeO_VNd181iptI_MIuEEpX-9GZdf6ZTJCN-WHpPzDCLOeSblo8vrjliSZ0rRrHwIsERWBjbbosP-M_WvA2pva9mF5FWVygAwQbdiW3SLZgJj9TpRIruG4H-ILsvSq_b4dc/w640-h442/agy-android-cli%20(2).png"></div><div class="separator"><span><i>You can now easily install Android CLI for use with Google Antigravity 2.0.</i></span></div><p></p>

  <h3><strong><span>2: Build production-ready apps with ease in Google AI Studio</span></strong></h3>
  Developers and creators can now <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/build-android-apps-google-ai-studio.html">build native Android apps, simply with a prompt in Google AI Studio</a>. The apps are built with development best practices like Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, and APIs that leverage our recommended developer patterns. Google AI Studio enables developers to prototype, iterate via an embedded emulator, and deploy to physical devices without heavy local installations. Developers are then able to take those apps and share them to Android devices, as well as share them with others for testing through Google Play Console’s internal testing track. If a developer wants to prepare their app for a wider release, they’re able to take it to Android Studio for advanced debugging, testing, and UI polish. Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmpZocmR8o&amp;list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKL_eEgkKJWDRhYUEvS9eYz&amp;index=23">developer keynote</a>, and tune into the <a href="https://io.google/2026/explore/pa-keynote-7">What’s New in Android tools talk</a> for more information.<br><br><div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRaw1v6rolr4alo0C6AWKdFchsMEQgtOGfmk2Ramb0IoOB7smDcVU3yC7YJMkvVQuCPJ9vQW53tQjaV-5wcgOGzMtFDmb_Jbv40an1kvQdqYburXnsONvLqckKL2MWuShi3XmQEstW761oOLjujOk3FMsh3FyAiy5-Pe7xdTwFdfkWOmEnHhQfUJhtCo/w640-h544/image1.gif"></div><i><div class="separator"><i>Use the embedded Android Emulator to create Android apps in Google AI Studio</i></div></i></div><h2><strong><span>3: Accelerating AI coding assistance with Android Bench</span></strong></h2>
  <a href="http://d.android.com/bench">Android Bench</a> is our LLM leaderboard for Android development challenges. The goal is to accelerate model improvements, so you have more useful options for AI assistance. Many of you have been using open-weight models for AI assistance, so we’re now adding commonly used ones, such as Gemma 4, to the leaderboard, so you can see how LLMs that offer offline access and additional flexibility for power-users measure up. We're continuously working on increasing the difficulty of challenges we’re giving LLMs, to continue encouraging more useful improvements. <h3><strong><span>4: Convert iOS apps to Android with the Migration Assistant in Android Studio</span></strong></h3>
  The Migration Assistant in Android Studio is designed to port apps from platforms like iOS, React Native, or web frameworks to native Android. By simply selecting an existing project, developers can have the agent intelligently map features, convert assets like storyboards and SVGs, and implement Android best practices using Jetpack Compose and our recommended Jetpack libraries. This effectively transforms what used to be weeks of manual porting into a streamlined agentic workflow that only takes hours. We shared a preview of the incoming feature in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqmpZocmR8o&amp;list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKL_eEgkKJWDRhYUEvS9eYz&amp;index=23">developer keynote</a>. </div><div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7UKI_nzS7gOkDXYONAjCNbQ4eSqlgT8qqMT5D4qf0OjQUNtxj4Urpq-eTROMEDgrqLKGlwMm_lHA7ayG_BC1DkitQI1ZKsF5gYr-mPIxFUsz_8JPcVHFAtnHZoO2CrVjMEvJrqvBz8_WU1I0T1P2diDprR2B47PcA21oS3RLtbgrhmrpiWV-MAw9ks4/w640-h360/image9%20(1).gif"></div><div class="separator"><i>A sneak peek of the Migration Assistant converting an iOS app into a native Android app</i></div>

  <h2><strong><span>Building AI Into Your Apps</span></strong></h2>

  <h3><strong><span>5: Building Intelligent Apps with generative AI</span></strong></h3>
  Generative AI enables you to create apps that are more intelligent, personalized, and agentic than ever before. This year, we introduced the latest advancements in on-device intelligence with a preview of Gemini Nano 4 for tasks like data extraction and summarization. We also expanded cloud capabilities via Firebase AI Logic, allowing developers to leverage Gemini models with robust grounding (including URL, Maps, and web search) to build smarter, more capable assistants. Furthermore, we unveiled our hybrid inference approach and the new <a href="https://goo.gle/ADK_IO26">Agent Development Kit (ADK) for Android</a>, alongside communication protocols like AG-UI and A2UI that simplify the creation of autonomous, agentic experiences. To start integrating these powerful features, explore the <a href="https://developer.android.com/ai">developer documentation</a>, and watch the technical deep dive session where we showcase all these technologies.

  <h3><strong><span>6: Experiment with AppFunctions today</span></strong></h3>
  AppFunctions is an <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/appfunctions/package-summary">Android platform API</a> with an accompanying <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/appfunctions">Jetpack library</a> to simplify building Android MCP integrations. It empowers your apps to behave like on device MCP servers, contributing functions that act as tools for use by agents and assistants. AppFunctions integration with Gemini is currently in a private preview with trusted testers, and you can begin preparing your apps already. You can sign up for the <a href="http://goo.gle/eap-af">Early Access Program</a> and start experimenting using the <a href="http://d.android.com/ai/appfunctions">API guidance</a>, <a href="https://github.com/android/appfunctions">sample</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/blob/main/device-ai/appfunctions/SKILL.md">skill</a> today.

  <h2><strong><span>The Future is Adaptive</span></strong></h2>

  <h3><strong><span>7: Android is now Compose First; Views are now in maintenance mode.</span></strong></h3>
  Compose is our standard for UI development, and we are moving to a Compose-first approach for all future guidance and libraries. Building on five years of evolution, the latest releases deliver a more mature toolkit, from the highly customizable Styles API to refined shared element transitions and enhanced input support. These updates allow you to build beautiful, adaptive apps with less code and better performance. Learn more about what Compose-first means for Android Development in <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/android-ui-development-is-compose-first.html">our blog post</a>. <br><br></div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9kh5gxOfSdY2w9ZeKdWropXpqP7rj4KtodIZA5B_j7ujQu-blrsQKKC0lI4VEsEycpLEwsZeJhHaNOY1Xe9DrIHDwVszYfQN0GQlwxz8xoVfg1oiIr9zNlUyqqdCl2M7pyHoHgVvC7omKRthmXNaO3GE5Q15XeZ1ALiugszd8qHxpWuHo2Eh79zYW4M/w640-h416/image5.png"></div><div><div><i>Build Android UI with Compose</i></div><h3><strong><span>8: Building seamless Android experiences across devices with Jetpack Compose</span></strong></h3><div>The Android ecosystem is now <a href="https://goo.gle/AdaptiveApps_IO26">Adaptive by Default</a>, moving fluidly across phones, foldables, tablets, cars, XR, and expanding usages with <a href="https://developer.android.com/googlebook">Googlebook</a> and connected displays. With over 580 million large-screen devices, and users on multiple devices spending up to 14x more on apps, the investment in adaptive design presents a massive opportunity. <a href="https://developer.android.com/compose">Jetpack Compose</a> is the definitive engine for this transition, offering core tools like our latest <a href="http://goo.gle/nav3">Jetpack Navigation 3</a> release, new experimental <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/layouts/adaptive/grid">Grid</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/layouts/adaptive/flexbox">FlexBox</a> layouts, enhanced non-touch input support, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/media/camera/camerax">CameraX</a> for correct camera previews across any window size. Furthermore, new <a href="https://developer.android.com/tools/agents/android-skills">skills</a> in Android Studio make updating your existing app to adopt these adaptive patterns easier than ever.

  <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3DD3G6IUrmOwYh7bMq0uieBvGL8li2W48YnUfQfa3ZXy2kD7QvPorNfAyCSmFlBs4q0csXDqmZjhyGf8UHFE2pUNjvqxLaaJhmm6QpSBumq2YkMHI1jyiTNfh5WQhEEY9hP6vWhcbbwflygdTwYzoIdnuIqoht0S6iGKk4pVCnxL2wVXYBMBlcdeneD8"><i>Notability’s Android debut sets a new standard for premium productivity apps. Built with Jetpack Compose, Navigation 3, and Kotlin Multiplatform, it delivers an intuitive, adaptive experience across devices.</i></div><h3><strong><span>9: Create seamless experiences for Googlebook</span></strong></h3>
  Last week we announced <a href="https://developer.android.com/googlebook">Googlebook</a>, a high-performance laptop that provides a large-screen canvas for your existing apps. Building with adaptive principles today helps ensure your app will work on Googlebook. Get started by reviewing relevant <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/desktop">design guidance</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/docs/quality-guidelines/adaptive-app-quality/experiences/desktop">developer guidelines</a> for desktop experiences. Try out the new Desktop Emulator available in the Android Studio Canary to to test your apps for this form factor today.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtH3cjiXICi8dNCtQTDV9PTyjt4wPQBl1xA9XGKGU6FmqLRuBm9YyH7HNQsydD6H6F2GIPw2TdUsFyeu2xMFUO2Jk36k5QXjuWNdm_VE8AQftq2w2m0RPFyYfyZjTppSOjzuOEpJMzF08t9V0YZr-xI7mu31uvcRItugwvVxPUBouSmOXt1MsqbB1WPC0/w640-h360/image3.png"></div><div><div><i>New Desktop Android Emulator</i></div><h3><strong><span>10: Unified widget development experience with Jetpack Glance</span></strong></h3>
  Android 17 marks a shift toward a single, Compose-based development model for all widgets. By unifying the experience across mobile, Wear OS, and cars through Jetpack Glance, you can soon scale UI components across the ecosystem with a familiar workflow. <br><br>The breakthrough this year is the integration of RemoteCompose. On mobile and cars, it powers high-fidelity animations, while on Wear OS, it allows Wear Widgets (formerly Tiles) to render complex UI logic natively on remote surfaces. This ensures peak performance on low-power hardware while allowing a cohesive user journey—like checking a flight status on your car dashboard and seeing gate change updates on your wrist.</div><div><br></div><div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5s4g4hCW89qdeC2oqrTtxh6q7t9q3-wkOSt3tfVzCT3vhLUd1GMYJrhCjK04O2jyxBGl0R2pclnRq3Kb0f0Td-hV9aukKvZQTfGpGJS6GLK0MqUkpVW_0qiNC1eMGe6NPPhlCHrnQWFYhmbdSzpDnUHh5tjvpmUzZOvY2w_dX1LBnpNctSRmeahXUl4/w640-h320/blog_widgets.gif"></div><div><i>Four widgets are shown cycling through in the Android Auto interface. A clock, a contact card, Google Home favorites and a photo.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><strong><span>11: Expand your reach on the road with Android for Cars</span></strong><br>To help you expand your reach when you build in-car experiences, we're making it easier to build once and deliver your apps to Android Auto and Android Automotive OS. With the latest releases of the Car App Library, you can build customized, distraction-optimized <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/cars/apps/media">templated media apps</a> for both platforms. We're introducing new <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/cars/guides/components/overview">components</a> and template capabilities to give you increased flexibility and more options for laying out content. Parked experiences are expanding too, with immersive video playback coming to Android Auto for phones running Android 17. You can easily adapt your video apps for these parked experiences; <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0z4Nfw8wrloVhlgHDpLgdkg4WXsFj9ni5c1pw0qTvJ3Q4fQ/viewform">apply now to the early access program</a> to publish in these beta categories and learn more about the latest updates in our <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/android-for-cars-unifying-platforms-premium-experiences.html">blog</a>.<h3><strong><span>12: Accelerate your development with Android XR Developer Preview 4</span></strong></h3>Inspired by the innovative experiences you’ve built for the platform, we’re continuing to mature our tools with <a href="https://goo.gle/XRSDK_IO26">Developer Preview 4 of the Android XR SDK</a>. A key milestone in this journey is the transition of our core libraries, XR Runtime, Jetpack SceneCore, and ARCore for Jetpack XR, moving to Beta soon to provide a more stable and performant foundation. We are also accelerating hardware access through the <a href="https://goo.gle/Catalyst_IO26">Android XR Developer Catalyst Program</a>, where you can apply for XREAL’s Project Aura, audio glasses, or display glasses developer kits. Watch The latest in Android XR session or <a href="https://goo.gle/XRSDK_IO26">read our blog</a> to see how these updates help you build experiences across the ecosystem.</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjbgGH7RwGkOkQLoXeLd88Vo7cXRjHLBSRokBWkzvYQUrqqbfrTXukM1u_SuGq0-AoXRPoGABpCOF-HMad4-aoNvXjTVyNXgGpbffTlSQMbTaXJva1c2GiUBx1fhC4fCCd0XO9XFzKNzs6edNqo0RAx-p2ZNXy0l-StJh7AxhyphenhyphenrXi-lqe-jXL0n8oprs/w640-h360/Aura%20Geospatial%20Tour%20Demo%20-%20Draft%2001%20(1).gif"></div><i><div><i>Early preview of the Geospatial API  in ARCore for Jetpack XR, enabling high-precision anchoring of digital content to real-world locations.</i></div></i><h3><strong><span>13: Android is your new home for professional-grade media experiences</span></strong></h3>
  Android 17 streamlines the entire media lifecycle with a production-ready toolkit. High-fidelity capture is now simplified with the CameraXViewfinder Composable, which handles complex scaling and responsiveness on foldables and tablets. For post-production, the new Media3 AI Effects library provides a single interface for premium features like Magic Eraser and Studio Sound, automatically optimizing for the device's hardware. <br><br>The pipeline is completed by CodecDB, offering chipset-specific encoding recommendations to eliminate export noise, and a new Scrubbing Mode in ExoPlayer for ultra-smooth seeking. Whether you’re compositing multi-asset edits with Media3 Transformer or using the streamlined CastPlayer API, these updates ensure a professional-grade experience with significantly less development overhead.</div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXvjrWhhRUXdYJyhuu-Vnf0UP2jKcYhAvUggZJi10kndrixZdx4cD8HEhrWVmavlxAUT5N025Fx1kgOLJP5w83LDUSR3E9YzfIJUuZ3WBedFSBtI_oLgIcxSOYg-s53obwX_8HtYqfxSaz95LVzSiMAdrrwgL4T6TVETwtxxkZV2mSkkAfvYA681zNlc/w640-h542/supercharge%20(1).gif"></div><div class="separator"><i>Low Light Boost and Magic Eraser in action</i></div><h3><strong><span>14: Increase app discovery and engagement on Google TV</span></strong></h3>
  Pointer remotes, which enable motion-controlled input, will be a future way for users to interact with Google TV as it unlocks faster user navigation. App developers can start <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/tv/get-started/hardware#no-touchscreen">declaring support for pointing input</a> to ensure their apps are discoverable on future TVs with pointer remotes. Additionally, the Engage SDK, formerly known as the Video Discovery API, optimizes Resumption, Entitlements, and Recommendations across all Google TV form factors to boost app discovery and engagement. It’s a great time to start onboarding the Engage SDK now, since the legacy Watch Next API, which has been powering your continue watching 1.0 experience, will lose support in the 2nd half of 2027. Get all the details in our <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/05/increase-google-tv-app-discovery.html">blog</a>.</div><div><h3><strong><span>15: Performance: the foundation of a great app experience</span></strong></h3>To help developers navigate memory limits in Android 17, we've launched a suite of optimization tools. The <a href="https://developer.android.com/r8-analyzer">R8 Configuration Analyzer</a> identifies keep rules that are bloating your binary, while <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/tracing/profiling-manager/how-to-capture">ProfilingManager</a> and the integrated LeakCanary in Android Studio streamline memory leak detection. Furthermore, the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer">Android Performance Analyzer</a> offers advanced AI integration for complex trace analysis and automated SQL query generation to pinpoint performance bottlenecks.     <h2><strong><span>And The Latest on Driving Business Growth </span></strong></h2>

  <h3><strong><span>16: What’s new in Google Play</span></strong></h3>Today's <a href="https://goo.gle/play-io26">updates from Google Play</a> help expand your reach and scale your business with less complexity. We’re redefining Play Store discovery with an immersive, short-form video format called Play Shorts, while expanding your audience beyond the store with app discovery in the Gemini app on Android and web. Plus, we’re introducing powerful new capabilities like agentic catalog management for seamless bulk price and SKU updates, and using Gemini models to enable Play Console  to pre-populate store listings from imported documents—making global localization effortless. </div><div><br><div class="separator"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOB1wGZNYGPgY0ED70X7Dtl2KiFk8kRH4fv3HrXXTWX0-xKkN4Em0mi8QAB0g2w_-4SNcTR4fJazpiQ7XI6-XKeyQniFhULKWNmV8YvyWMuQ9tosvT5ixZ0FOye27DI90R5Tra1eWX3FCX7OrWkgzhvhCD6vtfD8_6-FMfMWDvXoVv3zSTauZwraDGsM4/w640-h360/IO26_BlogInLine_App-discovery-in-Gemini_1920x1080_1605.gif"></div><div><i>Gemini will provide users with app suggestions during a search</i></div>

  <h3><strong><span>17: And of course, Android 17</span></strong></h3>
  Android 17 includes new performance &amp; system architecture improvements (in addition to app memory limits) like a lock-free MessageQueue and a GC with more frequent, less intensive young-generation collections to ensure system-wide stability and smoother UIs. The new <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/features/contact-picker">contact picker</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#ACTION_OPEN_EYE_DROPPER">eyedropper API</a> help minimize the use of sensitive permissions and unnecessary access to user data. <br><br>Review <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all">the behavior changes</a> to make sure your app is ready for Android 17, including <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#bg-audio">background audio hardening</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#sms-otp-all-apps">SMS OTP protection</a>. Get ready to <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17">target Android 17</a> (API 37) with changes such as mandatory large-screen resizability, certificate transparency by default, and restricted local network access. You can start testing today by enrolling your device <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/the-fourth-beta-of-android-17.html">in the Beta</a> or using the latest 17.0 emulator images. <br><br>One more thing. the third beta of our Android 17 quarterly platform release (QPR1) just came out, and it contains a minor SDK release to support a few features that just couldn't wait for QPR2.

  <h2><strong><span>Check out all of the Android &amp; Play Content at Google I/O </span></strong></h2>
  <p><span face="sans-serif">This was just a preview of some of the updates for Android developers at Google I/O. Tune into <a href="https://io.google/2026/explore/pa-keynote-5">What’s New in Android</a> for the latest news and announcements and <a href="https://io.google/2026/">follow Google I/O</a> for much more over the following week!</span></p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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  <br></div></name><h4><name content="IMG" twitter:image=""><b><span>1. Putting your apps at the center of the intelligence system</span></b></name></h4><name content="IMG" twitter:image=""><div>The Android OS already enables agents like <a href="https://www.android.com/gemini-intelligence/?utm_source=blog.google&amp;utm_medium=owned&amp;utm_campaign=next">Gemini</a> to complete task automation, where it can navigate an app on the users behalf. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://developer.android.com/ai/appfunctions">AppFunctions</a> (Android MCP) provides you with more control over how your app integrates with the intelligence system. This new platform API and Jetpack library are currently available in experimental preview. </div><p></p><ul><li><name content="IMG" twitter:image=""><b>Android MCP:</b> AppFunctions allows your application to act as an on-device Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. It means you seamlessly share your app's tools, services and data to the system and agents.</name></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul><li><name content="IMG" twitter:image=""><b>Streamlined Development: </b>You can leverage the new <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/device-ai/appfunctions">skill</a> to easily generate AppFunctions within your codebase.  </name></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul><li><name content="IMG" twitter:image=""><b>Exploration and Testing:</b> We’ve released a new <a href="https://github.com/android/appfunctions/releases">test agent</a> that allows you to experiment and debug your AppFunctions in a simulated agent environment. </name></li></ul><span><div align="center" dir="ltr"><table><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td><div><span face='"Google Sans Text", sans-serif'>Early Access Program</span><span face='"Google Sans Text", sans-serif'>: Want to be among the first apps to deploy app functions in production? </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEoIsgzE-LbgRrYcQMc-Lit_5VlKRA0iWw7Pvg1brIc8wXAw/viewform"><span face='"Google Sans Text", sans-serif'>Join</span></a><span face='"Google Sans Text", sans-serif'> our early access program today!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></name></div><div><br></div><div>To see it in action, check out the live demo showcased during the <i>What’s New</i> in Android presentation.</div><div><br></div><div class="separator">
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  <p>To help you build apps that stand out, we're diving into the key tools and libraries designed to optimize your core performance, extend the surfaces of your app to other devices, and streamline how your app handles high-quality media. </p>
  <p>Here is a recap of the essential updates and sessions you need to know to deliver a next-level experience across form factors!</p>
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<h3>Maximize app performance and ROI with the R8 Configuration Analyzer</h3>
<p>A premium experience is only as good as its foundation, and a performant foundation is what allows your app to scale across the Android ecosystem. This is especially true with the release of Android 17, which introduces conservative, device RAM-based app memory limits to target extreme memory leaks and outliers before they cause system-wide instability. To stay below these new system thresholds and prevent your app from being terminated, having a lean footprint is no longer optional: it’s a critical requirement.</p>
<p>This year, we’re making it easier to build highly optimized, fast apps by introducing the <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/r8-configuration-analyzer" target="_blank">R8 Configuration Analyzer</a> in Android Studio. R8 is your most powerful tool for improving app performance, but its effectiveness is often limited by overly broad "keep rules" that prevent the compiler from stripping away unused code. The new Configuration Analyzer provides optimization, obfuscation, and shrinking scores, allowing you to identify specific rules that are preventing the benefits of R8 optimization.</p>
<p>By optimizing their R8 configurations, developers at Monzo achieved a 30% improvement in cold starts and a 35% reduction in ANRs. Smaller, faster code isn't just about efficiency; it's about ensuring your app has the memory headroom to deliver delight on every form factor, from the phone to the car.</p>

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<p>User interaction is shifting toward quick, glanceable moments—short bursts of information that keep users connected without needing to open the full app. To help you increase the reach of your app content, we are unifying the development experience across the Android ecosystem with Jetpack Glance. By using a consistent, Compose-based model, you can elevate the content most important to your users straight to the phone’s home screen, Wear Widgets (previously Tiles!), and cars with a familiar workflow.</p>
<p>In order to help users engage with your content and features, even outside your app, we are making widgets more expressive and adaptive with RemoteCompose. On Wear OS, RemoteCompose allows you to use the Compose tools you’re already comfortable with to define UI logic that renders natively on remote surfaces, ensuring that your glanceable experiences remain highly performant and responsive even on resource-constrained hardware. On mobile and cars, RemoteCompose is used as a new framework giving Widgets new expressive capabilities.</p>
<p>You can use Jetpack Glance (together with RemoteCompose on Wear) to deliver a cohesive user journey. Whether it’s viewing flight status on the car dashboard, checking a gate change on a watch, or managing a boarding pass from a phone widget, this shared approach maximizes your app’s presence while keeping your development effort focused and efficient.</p>

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  <div>Android has become a world-class home for the entire media lifecycle, and we are simplifying the journey from the first capture to the final playback. By leveraging Jetpack CameraX and Media3, you can build professional-grade experiences that feel native across the entire ecosystem. </div>
  <p>It starts with high-fidelity capture using the CameraXViewfinder Composable, which ensures your preview remains perfectly scaled and responsive on any form factor, including foldables and tablets. Use this to build adaptive capture experiences like a picture-in-picture view for multi-tasking, or that take advantage of modern features like high-frame-rate or slow-motion capture with CameraX v1.5.<br></p>
  <p>The new Media3 AI Effects library will provide a unified interface for premium features like Image &amp; Video Enhance, Magic Eraser, and Studio Sound. This allows you to focus on the creative intent while Media3 handles the heavy lifting of choosing the most efficient and reliable path for the device. Then, use the latest improvements in multi-asset editing with Media3 Transformer to composite your edited videos together!</p>
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    <li>Scrubbing Mode in ExoPlayer to provide the buttery-smooth seeking experience users expect from premium media apps</li>
    <li>Enhanced Cast support with the new CastPlayer API in Media3</li>
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    While app performance is often equated with a smooth UI and fast start times, memory serves as the silent foundation upon which these visible metrics are built. It's no secret that we're seeing a shift where device memory is more important than ever. Not only have we made strides in Android memory optimizations with Android 17, we're providing the tooling and API support to help you stay ahead of stricter memory requirements later this year.
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        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Optimize">Optimize image loading</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Detect">Detect and fix memory leaks with Android Studio</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Trim">Trim memory when app leaves visible state</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/06/prioritizing-memory-efficiency-steps-for-android-17.html#Advanced">Advanced memory observability with ProfilingManager</a></li>
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    <p>App memory limits are being introduced in Android 17 to prevent "one bad actor" from destroying the multitasking experience and stability of the user’s entire device.</p>
    <p>Here is a breakdown of the reasons driving this architectural change:</p>
    
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            <li><b>Preserving multitasking and user state:</b> When the system is forced to purge cached apps to accommodate a single leaking process, the multitasking experience is severely degraded. Users returning to prior cached applications encounter sluggish cold starts instead of near-instant warm resumes. This inefficiency generates more CPU strain and accelerates battery depletion. It can also destroy the user’s context in recently used apps, such as scroll positions, navigation stacks, and in-game progress.</li>
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            <p>To determine if your app session was impacted by these constraints in the field, you can call <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo#getDescription%28%29" target="_blank">getDescription()</a> within <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo" target="_blank">ApplicationExitInfo</a>. If the system applied a limit, the exit reason is reported as <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ApplicationExitInfo#REASON_OTHER" target="_blank">REASON_OTHER</a> and the description string will contain "MemoryLimiter:AnonSwap". You can also leverage <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/tracing/profiling-manager/trigger-based-capture" target="_blank">trigger-based profiling</a> using <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/features#anomaly-profiling-trigger" target="_blank">TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY</a> to automatically capture heap dumps when the memory limit is reached. Furthermore, Android is actively working to surface more in-field memory metrics to developers within the Google Play Console.</p>
            <p>We have also expanded our <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#app-memory-limits" target="_blank">memory limits documentation</a> to include local debugging commands, allowing you to simulate memory constraints in your local environment and validate your application's behavior under any memory limit enforcement. </p>
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    <p>A highly effective way to reduce your app's memory footprint is to enable the R8 optimizer. By shrinking classes, methods, and fields into shorter names and stripping out unused code and resources, R8 significantly reduces your app's memory footprint by minimizing the amount of resident code required during execution. </p>
    <p>R8 minimizes resident code, shrinking the memory footprint and lowering LMK termination risk. This results in more frequent warm starts over slow cold starts. Additionally, streamlined bytecode reduces main-thread CPU overhead, directly cutting ANR rates for a more fluid user experience. For example, the digital bank <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/monzo-boosts-performance-metrics-by-up-to-35-with-a-simple-r8-update" target="_blank">Monzo</a> enabled full R8 optimization and saw a 35% reduction in their ANR rate, a 30% improvement in cold start rate, and a 9% reduction in overall app size.</p>
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    <p>To properly configure R8 in your <code>build.gradle</code> file:</p>
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        <li>Use <code>proguard-android-optimize.txt</code> instead of the legacy <code>proguard-android.txt</code>, which actually prevents optimizations and is no longer supported in Android Gradle Plugin 9.</li>
        <li>Remove <code>android.enableR8.fullMode = false</code> from your <code>gradle.properties</code>.</li>
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        If you are using reflection in your code base, then add <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/keep-rules-overview#where-to-add-rules" target="_blank">Keep rules</a> to prevent R8 from optimizing those parts of the code. Make sure to scope the keep rules narrowly to get the maximum optimization.
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    <p>To get the maximum optimization, make sure to follow these best practices in your keep rule file.</p>
    
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        <li>Remove keep rules that prevent optimizing Android components like Activity, Services, Views or Broadcast receivers.</li>
        <li>Refine the broad package wide keep rules to target only specific classes or methods.</li>
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    <p>If you are a library developer, strictly place the rules your consumers need into your <code>consumer-rules</code> file, and keep your library's internal protection rules in your <code>proguard-rules.pro</code> file. For more information on how to optimize libraries, see <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/library-optimization" target="_blank">Optimization for library authors</a>.</p>
    
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    <p>To audit your R8 optimization, use the <b><a href="http://developer.android.com/r8-analyzer" target="_blank">Configuration Analyzer</a></b>. Configuration analyzer shows the current state of optimization with Obfuscation, Optimization, and Shrinking scores. With configuration analyzer, you can also understand how many classes, methods or fields are prevented from optimization by each keep rule. Refine these broad package wide keep rules to unlock the maximum optimization.</p>
    <p>Using configuration analyzer, you can also identify keep rules that are subsuming other keep rules, redundant keep rules and unused keep rules.</p>
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    <h4><span>R8 Agent Skill </span></h4>
    <p>You can also leverage the <b><a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/performance/r8-analyzer" target="_blank">R8 Agent Skill</a></b> with Android Studio agent or other AI tools to resolve misconfigurations and refine your rules resulting in improved app performance. <i>(Insights from AI-driven skills will require technical verification)</i></p>
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<h3>Optimize image loading</h3>
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    <p>Bitmaps are usually the largest common objects residing in your app's memory. They represent the final stage of the image loading process where compressed files, like JPEGs or PNGs, are decoded into raw pixel data for display. This means a tiny 100KB compressed image can balloon into several megabytes of RAM because memory consumption is determined by the image's pixel dimensions and color depth. Since bitmap operations are frequently on the critical path to drawing frames, unoptimized images cause severe memory bloat and UI jank.</p>
    <p>Google recommends leveraging image loading libraries <b><a href="https://github.com/coil-kt/coil" target="_blank">Coil</a></b> for Kotlin-first projects, particularly when developing with Jetpack Compose and <b><a href="https://github.com/bumptech/glide" target="_blank">Glide</a></b> for Java-based applications.</p>
    
    <h4><span>Adopt these five best practices</span></h4>
    <ol>
        <li><b>Downsample images:</b> If you’re loading bitmaps manually, avoid loading a massive image into a tiny thumbnail view; use <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/graphics/load-bitmap" target="_blank">inSampleSize</a> to load a smaller version. Glide and Coil downsamples images by default and you can configure this downsample strategy using <a href="https://bumptech.github.io/glide/javadocs/470/com/bumptech/glide/load/resource/bitmap/DownsampleStrategy.html" target="_blank">DownsampleStrategy</a> and <a href="https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/image_loaders/" target="_blank">ImageLoader</a> respectively.</li>
        <li><b>Cropping:</b> Avoid embedding padding directly into an image file for letterboxing purposes (e.g., creating a transparent border to expand an image dimensions). Rather than baking in these borders, utilize <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/InsetDrawable" target="_blank">InsetDrawable</a> or apply padding directly within the View or Composable containing the bitmap.</li>
        <li><b>Config:</b> Balance memory and quality by choosing the right pixel format. Use <code>RGB_565</code> when transparency isn't needed, which uses half the memory of the default <code>ARGB_8888</code> format. In Glide you can configure this by using <a href="https://bumptech.github.io/glide/javadocs/470/com/bumptech/glide/load/DecodeFormat.html" target="_blank">DecodeFormat</a> and in Coil you can use <a href="https://coil-kt.github.io/coil/api/coil-core/coil3.request/-image-request/" target="_blank">bitmapConfig</a> property.</li>
        <li><b>Prioritize vector drawables:</b> For basic geometric assets, leverage <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/ShapeDrawable" target="_blank">ShapeDrawable</a> as a lightweight alternative to decoding rasterized bitmaps. By defining these assets once via XML, you ensure they scale seamlessly across all display densities while effectively eliminating resource-driven memory bloat.</li>
        <li><b>Reuse:</b> If your application manages Bitmaps manually then to minimize memory churn, when a bitmap is no longer required, the app should call <code>bitmap.recycle()</code> and immediately discard the Bitmap reference. If you use an image loading library like Glide or Coil, return the bitmap to the library’s managed pool. By providing an existing buffer for future memory needs, the pool effectively avoids the overhead of new allocations.</li>
    </ol>
    
    <p>Check out our documentation on <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/graphics/images/optimization" target="_blank">Optimizing performance for images</a> to learn more.</p>
    
    <h4><span>Android Studio tooling</span></h4>
    <p>You can also eliminate redundant bitmaps using Android Studio Narwhal 4. Here is how to hunt them down in five simple steps:</p>
    <ol>
        <li>Open the <b>Profiler</b> tab in Android Studio</li>
        <li>Click <b>Heap Dump</b> (or "Analyze Memory Usage") and hit record to take a snapshot of your app’s current memory state.</li>
        <li>Scan the analysis results for the <b>yellow warning triangle</b> ⚠️, which Android Studio uses to flag duplicate bitmaps being stored multiple times. Alternatively, navigate to the profiler header, choose "Filter by:" and pick the "Duplicate Bitmaps" setting.</li>
        <li>Click on any flagged entry to open the <b>Bitmap Preview</b> pane, allowing you to see exactly which image is the repeat offender.</li>
        <li>Use that visual confirmation to track down the redundant loading logic in your code and implement a better caching strategy.</li>
    </ol>
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<h3>Detect and fix memory leaks with Android Studio</h3>
<p>Memory leaks in Android occur when your code holds onto an object's reference long after its lifecycle has ended. This prevents the Garbage Collector (GC) from reclaiming that memory, eventually leading to sluggish performance or OutOfMemoryError (OOM).</p>
<p>Android Studio Panda 3 features a dedicated <a href="https://square.github.io/leakcanary/" target="_blank">LeakCanary</a> profiler task, allowing developers to analyze real-time memory leaks and map traces within the IDE.</p>
<p>The LeakCanary profiler task in Android Studio actively moves the memory leak analysis from your device to your development machine, resulting in a significant performance boost during the leak analysis phase as compared to on-device leak analysis.</p>

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    <i>LeakCanary memory leak analysis contextualized with <b>Go to declaration</b> for debugging</i>
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<p>Additionally, the leak analysis is now contextualized within the IDE and fully integrated with your source code, providing features like go to declaration and other helpful code connections that drastically reduce the friction and time required to investigate and fix memory leaks.</p>

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    <h4><span>Examples of common memory leaks </span></h4>
    <p>Memory leaks occur when an object persists in memory beyond its intended lifespan. This typically happens due to:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>Retaining references to Fragments, Activities, or Views that are no longer in use.</li>
        <li>Mismanaging Context references.</li>
        <li>Failing to properly unregister observers, listeners, and receivers.</li>
        <li>Creating static references to objects that are bound to components with shorter lifecycles.</li>
    </ul>
    
    <p>Here are a few example scenarios:</p>
    
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Compose-based example</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">View-based example</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Leaking Context</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Passing LocalContext.current to a ViewModel</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Keep <code>Context</code> dependent logic within the UI layer. For non-UI layers, refactor to use <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection">dependency injection</a> or observe UI state using <a href="https://developer.android.com/kotlin/flow">Kotlin flow</a>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Storing an <code>Activity</code> in a companion object or static variable.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Don’t hold static references to UI components. Refactor to use <a href="https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection">dependency injection</a> or observe UI state using <a href="https://developer.android.com/kotlin/flow">Kotlin flow</a>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Using <code>DisposableEffect</code> to start a listener but leaving <code>onDispose</code> empty.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Perform the unregistration and <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/side-effects#disposableeffect">cleanup logic</a> inside the <code>onDispose</code> block.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Registering for SensorManager updates and forgetting to unregister.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Manually call <code>unregisterListener()</code> in <code>onStop()</code> or <code>onDestroy()</code> lifecycle.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Holding a reference to a legacy <code>View</code> inside an <code>AndroidView</code> without a release strategy.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Use the <code>release</code> block of the <code>AndroidView</code> composable to clean up the legacy <code>View</code>.</span></p>
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                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Example:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Keeping a reference to a view binding object after the <code>Fragment</code> is destroyed.</span></p>
                        <p dir="ltr"><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Fix:</span><br><span face="'Google Sans',sans-serif">Set the binding variable to <code>null</code> inside the <code>onDestroyView</code>() lifecycle method.</span></p>
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<h3>Trim memory when app leaves visible state</h3>
<p>Android can reclaim memory from your app or stop your app entirely if necessary to free up memory for critical tasks, as explained in <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/memory-overview" target="_blank">Overview of memory management</a>. Android will usually reclaim memory from your app when it’s not visible to the user, such as by discarding some of your app’s code and data pages in memory or compressing your heap allocations. When the user resumes your app and your app tries to access some memory that’s been reclaimed, the OS will swap that memory back in on demand. This swapping behavior can be slow, and cause unexpected jank or stutters in your app.</p>
<p>If you leave it to the OS to decide what memory to reclaim from your app, you may find that the OS reclaimed memory that you’ll need shortly after resuming your app. Instead, your app can voluntarily discard memory allocations that it can regenerate later, on demand and at a low cost. To do so, you can implement the <code>ComponentCallbacks2</code> interface. You can implement <code>onTrimMemory</code> in your <code>Activity</code>, <code>Fragment</code>, <code>Service</code>, or even your custom <code>Application</code> class. Using it in the <code>Application</code> class is highly effective for global cache management.</p>
<p>The provided <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ComponentCallbacks2#onTrimMemory(int)" target="_blank">onTrimMemory()</a> callback method notifies your app of lifecycle or memory-related events that present a good opportunity for your app to voluntarily reduce its memory usage.</p>
<p>In terms of memory lifecycle management, your implementation should focus <b>exclusively</b> on <code>TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN</code> and <code>TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND</code>. Since Android 14, the system has ceased delivering notifications for other legacy constants, which were formally deprecated in Android 15.</p>
<p><code>TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN</code>: This signal indicates that your application's UI has transitioned out of the user's view. This provides an opportunity to release substantial memory allocations tied strictly to the interface—such as Bitmaps, video playback buffers, or complex animation resources.</p>
<p><code>TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND</code>: At this level, your process is residing in the background and is now a candidate for termination to satisfy the system's global memory needs. To extend the duration your process remains in the cached state, and reduce the number of app cold starts, you should aggressively release any resources that can be easily reconstructed once the user resumes their session.</p>

<pre><code>import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
// Other import statements.

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ComponentCallbacks2 {

    /**
     * Release memory when the UI becomes hidden or when system resources become low.
     * @param level the memory-related event that is raised.
     */
    override fun onTrimMemory(level: Int) {

        if (level &gt;= ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN) {
            // Release memory related to UI elements, such as bitmap caches.
        }

        if (level &gt;= ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND) {
            // Release memory related to background processing, such as by
            // closing a database connection.
        }
    }
}</code></pre>

<p>Note: The <code>onTrimMemory</code> integration may depend on SDK support. For instance, certain games rely on their game engine to enable this capability. Please check out the <a href="https://developer.android.com/games/optimize/memory-allocation" target="_blank">game memory optimization documents</a>.</p>

<h3>Advanced memory observability with ProfilingManager</h3>
<p>To catch and diagnose memory issues in the field that cannot be reproduced locally, you should leverage the <b>ProfilingManager API</b>. Introduced in Android 15, this advanced observability API allows you to programmatically collect real-user Perfetto profiles.</p>
<p>For teams that lack a dedicated infrastructure to manage and host performance artifacts, Crashlytics is exploring a specialized solution to streamline this workflow. They are inviting developers to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe299a_zSNDfa164z7yyqoDjS05ZDRN86bAQKajuAOFEQ4G-w/viewform" target="_blank">provide feedback</a>.</p>

<p><b>Android 17 introduces new event-driven triggers</b>, most notably <code>TRIGGER_TYPE_OOM</code> and <code>TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY</code>:</p>
<ul>
    <li>The <b>OOM trigger</b> automatically collects a Java heap dump at the exact moment an OutOfMemoryError crash occurs, providing precise allocation states. A collected OOM profile is provided the next time the app starts and registers the <code>registerForAllProfilingResults</code> callback.</li>
    <li>The <b>Anomaly trigger</b> detects severe performance issues, such as excessive binder spam or breached memory thresholds. The memory anomaly delivers a heap dump just prior to the system terminating the app.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>  val profilingManager = 
applicationContext.getSystemService(ProfilingManager::class.java)
    val triggers = ArrayList<profilingtrigger>()  


    triggers.add(ProfilingTrigger.Builder(
                 ProfilingTrigger.TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY))
    val mainExecutor: Executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
    val resultCallback = Consumer<profilingresult> { profilingResult -&gt;
        if (profilingResult.errorCode != ProfilingResult.ERROR_NONE) {
            // upload profile result to server for further analysis          
            setupProfileUploadWorker(profilingResult.resultFilePath)
        } 

    profilingManager.registerForAllProfilingResults(mainExecutor, resultCallback)
    profilingManager.addProfilingTriggers(triggers)</profilingresult></profilingtrigger></code></pre>

<p>
    Once you’ve collected the heap dump, you can download the profile from the server, or locally via adb pull and drag and drop the file into the <a href="http://ui.perfetto.dev/" target="_blank">Perfetto UI</a>. To streamline your memory debugging workflow, use the <a href="https://perfetto.dev/docs/visualization/heap-dump-explorer" target="_blank">Heap Dump Explorer</a>, this is the new default view for heap dumps in Perfetto UI. This tool provides an intuitive interface for inspecting Java heap dumps, allowing you to visualize object allocation hierarchies, compute retained memory sizes, and identify the shortest path from garbage collection root. By leveraging the Heap Dump Explorer, you can rapidly pinpoint memory leaks, bloated retained objects such as excessive bitmap allocations, and analyze heap object allocations all in one place.
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Optimizing bytecode with R8, adopting image loading best practices, and resolving memory leaks are critical steps toward delivering a high-quality user experience while managing resources effectively under pressure. Adopting these proactive measures helps maintain app stability and performance, preventing unexpected terminations while safeguarding user context. To further your performance expertise, explore our revised <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/memory" target="_blank">memory guidance</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<p>Posted by Alice Yuan, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, Arti Arutiunov, Product Manager at Datadog and Nikita Ogorodnikov, Staff Software Engineer at Datadog</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICmOZHTF4gmgXj1G4r5Fp48jM_W4fN9tjxbdnesvaxjUsuwmrftmILW-CErt5cXGcZp93UGtLy8fBehhZxwZ2oxtjQLNb269jHfkNA3XBHnn9JIVZbApeatdCi9gX6ylK7-5A-DzQ3VSRi8hJCNp_8699CzeD9H0y26Tl-6DO8FIafh9UQFyrpa_C9DA"><img alt="" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjICmOZHTF4gmgXj1G4r5Fp48jM_W4fN9tjxbdnesvaxjUsuwmrftmILW-CErt5cXGcZp93UGtLy8fBehhZxwZ2oxtjQLNb269jHfkNA3XBHnn9JIVZbApeatdCi9gX6ylK7-5A-DzQ3VSRi8hJCNp_8699CzeD9H0y26Tl-6DO8FIafh9UQFyrpa_C9DA=s16000"></a></div><br><br><p></p>

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  Performance regressions are notoriously hard to reproduce, making regressions a massive bottleneck for mobile developers. Although signals like ANR rates indicate what issues occur in production, pinpointing the specific line of code that resulted in the performance issue has historically necessitated exhaustive manual reproduction or speculative trial-and-error experimentation.
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<p>Datadog collaborated with Google to mitigate this frustration by integrating the ProfilingManager API (available on Android 15+ devices) into its Real User Monitoring (RUM) and Continuous Profiling platforms. This integration transforms the debugging workflow, allowing developers to move beyond surface-level symptoms to being able to detect the <em>why</em> behind a performance bottleneck.
</p>

By leveraging this system-level API, Datadog now processes millions of production profiles weekly across the globe according to Datadog internal data of June 2026. It provides engineering teams with a new level of visibility into real-world performance, all while maintaining a low runtime overhead for production-scale performance monitoring.

<h3>The impact of ProfilingManager</h3><p>
  ProfilingManager is a system service introduced in Android 15 that enables apps to programmatically collect performance data such as call stack samples, field traces and memory heap dumps directly from production environments. This capability shifts the engineering paradigm from reactive manual reproduction to proactive field analysis.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVOhdnTTwX9DT3ROPHDLHKm1aJ8Z0vo5wYsHTULe7oRBqsi2-pTblEC1ggNuVXdd5rCZv6RooG4dsdOqMM_8URLUxierH3KjujbTyVSFrqNIs01zMqb_o7uXFeYECms5s_CkX1WvAPaQeO5W9bpnvD4S4BNN0mH9qbanuTukvCg8LTozhNEhY0CQ0o0Q/s1280/AANDDM_DataDog_Quote_01.png"><img alt="ProfilingManager is a highly performant solution for code-level insights.  Of the solutions we evaluated, it has the lowest runtime overhead,  gives deep visibility into Java, Kotlin, and C++ traces, and opens the door to gather memory profiles and system-level traces during critical moments like ANRs and out-of-memory (OOM) errors. Yi Lu, Senior Engineer at Datadog" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVOhdnTTwX9DT3ROPHDLHKm1aJ8Z0vo5wYsHTULe7oRBqsi2-pTblEC1ggNuVXdd5rCZv6RooG4dsdOqMM_8URLUxierH3KjujbTyVSFrqNIs01zMqb_o7uXFeYECms5s_CkX1WvAPaQeO5W9bpnvD4S4BNN0mH9qbanuTukvCg8LTozhNEhY0CQ0o0Q/s16000/AANDDM_DataDog_Quote_01.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p>

For example, a Google communications app used field traces to investigate why its cold start times were slower on newer, more powerful hardware. By diving into the field-collected traces and comparing traces across different device types, the engineer discovered a hidden scheduling issue: a background text-to-speech service was unnecessarily being prewarmed during app startup. The traces revealed that this background process was monopolizing the device's highest-performing big CPU core, forcing the app's main thread to sleep while the prewarm occurred.

<h3>Solving the Android code-level visibility challenge</h3><p>
  Prior to the implementation of ProfilingManager, Datadog’s Real User Monitoring (RUM) focused on high-level application health and session-level telemetry to assess the user journey. Engineering teams could monitor Android performance signals like time to initial display, ANR rates, CPU load, and frozen frames. These insights extended to granular interactions, such as network latency, touch events, and main thread hangs. However, while this data effectively highlighted which performance bottlenecks were surfacing in the field, it provided no clear path to identifying the root cause of these failures.</p><div><span face='"Google Sans", sans-serif'><br></span></div><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4Lm-zE5X2trjidQ0eh9i_Bhiwd7HnkOcMeRtA_4dABpGG0EPuer564cLFK4o3eb_N_zWmBAgpOa58eygLH5hwFF6kMg_4GFC98vRN4pd1LNZ-PG9W5wyHv-ptVcmIGo1M7FNPi9PKQ9iGsyZeVfr5jDK46HJHU-1Gsc6IZJdSvhrZVavqKiZmyYar0o"><img alt="We realized that across our profiling features, performance profiling on mobile applications remained a blind spot. Teams could see that an Android user experienced a slow screen render or an ANR, but lacked the same code-level visibility they relied on for their backend services. - Bryan Antigua, Senior Product Manager at Datadog" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4Lm-zE5X2trjidQ0eh9i_Bhiwd7HnkOcMeRtA_4dABpGG0EPuer564cLFK4o3eb_N_zWmBAgpOa58eygLH5hwFF6kMg_4GFC98vRN4pd1LNZ-PG9W5wyHv-ptVcmIGo1M7FNPi9PKQ9iGsyZeVfr5jDK46HJHU-1Gsc6IZJdSvhrZVavqKiZmyYar0o=s16000"></a></div><br><br><p></p>

<p>
  To address this, Datadog needed a profiling engine capable of capturing Android traces directly from devices in production with minimal performance impact. After evaluating alternative approaches, such as writing their own trace processor using Android Debug APIs, the team selected ProfilingManager because it is the most performant solution of the profiling options they evaluated and offloads the sampling decisions overhead to the OS.
</p>

<p>
  ProfilingManager supports a wide range of collection methods, including CPU traces, call stack sampling, memory analysis through Java heap dumps and native heap profiles. It enables developers to profile production builds, upload trace files to external storage, and review them in the Perfetto trace analyzer UI. As a SaaS provider, Datadog uploads, visualizes, and analyzes these profiles collected via its SDK, providing a unified view of application health. 
</p>

By centralizing high-fidelity telemetry within a unified observability API, ProfilingManager empowers Datadog and its clients to proactively monitor, investigate, and remediate complex Android performance regressions through key technical advantages:

<ul>
  <li>
    <strong>Granular session diagnostics:</strong> ProfilingManager enhances debuggability by delivering direct OS-level trace data, overcoming the visibility and alignment challenges typical of custom logging with system services. To dive deeper, developers can download these traces from Datadog to investigate further in visualization tools like the <a href="https://ui.perfetto.dev/">Perfetto UI</a>. 
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>Automated telemetry triggers:</strong> By leveraging native system events to initiate trace recordings at key optimization points, Datadog reduces the need to build custom collection logic. While the initial rollout focuses on the <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*xix6h8*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_APP_FULLY_DRAWN">APP_FULLY_DRAWN </a>signal, there are already plans to expand this observability to include <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*1hl4p7n*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_ANR">ANR</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*8x3pd*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_OOM">OOM</a>, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/ProfilingTrigger?_gl=1*1ezx2ma*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc4ODI2NDgwMy4xNzc5MzE2ODcw*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3NzkzMTY4NzAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzkzMTY4NzAkajYwJGwwJGgyMTE1NzIyNjk1#TRIGGER_TYPE_COLD_START">COLD_START</a> triggers.</li>
  <li>
    <strong>Proactive trace snapshots:</strong> By interfacing directly with the system-level Perfetto service (traced), ProfilingManager utilizes a proactive background recording model designed to capture unpredictable issues. This ensures that developers receive a precise visualization of the events leading up to a performance anomaly, offering a level of insight that exceeds what is possible through manual instrumentation. 
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>Bottleneck detection at scale:</strong> Datadog is able to synthesize telemetry from across Datadog’s global customer base to uncover regressions that only emerge under unique hardware configurations and variable network environments.
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>System-enforced resource stability:</strong> The API leverages sampling trace collection to ensure performance and user experience impacts remain unnoticeable.
  </li>
  <li>
    <strong>On-device data controls:</strong> ProfilingManager filters out irrelevant information from other processes on-device before the profile is delivered to the app. This minimizes file sizes and ensures that only data relevant to the app's processes is provided.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Processing millions of weekly profiles to optimize real-world apps</h3><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2ikpIrv_Km0RiIq-khGPFHpfA5CRYHfnLj2oRxLSuTk2x8qJFoO4UyNiwMpJphecSAVR4aWcJEB7BzvkXYjkyDggRDUYhLTBGhoj5q3b6BmwA5IcsER1_k5tffie6pteW3YNkIwI5Y6rG_Ie35Xzzq-mEnfq8iinA_cd_r5ydCxfRwajPSngrY1591k/s3464/datadog-profiling-blogpost-final.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="3464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2ikpIrv_Km0RiIq-khGPFHpfA5CRYHfnLj2oRxLSuTk2x8qJFoO4UyNiwMpJphecSAVR4aWcJEB7BzvkXYjkyDggRDUYhLTBGhoj5q3b6BmwA5IcsER1_k5tffie6pteW3YNkIwI5Y6rG_Ie35Xzzq-mEnfq8iinA_cd_r5ydCxfRwajPSngrY1591k/s16000/datadog-profiling-blogpost-final.png"></a></div><i><div><i>An example of Datadog's time to initial display measurement with </i></div><div><i>stack sampling powered by ProfilingManager</i></div></i><br>Integrating a system-level profiling API into a global monitoring SDK required solving infrastructure challenges. Because ProfilingManager generates highly detailed performance traces, the Datadog engineering team had to build a pipeline capable of parsing and analyzing these profiles on the server side at scale. <span><span>Beyond profile collection, Datadog also emphasizes the importance of balancing sampling frequency with collecting enough data to generate meaningful insights about your application. </span></span>Datadog relies on ProfilingManager’s built-in rate limiting as a critical stability safeguard, preventing excessive telemetry requests from overburdening user devices.<br><br>The team has been profiling Datadog's own native Android application and a number of early adopters’ applications for months, gathering millions of profiles to ensure a fast, error-free launch experience and to refine their performance-detection algorithms. Today, the production integration seamlessly scales across a variety of Android devices. <p></p><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>By integrating Android’s ProfilingManager API, Datadog successfully closed the visibility gap between backend systems and mobile client applications for their customers. By processing millions of profiles weekly with negligible device overhead, Datadog equips Android developers with the code-level insights necessary to diagnose complex performance bugs instantly, helping developers build smoother applications and improve their app’s performance signals in the Play Store. To adopt the ProfilingManager API directly into your performance observability framework, check out our <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/tracing/profiling-manager/overview">documentation</a>.</p>

<p>
  In the future, Datadog aims to make Android profiling data a first-class input for coding agents to autonomously resolve performance bottlenecks, closing the feedback loop between detection and remediation. Datadog is working toward making Android profiling broadly accessible to developers.
</p>

<p>
  To get started using the Datadog real user monitoring feature powered by ProfilingManager, visit <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/real-user-monitoring/android-profiling/?utm_source=inbound&amp;utm_medium=corpsite-display&amp;utm_campaign=int-rum-ww-blog-announcement-announcement-androidprofilerblog2026">Datadog Mobile Real User Monitoring</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android DeveloperToday we're releasing Android 17 and making it available on most supported Pixel devices. Look for new devices running Android 17 in the coming months.

Android 17 marks the start of our transition to an intelligence system,...]]></description>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7zuuXjulHty999mGDWY1kfL8Q9SXjYYWn-7JTpMfVdNP78eb5fW9shOpvVdEqK0WnNp7AhdO0qc7pXAaqcfTwXgOGsfZyqcQv8wyD-9niWBpZuP6ZAPHBSetWenN2lMlRS5wi2d71-n8RCYqrLsFhUCEvM7KeoGLnNaDbiyOZQ0vvyr0O580nXK4Vas/s2048/Metadata%20-%20Static.png"><div><i>Posted by Matthew McCullough, VP of Product Management, Android Developer</i></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KPJZylMSUXRpKFRUd6oM4fNdEoDRdJzdkzg69P_BVUuIDtXqCqTid6hGH40CoHRw7-f50HsT6rISArklGH982MM4K1jKU16SSymes4JPoE4qOZ5s1lLnkbInpUpdJGu5erAYmSgiefzkkOX_ng3AUJKOzzwC1WMTjk2DxLNia8R1C-ErWc7jT4VP8ew/s4209/Blogger%20Hero%20-%20White.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="4209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KPJZylMSUXRpKFRUd6oM4fNdEoDRdJzdkzg69P_BVUuIDtXqCqTid6hGH40CoHRw7-f50HsT6rISArklGH982MM4K1jKU16SSymes4JPoE4qOZ5s1lLnkbInpUpdJGu5erAYmSgiefzkkOX_ng3AUJKOzzwC1WMTjk2DxLNia8R1C-ErWc7jT4VP8ew/s16000/Blogger%20Hero%20-%20White.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p>Today we're releasing Android 17 and making it available on most supported Pixel devices. Look for new devices running Android 17 in the coming months.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaHGBWXu3yvdXZ-wYQgN6DjN5TEMRIYDJvQDZTOybRZFWsAMhqhl14b9UZmrlXlEIRDioqRc8m3xRjOnQHJPoICkVpCho4qrmKihPbu_SB7dGVNKwlAaX6eWdjLF4VUdGyzGfxtW0ziFggj63e778VVo38qpMKar4E1wuw0MiPCBvBdrTTXCgI1XD04Q/s1080/AfD-Android-17.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaHGBWXu3yvdXZ-wYQgN6DjN5TEMRIYDJvQDZTOybRZFWsAMhqhl14b9UZmrlXlEIRDioqRc8m3xRjOnQHJPoICkVpCho4qrmKihPbu_SB7dGVNKwlAaX6eWdjLF4VUdGyzGfxtW0ziFggj63e778VVo38qpMKar4E1wuw0MiPCBvBdrTTXCgI1XD04Q/s320/AfD-Android-17.gif" width="320"></a></div>

<p>Android 17 marks the start of our transition to an intelligence system, putting your apps at the center. It's shifting to an adaptive-first development standard by introducing mandatory large-screen resizability, all while delivering next-generation privacy, security, media, camera, and performance. We'll cover all that in this post, as well as how we're bringing together next generation tools, libraries, and agent skills to help your apps embrace the opportunity.</p>

<p>Throughout the past year, from our Canary channel to our Beta releases, we’ve collaborated with you in the developer community to build a platform you and your users can trust. To that end, this moment marks the availability of the source code at the <a href="https://source.android.com/">Android Open Source Project</a> (AOSP). This allows you to <a href="https://cs.android.com/">examine the source code</a> for a deeper understanding of how Android works.</p>

<p>Let's dive deeper into Android 17.</p>

<h3>An intelligence system</h3>

<p>With deep integration between hardware, software and AI, we’re transforming Android from an operating system to an intelligence system. It's about delivering new helpful experiences that anticipate user needs, and it brings more opportunities for engagement with your apps. To that end, Android 17 expands the capabilities of AppFunctions, a platform API with a corresponding Jetpack library. It allows you to contribute your app's unique capabilities as orchestratable "tools" for Android MCP, the on-device equivalent of the <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/">Model Context Protocol</a>. AI agents and assistants (like Google Gemini) can discover and execute AppFunctions to perform workflows on behalf of the user with direct access to the app's local state.</p>

<p>The Jetpack library, currently in alpha, makes adding AppFunctions as easy as annotating a class and adding KDoc comments.</p>

<pre><code>/**
 * A note app's [AppFunction]s.
 */
class NoteFunctions(
    private val noteRepository: NoteRepository
) {
    /**
     * Adds a new note to the app.
     *
     * @param appFunctionContext The execution context.
     * @param title The title of the note.
     * @param content The note's content.
     */
    @AppFunction(isDescribedByKDoc = true)
    suspend fun createNote(
        appFunctionContext: AppFunctionContext,
        title: String,
        content: String
    ): Note {
        return noteRepository.createNote(title, content)
    }
}</code></pre>

<p>We’ve also launched an <a href="http://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/on-device/appfunctions">AppFunctions agent skill</a> that analyzes your app’s key workflows, automatically generates the required Kotlin code, optimizes your KDocs for LLM tool-calling, and provides ADB commands for testing and debugging.</p>

<p>The Gemini integration is currently in a private preview with trusted testers, but you can begin preparing your apps now. In addition to ADB commands to execute your AppFunctions, we've provided a <a href="http://github.com/android/appfunctions/releases/initial">test agent app</a> that includes an interface to discover and execute your app functions and simulate an AI agent integration. Join our integration early access program at <a href="http://goo.gle/eap-af">goo.gle/eap-af</a> for a chance to be among the first apps to deploy AppFunctions to production.</p>

<h3>Adaptive-first</h3>
<p>Your users no longer rely on a single form factor; they transition between phones, foldables, tablets, laptops, automotive displays, and immersive XR environments. Now, with over <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/adaptive-development-for-the-expanding-android-ecosystem">580 million large screen devices</a> in the hands of users and the <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/meet-googlebook/">forthcoming launch of Googlebooks</a>, the next generation of ChromeOS built on the Android stack, adaptive is no longer just a technical goal. It’s a massive opportunity to reach highly engaged users, which is one of the reasons we're shifting to an <a href="https://developer.android.com/adaptive-apps">adaptive-first development standard</a>.</p>

<h2>No resizability/orientation restrictions on large screens</h2>
<p>To ensure apps deliver a premium experience across all form factors, including mobile devices running in desktop mode on connected displays, Android 17 (API level 37) removes the developer opt-out for orientation and resizability restrictions on <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/large-screens">large screen devices</a> (sw &gt; 600 dp) for apps targeting API level 37. The system will ignore legacy manifest attributes and runtime APIs, including screenOrientation, setRequestedOrientation(), resizeableActivity=false, and aspect ratio constraints (minAspectRatio/maxAspectRatio). Games (based on <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9859673?hl=en">app category</a> in Google Play) remain exempt. Your app must be ready to adapt to any window size, respect the user's preferred device posture, and support free-form windowing natively.</p>

<h2>Next-gen multitasking: App Bubbles, Bubble Bar, and desktop interactive PiP</h2>
<p>Android 17 introduces powerful new windowing capabilities that redefine how users multitask, demanding even greater layout flexibility from your apps:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>App Bubbles:</strong> Moving beyond the messaging bubbles API, users can now transform any app into a floating bubble by long-pressing its icon on the launcher. This feature is available across phones, foldables, and tablets, enabling lightweight multitasking for any workflow.</li>
    <li><strong>The Bubble Bar:</strong> On large screens (tablets and foldables), the system taskbar now includes a dedicated Bubble Bar to organize, transition between, and dock these floating app bubbles.</li>
    <li><strong>Desktop interactive PiP:</strong> In desktop environments, Android 17 introduces interactive Picture-in-Picture (PiP). Unlike traditional PiP windows which are read-only, these pinned windows remain fully interactive while staying always-on-top of other application windows.</li>
</ul>

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<h2>Activity recreation updates</h2>
<p>To prevent disruptive state loss and stutter, Android 17 updates the default behavior for Activity recreation. The system will no longer restart activities by default for typical configuration changes that do not require a full UI redraw (including <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_keyboard">CONFIG_KEYBOARD</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_keyboard_hidden">CONFIG_KEYBOARD_HIDDEN</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_navigation">CONFIG_NAVIGATION</a>, <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_touchscreen">CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN</a>, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/ActivityInfo#config_color_mode">CONFIG_COLOR_MODE</a>).<br>
Instead, running activities will receive these updates via onConfigurationChanged(), enabling smooth transitions. If your application explicitly relies on a full restart to reload resources for these changes, you must now explicitly opt-in using the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/R.attr#recreateonconfigchanges">android:recreateOnConfigChanges</a> manifest attribute.</p>

<h2>Continue On</h2>
<p>Android 17 adds Continue On to help users seamlessly transition a task between Android devices. The user sees a suggestion for the most recently opened app from their mobile device in their tablet taskbar, providing a one-tap affordance to launch the app and deep-link where they left off. Continue on can support app-to-web transitions, including falling back to using the web if the app isn't installed.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K42DCZ0VTYpFhTlEazp9_AthhqYdm786k1NFolZrP7HwXk2QlF7UV1CU7ECK9N-CiHSfSbH_E2_cXwL3zUuesP-shpa1nau5QmVWDOQeErnCMtvZUw_wwAHNewZZ5S3811f0n_FNoX4U9kyptZQONM_eDB1AAHaoFjMFgTCC7G1d0X2iRo1MN8sev0/s1920/Continue%20On.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8K42DCZ0VTYpFhTlEazp9_AthhqYdm786k1NFolZrP7HwXk2QlF7UV1CU7ECK9N-CiHSfSbH_E2_cXwL3zUuesP-shpa1nau5QmVWDOQeErnCMtvZUw_wwAHNewZZ5S3811f0n_FNoX4U9kyptZQONM_eDB1AAHaoFjMFgTCC7G1d0X2iRo1MN8sev0/s16000/Continue%20On.png"></a><i>Handoff Suggestion on a Tablet</i></div><p><br></p>

<pre><code>class MyHandoffActivity : Activity() {

    ...

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    // Do stuff
    ...
    // Enable handoff
    setHandoffEnabled(true, null)
  }

  // Override and implement onHandoffActivityDataRequested
  override fun onHandoffActivityDataRequested(handoffRequestInfo: HandoffActivityDataRequestInfo) : HandoffActivityData {
    // Create and return handoff data
  }
}</code></pre>

<h2>Go adaptive-first with Jetpack Compose</h2>
<p>To help you adapt your apps to meet the new Android 17 requirements, we've launched the <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/jetpack-compose/adaptive">Jetpack Compose adaptive skill</a>. This AI-powered developer workflow helps you implement the best adaptive practices:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>Adaptive navigation:</strong> Automatically transition between bottom navigation bars on mobile and edge-anchored navigation rails on large screens using NavigationSuiteScaffold from the Material 3 Adaptive library.</li>
    <li><strong>Multi-pane layouts:</strong> Implement list-detail and supporting pane layouts natively using Navigation 3 Scenes (ListDetailSceneStrategy and SupportingPaneSceneStrategy) instead of fragile fragment transactions.</li>
    <li><strong>FlexBox &amp; Grid APIs:</strong> Utilize Compose 1.11's dynamic layout components to easily adjust row and column spans on the fly, ensuring your content always fills the space beautifully.</li>
    <li><strong>Advanced non-touch input:</strong> Leverage Compose 1.11's enhanced trackpad and mouse support, including native focus rings and new APIs (like TrackpadInjectionScope and performTrackpadInput) to easily test and deliver a true "laptop-class" experience on Googlebooks and Desktop Mode.</li>
    <li><strong>Dynamic window states:</strong> Leverage Compose's reactive state model to seamlessly adapt your UI when the app transitions from full screen to a floating App Bubble or an interactive Desktop PiP window, ensuring a premium experience even at minimal dimensions.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Android is Compose-first</h2>
<p>Compose offers the easiest way to build adaptive apps, and that's just one of the <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/first#why-compose-first">many reasons</a> we believe that all Android UI should be built with Compose. To that end, <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/first">Android development is now Compose-first</a>. All new Android APIs, libraries, tools, and developer guidance will be built exclusively for Jetpack Compose. Legacy View components (in the android.widget package) and View-based Jetpack libraries (like Fragments, RecyclerView, and ViewPager) are now in maintenance mode. They will receive only critical bug fixes, and no new features.</p>

<blockquote>
    <p><strong>TIP</strong><br>
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<h3>Performance &amp; efficiency</h3>
<p>App performance means a smooth user interface, fast app start times, and efficient multitasking; Android 17 has impactful improvements in all of these areas.</p>

<h2>App memory limits</h2>
<p>Memory usage is one of the silent foundations of overall performance. When a foreground app or service grows unchecked, memory management spikes CPU and battery utilization and eventually leads to the termination of other well-behaved cached apps and background jobs, ultimately forcing slower cold starts and impaired multitasking. </p>

<p>Starting in Android 17, the system will enforce strict app memory limits based on a device's total RAM, abruptly terminating offending processes. New things to help you navigate these tighter requirements:</p>
<ul>
    <li><strong>R8 Optimizer:</strong> The R8 optimizer significantly reduces your app's bytecode memory footprint by shrinking classes, methods, and fields into shorter names, and stripping out unused code and resources. Use R8 in full mode along with the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/r8-configuration-analyzer">R8 configuration analyzer</a> to make sure your app is getting the most from R8.<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePgjeISaotpA-miDPKel-qgAYtepLjMMBaiKZQqTf_iYRTJurn_iAFdC7utLnKRKAh9OhSjF_D83skA2PPg7xts0ORX7aVxBkoax6b9uEPqTlGiY_sh8Xv7U1pr0h4Nm8FLo-h3IJD8FhTJc-gOtpBwyLCnDBUPRJAuaaBjsIOhvUmTXFSna0ykksak/s2048/R8%20Configuration%20Analyzer.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePgjeISaotpA-miDPKel-qgAYtepLjMMBaiKZQqTf_iYRTJurn_iAFdC7utLnKRKAh9OhSjF_D83skA2PPg7xts0ORX7aVxBkoax6b9uEPqTlGiY_sh8Xv7U1pr0h4Nm8FLo-h3IJD8FhTJc-gOtpBwyLCnDBUPRJAuaaBjsIOhvUmTXFSna0ykksak/s16000/R8%20Configuration%20Analyzer.png"></a></div></li></ul><div><span><u><br></u></span></div><div><span><u><br></u></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The R8 Configuration Analyzer</div><ul><li><strong>LeakCanary in Android Studio Panda:</strong> The profiler now features native LeakCanary integration as a dedicated task, fully integrated with your IDE and source code.</li>
    <li><strong>ApplicationExitInfo:</strong> If your app is terminated by these limits, getDescription() from ApplicationExitInfo will return "MemoryLimiter:AnonSwap".</li>
    <li><strong>On-Device Anomaly Detection:</strong> Part of ProfilingManager, you can leverage trigger-based profiling using TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY to automatically capture heap dumps when the memory limit is reached.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>val profilingManager = applicationContext
   .getSystemService(ProfilingManager::class.java)

val triggers = ArrayList&lt;ProfilingTrigger&gt;().apply {
  add(ProfilingTrigger.Builder(
    ProfilingTrigger.TRIGGER_TYPE_ANOMALY).build())
}
profilingManager.addProfilingTriggers(triggers)</code></pre>

<p>And, we're working to surface more in-field memory metrics to you within Google Play Console.</p>

<h2>Generational garbage collection</h2>
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions">Android 17</a> introduces more frequent, less resource-intensive young-generation collections to <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/platform#art">ART</a>'s Concurrent Mark-Compact garbage collector (GC). By separating short-lived objects from stable, long-lived ones, the system runs frequent, lightweight "young-generation" sweeps rather than expensive full-heap scans, drastically reducing CPU usage, power drain, and UI stutter. Our testing has shown significant improvements in GC interference with application threads and a reduction in the maximum memory resident set size (RSS). ART improvements are also available to over a billion devices running Android 12 (API level 31) and higher through Google Play System updates.</p>

<h2>Lock-Free MessageQueue</h2>
<p>For apps targeting SDK 37 or higher, the core <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>android.os.MessageQueue</b></a> now implements a lock-free architecture, significantly reducing missed frames, improving app startup time, and radically improving the performance of busy queues in multithreaded scenarios. Note: This can break apps that use reflection on private <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>MessageQueue</b></a> fields and methods.  The <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager#peekWhen()"><b>peekWhen</b></a> and <b><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager#poll()">poll</a> </b>APIs have been added to <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/TestLooperManager"><b>TestLooperManager</b></a> for instrumentation testing without relying on <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/MessageQueue"><b>MessageQueue</b></a> internals.</p>

<h2>Static final fields now truly final</h2>
<p>Starting from Android 17, apps targeting SDK 37 or higher won’t be able to modify “static final” fields, allowing the runtime to apply performance optimizations more aggressively. An attempt to do so via reflection (or deep reflection) will lead to an IllegalAccessException being thrown. Modifying them via JNI’s <b><code>SetStatic&lt;Type&gt;Field</code></b> methods family will immediately crash the application.</p>

<h2>Custom notification view restrictions</h2>
<p>To reduce memory usage we are further restricting the size of <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications/custom-notification">custom notification views</a>. This update closes a loophole that allows apps to bypass existing limits using URIs. This behavior is gated by the target SDK version and takes effect for apps targeting API 37 and higher.</p>

<h3>Privacy &amp; Security</h3>
<p>Maintaining user trust is at the heart of the Android ecosystem. Android 17 introduces robust features that protect sensitive data while simplifying user experiences.</p>

<h2>Privacy-preserving choices</h2>
<p>Historically, apps required broad, permanent permissions to access information like contacts, precise location and media files. Android 17 continues the shift toward privacy-preserving choices that grant temporary, session-based access only to the data the user explicitly selects:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>System-Level Contact Picker:</strong> Utilizing <code>ACTION_PICK_CONTACTS</code>, apps can request temporary access only to specific fields (e.g., email or phone number) chosen by the user, eliminating the need for the broad <code>READ_CONTACTS</code> permission. It also fully supports work/personal profile separation.</li>
    <li><strong>Customizable Photo Picker aspect ratio:</strong> Using<b><code>PhotoPickerUiCustomizationParams</code></b>, you can customize the system photo picker to show thumbnails in portrait mode. This is perfect for apps that always display photos and videos in portrait such as video based social media apps.</li>
    <li><strong>System-rendered Location Button:</strong> A new system-rendered location button that you can embed in your app grants precise location access for the current session only.</li>
    <li><strong>EyeDropper API:</strong> A new system-level API, <code>ACTION_OPEN_EYE_DROPPER</code>, allows your app to create a system-powered eyedropper enabling the user to select color from any pixel on the display. This provides a secure, privacy-preserving color-picking experience that eliminates the need for broad, sensitive screen capture or media projection permissions.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>val eyeDropperLauncher = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result -&gt;
   if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
       val color = result.data?.getIntExtra(Intent.EXTRA_COLOR, Color.BLACK)
       // Use the picked color in your app
   }
}
fun launchColorPicker() {
   val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_EYE_DROPPER)
   eyeDropperLauncher.launch(intent)
}</code></pre>

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<p>Apps targeting Android 17 now either require the <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/Manifest.permission#access_local_network">ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</a></code> runtime permission or the use of system-mediated, privacy-preserving device pickers for local network communication, such as talking to smart home devices or casting receivers. Because <code>ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</code>  falls under the existing <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission_group#NEARBY_DEVICES">NEARBY_DEVICES</a></code> permission group, users who have already granted other <code><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission_group#NEARBY_DEVICES">NEARBY_DEVICES</a></code> permissions will not be prompted again. </p>

<h2>SMS OTP protection</h2>
<p>Android 17 expands SMS one-time-password (OTP) protection by delaying access to SMS messages for three hours:</p>
<ul>
  <li>WebOTP Format: <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all#sms-otp-all-apps">Delayed for all apps that are not the intended recipient (domain mismatch)</a>.</li>
  <li>Standard SMS OTP: <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17#sms-otp-protection">Delayed for all apps targeting SDK 37+</a>.</li>
  <li>Exemptions: Default SMS, assistant, and connected companion apps are exempt. Apps are strongly encouraged to migrate to the <a href="https://developer.android.com/identity/sms-retriever">SMS Retriever</a> or <a href="https://developers.google.com/identity/sms-retriever/user-consent/overview">SMS User Consent APIs</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)</h2>
<p>Android 17 is ready for the next generation of cryptographic security:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Keystore Integration: Supported devices can generate ML-DSA (Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm) keys in secure hardware to produce quantum-safe signatures, exposed via standard JCA APIs.</li>
  <li>Hybrid APK Signing: Introducing the v3.2 APK Signature Scheme, which combines classical signatures with ML-DSA signatures to secure app delivery.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Safer native dynamic code loading </h2>
If your app targets SDK 37 or higher, the Safer Dynamic Code Loading (DCL) protection <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-14#safer-dynamic-code-loading">introduced in Android 14</a> for DEX and JAR files now extends to native libraries. All native files loaded using System.load must be marked as read-only. Otherwise, the system throws UnsatisfiedLinkError

<h2>Smarter password protection for physical inputs</h2>
<p>With Android 17, we're making it safer to enter passwords, PINs, and other secrets when using a physical keyboard by no longer showing the last typed character by default.</p>
<p>Users can still easily customize these display settings to match their preferences (availability may vary by device manufacturer).</p>
<p>These enhanced privacy protections are automatically supported byAndroid's built-in SDK components and will be supported in Compose 1.12 for SecureTextFields. </p>

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</h2><p>Android 17 introduces new <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/android-17-creator-features/">creator features</a> that give access to pro-quality cameras and media, all while improving the experience for consumers.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/media/platform/integrate-eclipsa-video">Eclipsa Video</a>: HDR video standard built upon the <a href="https://github.com/SMPTE/st2094-50">SMPTE ST 2094-50 specification</a> that introduces new metadata to help devices adapt content for their display headroom and ambient light conditions, as well as improve the simultaneous display of standard and HDR content.</li>
  <li>RAW14 image format: New support for the <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/graphics/ImageFormat#raw14">RAW14 image format</a> provides a way for your professional camera app to capture the highest level of detail and color depth from compatible camera sensors.</li>
  <li>Vendor-defined camera extensions: Vendor-defined extensions enable hardware partners to define and implement custom camera extension modes, providing access to the best and latest camera features.</li>
  <li>Extended HE-AAC software encoder: A new system-provided Extended HE-AAC software encoder, supports both low and high bitrates using unified speech and audio coding, providing significantly better audio quality for voice messages in low-bandwidth conditions, including support for loudness metadata.</li>
  <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#video-formats">Versatile Video Coding (H.266)</a>:  Enables OEMs to add codec support by defining the <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/media-formats#video-formats">video/vvc</a> MIME type in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaFormat"><code>MediaFormat</code></a>, adding new VVC profiles in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecInfo"><code>MediaCodecInfo</code></a>, and integrating support into <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaExtractor"><code>MediaExtractor</code></a>.</li>
  <li>Camera device type: New APIs that query the underlying device type to identify if a camera is built-in hardware, an external USB webcam, or a virtual camera.</li>
  <li>Constant Quality for Video Recording: <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder#setVideoEncodingQuality(int)"><code>SetVideoEncodingQuality</code></a> in <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaRecorder"><code>MediaRecorder</code></a> configures a constant quality (CQ) mode for video encoders to ensure uniform visual fidelity across the entire video.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Better support for hearing aids</h2>
<ul>
  <li>Bluetooth LE Audio hearing aid support: Android now includes a specific device category for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Audio hearing aids with the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioDeviceInfo#TYPE_BLE_HEARING_AID"><code>AudioDeviceInfo.TYPE_BLE_HEARING_AID</code></a> constant, so your app can distinguish hearing aids from regular headsets to provide a tailored experience for users with assistive listening devices.</li>
  <li>Granular audio routing for hearing aids: Android 17 allows users to independently manage where specific system sounds are played. They can choose to route notifications, ringtones, and alarms to connected hearing aids or the device's built-in speaker, helping to avoid unwanted in-ear interruptions while maintaining a Bluetooth connection for hearing aid management apps.</li>
</ul>

<h2>CameraX and  Media3</h2>
<p><a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/camerax">CameraX</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/media3">Media3</a> have been updated for Android 17. They are there to do the heavy lifting, smoothing the rough edges of media development and simplifying building reliable camera capture,  smooth media playback, and creative and complex editing experiences. </p>

<p>We've released an <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/tree/main/camera">agent skill</a> that can migrate legacy Android camera implementations (Camera1 or raw Camera2 APIs) to CameraX.</p>
  
<p>Note: You'll need to update your CameraX version to either 1.5.2 or 1.6.0+ to avoid a crash related to an added dynamic range mode on Android 17 devices.</p>

<h3>Get your apps, libraries, tools, and game engines ready!</h3>
<p>If you develop an Android SDK, library, tool, or game engine, it's critical to prepare any necessary updates now to prevent your downstream app and game developers from being blocked by compatibility issues and allow them to target the latest SDK features. Please let your downstream developers know if updates are needed to fully support Android 17.</p>

<p>Testing involves installing your production app or a test app making use of your library or engine using Google Play or other means onto a device or emulator running Android 17 Beta 4. Work through all your app's flows and look for functional or UI issues. Each release of Android contains platform changes that improve privacy, security, and overall user experience; review the app impacting behavior changes for apps <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all">running on</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-17">targeting</a> Android 17 to focus your testing, including the following:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Resizability on large screens: Once you target Android 17 (SDK 37), you can no longer opt out of maintaining orientation, resizability and aspect ratio constraints <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/ff-restrictions-ignored">on large screens</a>.</li>
  <li>Dynamic code loading: If your app targets SDK 37 or higher, the Safer Dynamic Code Loading (DCL) protection <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/behavior-changes-14#safer-dynamic-code-loading">introduced in Android 14 </a>for DEX and JAR files now extends to native libraries. All native files loaded using System.load() must be marked as read-only. Otherwise, the system throws UnsatisfiedLinkError.</li>
  <li>Enable CT by default: <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-config#CertificateTransparencySummary">Certificate transparency (CT)</a> is enabled by default. (On Android 16, CT is available but apps had to <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-config#certificateTransparency">opt in</a>.)</li>
  <li>Local network protections: Apps targeting SDK 37 or higher have <a href="https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/local-network-permission#android-17-enforcement">local network access blocked by default</a>. Switch to using privacy preserving pickers if possible, and use the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/Manifest.permission#access_local_network"><b><code>ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK</code></b>permission for broad, persistent access.</a></li>
  <li>Background audio hardening: Starting in Android 17, the audio framework enforces <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/bg-audio">restrictions on background audio interactions</a> including audio playback, <a href="https://developer.android.com/media/optimize/audio-focus">audio focus</a> requests, and <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/AudioManager#adjustStreamVolume(int,%20int,%20int)">volume change</a> APIs. Based on your feedback, we’ve made some changes since beta 2, including targetSDK gating while-in-use FGS enforcement and exempting alarm audio. Full details available in the <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/changes/bg-audio">updated guidance</a>.</li>
  <li>NPU access declaration: Apps targeting Android 17 that need to directly access the NPU must declare <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/pm/PackageManager#feature_neural_processing_unit">FEATURE_NEURAL_PROCESSING_UNIT</a> in their manifest to avoid being blocked from accessing the NPU. This includes apps that use the <a href="https://ai.google.dev/edge/litert/next/npu">LiteRT NPU delegate</a>, vendor-specific SDKs, as well as the deprecated <a href="https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/neuralnetworks">NNAPI</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Get started with Android 17</h3>
<p>Your Pixel device should get Android 17 shortly if you haven't already been on the Android Beta. If you don’t have a Pixel device, you can <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/get#on_emulator">use the 64-bit system images with the Android Emulator</a> in Android Studio. If you are currently on Android 17 Beta 4.1 and have not yet taken an Android 17 QPR1 beta, you can opt out of the program and you will then be offered the release version of Android 17 over the air.</p>
<h3>Getting the Android 17 beta on partner devices</h3>
<p>Android 17 is available in beta on handset, tablet, and foldable form factors <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/devices">from partners</a> including Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Sharp, vivo, and Xiaomi.</p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5cwRcpdR2j-1KMzQPpsxvIODRLlVkaFNQEIQoNaPQa4X4rgEna5imminlwFdcSJ3xihXdUSFouOC0-ZKyK1A53cBmoaU03au-FjfsqkPXm0tPLtOaWT_7z8tqnMmQjFOr-YIKeP3BMVq8Hmd7yH0zllW1aFMuiW6AAAcDUVL7aIyCAIZUs0d_0VMdF4/s1653/android-17-beta-partners.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1653" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5cwRcpdR2j-1KMzQPpsxvIODRLlVkaFNQEIQoNaPQa4X4rgEna5imminlwFdcSJ3xihXdUSFouOC0-ZKyK1A53cBmoaU03au-FjfsqkPXm0tPLtOaWT_7z8tqnMmQjFOr-YIKeP3BMVq8Hmd7yH0zllW1aFMuiW6AAAcDUVL7aIyCAIZUs0d_0VMdF4/s16000/android-17-beta-partners.jpg"></a></div><br><h3><br></h3>

<p>For the best development experience with Android 17, we recommend that you use the latest Canary build of <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/preview">Android Studio Quail</a>. Once you’re set up, here are some of the things you should do:</p>
<p>Test your current app for compatibility, learn whether your app is <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17/behavior-changes-all">affected by changes in Android 17</a>, and install your app onto a device or <a href="https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator">Android Emulator</a> running Android 17 and extensively test it.</p>

<p>Thank you again to everyone who participated in our Android developer preview and beta program. We're looking forward to seeing how your apps take advantage of the updates in Android 17, and have plans to bring you updates in a fast-paced release cadence going forward.</p>
<p>For complete information on Android 17 please visit the <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17">Android 17 developer site</a>.</p><br><br>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App SafetyJuly 15, 2026: Updated Play Console requirements for Play developersTo meet Android developer verification and updated Play Console Requirements, Play developers must register their Play apps in Play Console. While 99% of ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:33 +0200</pubDate>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2JeeSz9AeQDASycrf2ssGmJn2yQGvGFjyU29jKSs5hFtYySX9X5wDw4Pb63DF3co77osfiLeYj6LGt-_1v66X3svzCOdWAZz3w9Q2WKF28T4qZ4tCbiTEsP88lIZ44Ua6mLfg6VIQL_k3PVWlU4vDnJkTc9mJkdz188lH-smTL3oA47Yongl1w8sf4RY/s1235/260317_ADV%20Blog_Metadata.png"><div><i>Posted by Matthew Forsythe, Director Product Management, Android App Safety</i></div><div><br></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_MWnkCTsO9zdnVQqFu2Aep5Q_GMvQvuXoGn-H_LXNpOYIVYFqbHi0R0iKpChOEJ-GB0p_7fLCiK_IGETshue4Fjd3tjyg95M3i92-DzdZpND5GPhr9jeBuj620YHAhPJ6CLdDXD8jsA1XyyYiBCS4p4eoZizZnA0DHKpwJqDUq-agwXl_GbtLrKdM5Y/s4210/260317_ADV%20Blog_Header.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="4210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_MWnkCTsO9zdnVQqFu2Aep5Q_GMvQvuXoGn-H_LXNpOYIVYFqbHi0R0iKpChOEJ-GB0p_7fLCiK_IGETshue4Fjd3tjyg95M3i92-DzdZpND5GPhr9jeBuj620YHAhPJ6CLdDXD8jsA1XyyYiBCS4p4eoZizZnA0DHKpwJqDUq-agwXl_GbtLrKdM5Y/s16000/260317_ADV%20Blog_Header.png"></a></div><br><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><b>July 15, 2026: Updated Play Console requirements for Play developers</b><br><br><blockquote>To meet Android developer verification and <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/17125096">updated Play Console Requirements</a>, Play developers must <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16984799">register their Play apps</a> in Play Console. While 99% of apps on Play have been registered automatically, you should check your <a href="https://play.google.com/console/u/0/developers/5700313618786177705/android-developer-verification">Play Console Home page</a> to register any remaining apps by September 30, 2026 to avoid global removal from Google Play and ensure a seamless user installation experience. </blockquote><br><blockquote>You can also use Play Console to register apps you distribute outside of Google Play to ensure they can be installed on certified Android devices.</blockquote><span><div><br></div></span><div>Last year, we introduced <a href="https://developer.android.com/developer-verification">Android developer verification</a> to strengthen ecosystem security and stop malicious actors from hiding behind anonymity to release harmful apps. Millions of apps have been registered since the verification launched in March, covering nearly all installs on Google Play and a large majority of installs from outside of Google Play. We appreciate the feedback and partnership from industry leaders, developers, and Android communities that helped us design this experience and drive strong adoption.<h2>Initial launch across seven stores and four countries</h2>

<p>These new developer verification protections will take effect on September 30, 2026, starting with users in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.</p>

<p>This rollout is an <b>industry-wide effort to create a safer ecosystem</b>. We will begin by verifying app installations from the following stores:</p>

<ul>
    <li>Google (Google Play)</li>
    <li>Honor (HONOR App Market)</li>
    <li>OPlus (OPPO App Market)</li>
    <li>Samsung (Galaxy Store)</li>
    <li>Transsion (Palm Store)</li>
    <li>vivo (V-Appstore)</li>
    <li>Xiaomi (GetApps)</li>
</ul>

<p>Following this initial phase with our partners, we will expand these protections globally for all apps on certified Android devices in 2027.</p><h2>Automate your workflow with new APIs</h2>

<p>To further streamline app registration, we are<b> launching a suite of developer-requested APIs</b> to help you register apps in bulk or directly through your continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. The Android Developer ID Status API will let you check if a package name has already been registered, and the Android Developer Console API will let you register and manage package names directly within your development environment. Both APIs also support OAuth delegation, allowing third-party platforms, like Android app stores, to perform these operations natively on your behalf.</p>

We'll launch these APIs over the next few months.<h2>What’s next</h2>

<p></p><ul><li><strong>June 2026:</strong> Starting this month, we are rolling out a new <a href="https://support.google.com/android/answer/17065026">system service</a> that will be automatically installed on most Android devices. This service will be used later this year to verify developer registration.</li><li><strong>July 2026:</strong> We’ll launch the Android Developer ID Status API globally and begin early access for the Android Developer Console API. Early access also starts for <a href="https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/limited-distribution">limited distribution accounts</a> on Android Developer Console. This new type of Android developer account is designed for students, hobbyists, and learners and lets you share your apps to up to 20 devices without a government-issued ID or a fee.</li><li><strong>August 2026:</strong> Limited distribution accounts and the new Android Developer Console API will launch globally. We’ll also launch an <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html">advanced flow</a> for installing apps from unverified developers, which includes security checkpoints to resist coercion scams, while allowing power users to maintain the ability to <a href="https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq#sideload-apps">sideload apps</a> from unverified developers.</li><li><strong>September 30, 2026:</strong> App registration becomes required for <b>participating stores in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand</b>. Unregistered apps can be sideloaded with Android Debug Bridge (adb) or advanced flow.</li><li><strong>2027 and beyond:</strong> After incorporating the feedback from our partners, users, and developer community, we’ll expand the Android verification requirement globally.<br></li></ul><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUMAeS0ew75nme5xUK0qAQraK0-WpiUXp1B6m1yJFMqOrHUo7AyMMEfO-aYq9mZ6vy7GYPcBxRByKGQNgRbS99uW1b5hwbViEmIbGFVsLqhw7e-LSF_dozTAlKb7D1n_0Rc42S5MxzpxI5rrbSdDIQMVt6SXEErcnI-HrA0McFfL_BMoe2xMJtG9UU6I/s960/ABL_83_Blog%20in%20line%20asset%20-%20ADV%20July.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUMAeS0ew75nme5xUK0qAQraK0-WpiUXp1B6m1yJFMqOrHUo7AyMMEfO-aYq9mZ6vy7GYPcBxRByKGQNgRbS99uW1b5hwbViEmIbGFVsLqhw7e-LSF_dozTAlKb7D1n_0Rc42S5MxzpxI5rrbSdDIQMVt6SXEErcnI-HrA0McFfL_BMoe2xMJtG9UU6I/s1600/ABL_83_Blog%20in%20line%20asset%20-%20ADV%20July.png"></a></div><br><div><br></div><h2>Get started with Android developer verification</h2>

<p>If you distribute apps in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, or Thailand via the stores listed above, please ensure your verification is complete by the September deadline.</p>

<p></p><ul><li><strong>Google Play developers:</strong> Most Play developers are already verified, and over 99% of their apps have been registered. Go to your <a href="https://play.google.com/console/developers/app-list">Play Console Home page</a> to see your app’s verification status, and <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16984799">register apps</a> you want to continue distributing that weren't automatically registered.</li><li><strong>Developers who distribute only outside of Google Play:</strong> Sign up for the <a href="https://android.google.com/developerconsole/developers">Android Developer Console</a> today to register your apps.</li></ul><p></p>



<p></p><ul><ul><li><strong>Students and hobbyists:</strong> Sign up <a href="https://google.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4N7NGE06NjJJdl4">here</a> for early access to limited distribution accounts to help us refine the feature with your feedback.</li></ul></ul><p></p>

Thank you for helping us build a safer Android ecosystem. Stay tuned for more updates as we approach September and the 2027 global rollout.</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Expanded billing choice and lower fees on Google Play]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Paul Feng, Vice President, Google Play Eng, Product, UX

At Google Play, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to users, while ensuring developers have the tools and adaptability to succeed. Guided by this commitment, earlier this year we announced updates to our b...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:32 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB5FJxvJIARbdD14jKJu4Jg0uzjczgDxybt5NlviqF_vL91B0GzqNHTcURyCT1nUJgc22LmhvXBk_E2UOXvLqXN_dZfs0YrlbMrl3ZJ_CYcn4W4qoTUhU5k0Y8DhoXltMRMUGQN7uzj6pH4qV1dtRCR6tAKpjmH3Ys_94xqHgR6SfHMpAplFgz8ClGG8/s8533/Apps%20Experience_Play%20Blog%20MetadataCard__2048x1323.jpg"><p></p><p><i>Posted by Paul Feng, Vice President, Google Play Eng, Product, UX</i></p><p></p>

<p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NArBxSwBOPGYLZKJ4BxhB3rjkTq6RrZ6XBJk2e57TVQ_mSCJ1nw5JAegk0dmX-MEW0ArHvvr2pX8zdXKuJjIXsTgDx7i9W-EoRtS0rHLeGPjMnOvryY2f02czLEBxANuCYYa9ryEr46_6xJ9PQNkHL1MWh-hEHwZAbCGYj-JcdCunZGva5WpFFHCtYA/s4210/Blogger%20Header%20asset%20-%204209%20x%201253%20px.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="4210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NArBxSwBOPGYLZKJ4BxhB3rjkTq6RrZ6XBJk2e57TVQ_mSCJ1nw5JAegk0dmX-MEW0ArHvvr2pX8zdXKuJjIXsTgDx7i9W-EoRtS0rHLeGPjMnOvryY2f02czLEBxANuCYYa9ryEr46_6xJ9PQNkHL1MWh-hEHwZAbCGYj-JcdCunZGva5WpFFHCtYA/s16000/Blogger%20Header%20asset%20-%204209%20x%201253%20px.jpg"></a></div><br><br>At Google Play, we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to users, while ensuring developers have the tools and adaptability to succeed. Guided by this commitment, <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html">earlier this year</a> we announced updates to our business model introducing more billing flexibility, lower fees, and new programs to help your business thrive. <br><br>With some of these changes rolling out soon, the breakdown below outlines what is coming, where to find more information, key dates, and how to get started.

<h2>More billing flexibility</h2>

Google Play’s billing system safely, efficiently, and intuitively handles the complexities of taxes, compliance, and subscriptions across 195+ markets with 300+ local payment methods. However, we understand there are situations where your business needs more flexibility, and that's why we're offering you more options in how you handle digital commerce.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLIK5NuRI6Rf-N_scGYqy-xAMyFOrJRo-nJOjqBYQW3Fizevf5Mk3mKnNRlJWdEWKKQ3oM_whpPuVOABM9Nf8bZwkfGQ_12p4mgQDvO40ornXa_1OxyP_4okmNfbcOyXdq47nx7o11Q_D7BRe5nRBGt2tNWFhe_eAEIgFC-kFdZH8K8j0gfeWZUAuS1Y/s8000/MM6_Offer%20alt%20billing.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLIK5NuRI6Rf-N_scGYqy-xAMyFOrJRo-nJOjqBYQW3Fizevf5Mk3mKnNRlJWdEWKKQ3oM_whpPuVOABM9Nf8bZwkfGQ_12p4mgQDvO40ornXa_1OxyP_4okmNfbcOyXdq47nx7o11Q_D7BRe5nRBGt2tNWFhe_eAEIgFC-kFdZH8K8j0gfeWZUAuS1Y/s16000/MM6_Offer%20alt%20billing.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p>

<br><br>Building from existing programs, the new billing choice program is available to all developers globally who provide digital services or content to users within the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area, alongside programs in the United States. Following this initial phase, we will continue expanding availability to additional markets. You will find the global release schedule at the bottom of this post.<br><br>Through these programs, developers can offer an alternative billing system or link users to their own website for purchases, alongside Google Play’s billing. You may also design your own choice screen in accordance with our UX guidelines, as an alternative to Google Play’s default version.<br><br>Please find all the details in the <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/17161464">program page here</a>.

<h2>Lower, separate fees</h2>To enable this new level of flexibility, we're separating our service fee from the billing fee. This starts on June 30, 2026, beginning with the United States, European Economic Area, and United Kingdom.<br><br>Regardless of whether you use Google Play's billing system, alternative billing, or external web links, the service fee starts at 10% on your first $1M (USD) in annual earnings. This 10% service fee also applies to all auto-renewing subscriptions. For all other transactions, the rates in the table below applies:<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTaAgjv7m9xtS4DS25hgDQ6oMIQWBw-GQ0bDMv4D_J-W5r7njfSvs7EnSwnJNIZ9oOIqW0w8KqoA4tTOQ2kC_l4K1YsrGt9Dp-4PFKBJGoACzfZPCjE2KBB0PGBjpaWBCguanfdhd-86iPZ3nDL_tZsk-lSYINiyQAreP8HKzBuShqq0BepijI3X6LT0/s8000/MM6%20rate%20card%20without%20border.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTaAgjv7m9xtS4DS25hgDQ6oMIQWBw-GQ0bDMv4D_J-W5r7njfSvs7EnSwnJNIZ9oOIqW0w8KqoA4tTOQ2kC_l4K1YsrGt9Dp-4PFKBJGoACzfZPCjE2KBB0PGBjpaWBCguanfdhd-86iPZ3nDL_tZsk-lSYINiyQAreP8HKzBuShqq0BepijI3X6LT0/s16000/MM6%20rate%20card%20without%20border.jpg"></a></div><p></p><br><br><p><br></p>

For other transactions, the service fee will be determined by whether the transacting user's install is new or existing relative to the regional rollout date:<div> 

<ul>
  <li><b>New installs</b>: A transaction from a user whose first-time install or first update of the app from Google Play occurred on or after the date that the new fee structure launched in their region.</li>
  <li><b>Existing installs</b>: A transaction from a user whose first-time install or first update of the app from Google Play occurred before the date that the new fee structure launches in their market.</li></ul><div><br></div>For transactions that use Google Play’s billing system, an additional billing fee applies. In the United States, United Kingdom, and the European Economic Area, the billing fee is set at 5%. We'll announce billing fee details for other markets soon. For transactions processed via alternative billing or external web links, the billing fee does not apply. <br><br>Review<a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16954621?hl=en"> this Help Center article</a> to understand how these rates apply to your business.

<h2>Games Level Up and Apps Experience program guidelines</h2>We are also excited to announce even more opportunities for partners who deliver exceptional user experiences across the Android ecosystem: the revamped <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/levelup/">Games Level Up</a> and the new <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/appsexperience/">Apps Experience</a> program. Detailed guidelines are now available on the respective program websites.<br><br>Apps and games that meet all requirements are eligible for a new program rate card with reduced rates. See the table below for details:<p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Zf6OFaB1B8MD7DeLJ-znJQUcA3ozQYDUEKzxiJb-32f_zk8bn6Cyi-WbwDPND0osW6FmmaUlfi1ji25thN3kZYXb747mD_KaE6pUf3faA5blqHNFH7qRlp0aNgVvS-bNNLg8L3QTizxXOU0mmblc8RyapiRanHcdocW92FchSLuJnw1HUSYbY2oJfNI/s8000/MM6%20rate%20card%20with%20border.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Zf6OFaB1B8MD7DeLJ-znJQUcA3ozQYDUEKzxiJb-32f_zk8bn6Cyi-WbwDPND0osW6FmmaUlfi1ji25thN3kZYXb747mD_KaE6pUf3faA5blqHNFH7qRlp0aNgVvS-bNNLg8L3QTizxXOU0mmblc8RyapiRanHcdocW92FchSLuJnw1HUSYbY2oJfNI/s16000/MM6%20rate%20card%20with%20border.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p>

Visit the <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/levelup/">Games Level Up</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/appsexperience/">Apps Experience</a> program websites, review the guidelines, and start preparing your games and apps ahead of September 30, 2026, when the program rate cards officially become available.

<h2>Global release schedule</h2>

Evolving our business model requires technical infrastructure and alignment with local regulations, so these updates will roll out on a staggered timeline. To help you plan, here is the previously announced release schedule for each update across all markets:<p></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGtrW01aFRzy0gj7_mHMrJ1TrWHkan3S0aF7HmjhM3QGdpkb9xjJudKp02b6i3jGGjRyE7PYGVPwxIhrM4CdLs_A-P70ugCns-G5x05x3PnAqD7VweBHg7-06bUl4T98OPuGpEXjrAjbwMObraQn8K3uCnr3tr505Os8Keu3H_i4wbWaZNoixFv6_vYw/s8000/MM6%20Release%20Schedule.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGtrW01aFRzy0gj7_mHMrJ1TrWHkan3S0aF7HmjhM3QGdpkb9xjJudKp02b6i3jGGjRyE7PYGVPwxIhrM4CdLs_A-P70ugCns-G5x05x3PnAqD7VweBHg7-06bUl4T98OPuGpEXjrAjbwMObraQn8K3uCnr3tr505Os8Keu3H_i4wbWaZNoixFv6_vYw/s16000/MM6%20Release%20Schedule.jpg"></a></div><br><p></p>

<p>Here is a quick recap of the resources available to help you get started:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Review the <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/17161464"><b>billing choice program</b></a>;</li>
  <li>Learn more about <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/16954621?hl=en"><b>Google Play's lower service fees</b></a>;</li>
  <li>Explore detailed guidelines on the <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/levelup/"><b>Games Level Up</b></a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/console/about/programs/appsexperience/"><b>Apps Experience</b></a> program websites.</li>
</ul>

<p>We look forward to building the next generation of Google Play experiences together.</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Build intelligent Android apps: Introduction to Jetpacker]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer RelationsBuilding GenAI features in your app usually means navigating through various models, APIs and architecture choices: 

  Execution location: Where does your model run? On device, in the cloud, or both?
  Com...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:15:26 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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<div><i>Posted by Jolanda Verhoef, Senior Developer Relations Engineer, </i><i>Android Developer Relations</i></div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlbIY8mjuSzlWuS8mnGJ3v8Je-yrtFFaBHNXumMqS0rbaS32wv5HUhI4mv5pHT8ro0Rfb-duyMhK8_OeKnMyocY9s6GmC9_pgTEv6sgZoiaZpD00sODTTctYV8I4RHddKWcXAMUyTASk97cS1ysx4A2PFYB6PEeiHeN93BFgDiOTKH62ZJMig3kGP66E/s8583/0713%20Jetpacker%20Blog.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="8583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlbIY8mjuSzlWuS8mnGJ3v8Je-yrtFFaBHNXumMqS0rbaS32wv5HUhI4mv5pHT8ro0Rfb-duyMhK8_OeKnMyocY9s6GmC9_pgTEv6sgZoiaZpD00sODTTctYV8I4RHddKWcXAMUyTASk97cS1ysx4A2PFYB6PEeiHeN93BFgDiOTKH62ZJMig3kGP66E/s1600/0713%20Jetpacker%20Blog.png"></a></div><br><i><br></i><p>Building GenAI features in your app usually means navigating through various models, APIs and architecture choices: </p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Execution location:</strong> Where does your model run? On device, in the cloud, or both?</li>
  <li><strong>Complexity:</strong> How complex is your setup? Are you doing a single inference call or do you need a more agentic flow?</li>
  <li><strong>In-app or Android System:</strong> Should your feature be built into your Android app or does it fit better as an Android system integration?</li>
</ul>

<p>In this blog post series we'll navigate these choices with you. We will take you along on a journey, starting with a basic mobile app and transforming it into a <b>personalized</b>, <b>intelligent</b>, and <b>agentic</b> experience.</p>

<h2>Jetpacker: a demo travel app</h2>
<p>Jetpacker is a <b>technical showcase app</b> that our team built from the ground up for this year's Google I/O (built using Antigravity). At its core, Jetpacker helps users plan, explore, and enjoy their next big adventure. It shows an overview of your trips, the itinerary of each trip, and details of each event on that trip. Of course following all best practices of Android development, including a beautifully expressive Material UI design.</p><div>
  
  
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<p>And best of all? It's fully <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker" target="_blank">open source</a>!</p>

<p>Today we are publishing a series of<b> technical blog posts</b> diving deep into each of these features. We’ll provide detailed implementation steps, code snippets, and architectural insights to help you build your own intelligent Android applications.</p>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html">On-device intelligence</a></h2>
<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d4EqOTEFypjsqmFoZ8h-zPw3QqQkNY1F_vdbJ98vv1QJCqIE8P-reC0fttcMfNk05g3kGSLhGXVaeiOQDqARK6ptNhFe43miZgTNSmdF7V5hh6u4PhjQleWXmxDqkAf5YKPPyBU14V9z_wFfkiwVDCHN0rkLDtbZCGnb6Jq8d7Iu3YRVgDd9fcMeTiA/s1848/on-device-features.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d4EqOTEFypjsqmFoZ8h-zPw3QqQkNY1F_vdbJ98vv1QJCqIE8P-reC0fttcMfNk05g3kGSLhGXVaeiOQDqARK6ptNhFe43miZgTNSmdF7V5hh6u4PhjQleWXmxDqkAf5YKPPyBU14V9z_wFfkiwVDCHN0rkLDtbZCGnb6Jq8d7Iu3YRVgDd9fcMeTiA/s1600/on-device-features.png"></a></div><div><i>On-device features in Jetpacker: Summarizing trip itineraries, managing expenses, and voice notes</i></div><p>Using an on-device model comes with <b>no additional cloud inference</b> costs, means you don't have to worry about <b>internet connectivity</b>, and lets users be confident that private information will be <b>processed locally</b>, on the device, without any of their data being sent to the cloud.</p>

<p>In Jetpacker, we chose on-device inference for three of our features:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The <b>trip overview</b> feature transforms a messy, multi-day itinerary into a concise, actionable summary. It leverages Gemini Nano through the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android">ML Kit GenAI APIs</a> to process data locally on the device. We consider this a nice-to-have feature where we don't want to incur extra cloud costs, making on-device inference the right choice.</li>
  <li>The <b>expense tracker</b> automatically extracts structured data from receipt images to help users track their travel spending. It uses the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/get-started#provide-multimodal">multimodal capabilities</a> of Gemini Nano 4 through the ML Kit GenAI APIs. We choose an on-device solution so that any privacy-sensitive information on the receipt images never leaves the user's device.</li>
  <li>The <b>audio diary </b>records, transcribes, and categorizes voice notes into relevant trip activities. It is powered by the <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/speech-recognition/android">ML Kit Speech Recognition</a> and <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/get-started">GenAI Prompt APIs</a>. We chose an on-device solution for privacy and connectivity reasons.</li>
</ul>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html" target="_blank">Cloud &amp; hybrid inference</a></h2>
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<p>Or, if you want to get the best of both worlds, you can use hybrid inference to <b>dynamically choose</b> either a cloud or on-device model at runtime. This allows us to <b>lower costs</b> by moving inference to the device when it is available, but at the same time <b>support all Android devices</b> running the app.</p>

<p>In Jetpacker, we implemented several features using cloud or hybrid inference:</p>
<ul>
  <li>The <b>place Q&amp;A</b> feature answers user questions about specific locations by grounding responses in real-world data. It uses <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic">Firebase AI Logic</a> integrated with <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-maps">Google Maps</a> and <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-search">web context</a>. Using a cloud model is necessary here for its greater world knowledge.</li>
  <li>The <b>review drafting</b> feature helps users compose detailed reviews for the places they have visited. It leverages both on-device and cloud models through Firebase AI Logic's new <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/hybrid/android/get-started">Hybrid inference API</a>. This is a feature we wanted to make available to all app users, so we're using a cloud model as a fallback when an on-device model is unavailable.</li>
  <li>The <b>automatic chat translation</b> dynamically translates chat messages in real time to facilitate seamless communication, demonstrating custom hybrid inference logic. Again, we want this feature to be available to all app users, but at the same time have some specific considerations on when to choose on-device versus cloud.</li>
</ul>

<h2><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html">System integration</a></h2><div>
  
  
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<p>While not a feature you see in the app itself, the Android system integration opens up the app's core capabilities directly to the Android operating system. It uses the <a href="https://developer.android.com/ai/appfunctions">AppFunctions API</a> to integrate with system-level intelligence.</p>

<h2>In-app agentic workflows (coming soon!)</h2>
<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAW_TWepCinuAvHQ7i9JKfhWtf-GSggI6CtD0Qp7-nfPA7UTmmYHTAtsEybWlmiPgxZqo_fUlqc44dmF_5WWH4tlTRze8qdsm9Jc5ARwL5k_PJjU1VTcAHRE3EdxL4JHSnsCt4VCzwPaR41LM34048icLNZLE1kUhpLTeiGpDH87Bh7utPJmXS4kn_8/s1618/agentic-feature-booking-assistant%20(1).png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAW_TWepCinuAvHQ7i9JKfhWtf-GSggI6CtD0Qp7-nfPA7UTmmYHTAtsEybWlmiPgxZqo_fUlqc44dmF_5WWH4tlTRze8qdsm9Jc5ARwL5k_PJjU1VTcAHRE3EdxL4JHSnsCt4VCzwPaR41LM34048icLNZLE1kUhpLTeiGpDH87Bh7utPJmXS4kn_8/w209-h400/agentic-feature-booking-assistant%20(1).png" width="209"></a></div><i><div><i>The booking assistant shows several in-progress flight bookings, asking the user for input before making a final booking.</i></div></i><p>Agenticness introduces a higher level of<b> autonomy</b>, enabling models to act as agents. Instead of a single inference call, an agent works towards a specific goal via an orchestration loop that allows it to <b>reason</b>, use <b>tools</b>, and <b>adapt </b>its path. Depending on your requirements, these intelligent agents can run either in the cloud, directly on-device, or in a hybrid setup.</p>

<p>For Jetpacker we added a <b>booking assistant</b> that automates end-to-end booking workflows directly within the application to streamline reservations. It is built using <a href="https://a2ui.org/">A2UI</a> and <a href="https://adk.dev/">ADK</a> running in the cloud. The Android app functions as a front-end to the multi-agentic system running in the cloud.</p>

<h2>Learn more</h2>
<p>Check out the other parts of this blog post series:</p><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html"><b>Part 1 (this post!):</b></a> Introduction of the app and a high-level overview.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html"><b>Part 2:</b></a> On-device intelligence. Deep-dive into ML Kit’s GenAI APIs and Gemini Nano to build privacy-first features like itinerary summarization, receipt parsing, and local audio processing.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html"><b>Part 3:</b></a> Hybrid and cloud reasoning. Explore how to use Firebase AI Logic to ground LLM answers in real-world data like Google Maps and web context.<br><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html"><b>Part 4:</b></a> System integration. Integrating with the Android intelligence system using AppFunctions.<br>Part 5 (coming soon): In-app agentic workflows. Extend the app with an end-to-end booking assistant powered by A2UI and ADK.<p>Interested in more on Android Development? Follow Android Developers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AndroidDevelopers">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/androiddev/">LinkedIn</a>!</p></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHTpa22SxEltoebLZYO_34iRtahN8z5tA3tnIryIii0s4_conN5qFYfmNro6nmZBfsgiZeRLtru-gE4XO2mf-RBDyIo00kf3QunWwUO-SICHkVSv0exAQQ4qA0KzjMGRpA8qj1TSMP0Ffe0FzrEc_S1zBaakKzCZFpqYLXqds9Zqmqr8yyeSgyNl9U0s/s2469/features%20in%20Jetpacker%20Features%20with%20Firebase%20AI%20Logic%20_Meta.png"><div><i>Posted by Thomas Ezan, Jolanda Verhoef, Caren Chang, Senior Developer Relations Engineers, Android Developer Relations</i></div><div><br></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2fO3T2xckksQ9pk3RUNPxZqqq2CyaifXnju0lCCpbfwJ4gZyq-df0kM_mK1TMV0F9YCMo19Ba9NvFAiUpzDH6Wlk_RyonRCK5Ono25CYyQ7xGC3q70mUhyphenhyphenOOYJ-5JX2KlFP1lIA3ULIhH86_hP2ptO0AllUIf6ZVh-SqoXVWcXrM8m3hHCkhGwZYfP4/s8583/AFD%20-%20%5BABL_101%5D%20Building%20AI%20features%20in%20Jetpacker%20Features%20with%20Firebase%20AI%20Logic%20_Blog.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="8583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2fO3T2xckksQ9pk3RUNPxZqqq2CyaifXnju0lCCpbfwJ4gZyq-df0kM_mK1TMV0F9YCMo19Ba9NvFAiUpzDH6Wlk_RyonRCK5Ono25CYyQ7xGC3q70mUhyphenhyphenOOYJ-5JX2KlFP1lIA3ULIhH86_hP2ptO0AllUIf6ZVh-SqoXVWcXrM8m3hHCkhGwZYfP4/s1600/AFD%20-%20%5BABL_101%5D%20Building%20AI%20features%20in%20Jetpacker%20Features%20with%20Firebase%20AI%20Logic%20_Blog.png"></a></div><br><p><br></p><p>Welcome back to the blog post series "<a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html" target="_blank">Build intelligent Android apps</a>" where we take a basic Android app and transform it into a <b>personalized</b>, <b>intelligent</b>, and <b>agentic</b> experience. In our <a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html">previous post</a> we explored how to build intelligent on-device features using Gemini Nano through ML Kit's Prompt API.</p>

<p>In this post, we will look at how you can leverage <b><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic">Firebase AI Logic</a> </b>to build cloud-hosted and hybrid AI features: </p>
<ul>
  <li>Grounding answers in real-world context</li>
  <li>Routing requests dynamically between cloud and local execution using hybrid inference</li>
  <li>Translating content with custom routing systems</li>
</ul>

<div>
  
  
</div><p><br></p><p>Sometimes a use case requires AI models with greater world knowledge, a much larger context window, or the ability to handle complex queries. In those scenarios, we can leverage cloud models. </p>

<p>Other times, you want the best of both worlds: using hybrid inference to run on-device when available to lower costs, while falling back to the cloud to ensure compatibility for all devices.</p><br><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlTUF1Kzkbrf2w64KO3jZJZZ_wLEu34vq6Cb7PX2alVUhFVdbkiWuXCkzUS-bPJkHMbmuNJ_Ov0HYZzujr69jCU9gPvmKaKMZt2q4-TolSDFCLABBIY1IBRY9Zn7D5S10hFcJD2kuVCm3N2glpqDJoHiqAZat4z6oyXxxwH4ZCGVBgfPObMevoJrgNPg/s8000/features_upscaled.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="4744" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlTUF1Kzkbrf2w64KO3jZJZZ_wLEu34vq6Cb7PX2alVUhFVdbkiWuXCkzUS-bPJkHMbmuNJ_Ov0HYZzujr69jCU9gPvmKaKMZt2q4-TolSDFCLABBIY1IBRY9Zn7D5S10hFcJD2kuVCm3N2glpqDJoHiqAZat4z6oyXxxwH4ZCGVBgfPObMevoJrgNPg/s1600/features_upscaled.png"></a></div><em>Cloud and hybrid features in Jetpacker: Museum assistant with web grounding, hybrid restaurant review drafting, and 
  support chat featuring custom-routed live translation.</em></div>

<p>Let’s look at how we implemented three cloud and hybrid features in <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker" target="_blank">Jetpacker</a>:</p>
<ul>
  <li>a museum assistant with web grounding</li>
  <li>hybrid restaurant review drafting</li>
  <li>hotel support chat featuring custom-routed live translation.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Use LLM grounding for up-to-date informationMuseum assistant chatbot with LLM grounding</h2>
<p>The <b>Museum assistant </b>is an interactive chatbot designed to help users plan their museum visits. It provides visitors with up-to-date details regarding specific exhibits, current opening hours, ticket pricing, and more.</p><br><div class="separator"><em><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pxeCVJfOo5G7McNB4RCIhoCUch8CHSAWI7gHijJJcE95b0gbu3lyAO1xIWc6mKllkpylSPBnVfU6RYnwfay4z6dH7TlufPuNw3Lw7s-bEuR4Ajx8IHK8k6zJcOHitqMRdDv8EVL-fCN6uuDo1QTnOgk_RW-AEM1_hZaJWbCGezMQF_D9Hia-Rm2T4-c/s4880/museum_assistant_upscaled.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="4880" data-original-width="2392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pxeCVJfOo5G7McNB4RCIhoCUch8CHSAWI7gHijJJcE95b0gbu3lyAO1xIWc6mKllkpylSPBnVfU6RYnwfay4z6dH7TlufPuNw3Lw7s-bEuR4Ajx8IHK8k6zJcOHitqMRdDv8EVL-fCN6uuDo1QTnOgk_RW-AEM1_hZaJWbCGezMQF_D9Hia-Rm2T4-c/w314-h640/museum_assistant_upscaled.png" width="314"></a></div>Museum assistant is a chatbot that answers questions, such as </em></div><div class="separator"><em>‘How can I get a ticket discount for Le Louvre?’</em></div>

<p>When building AI features, getting the model to answer with fresh, accurate, and specific real-world information is a common challenge. While cloud models possess massive amounts of world knowledge, they might not know about seasonal exhibits or the current day’s opening hours. </p><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8He5M2JC5EwXZwa-M52UAXHSO4dWy4gx3aZoY2ZXM-x25pV4kc6BsICe_fG4Zn6-R37_UgTQ8LBSsrNcP50e3aQLgxNbHOfWLBqzaSqQ78ZDmNEJadZNc-I5bduHr0UtWOxYMTFAHgffxcuzaETHPe3lvfRod2rkeOUXnRaLJ_vIiAfO_xRKpESbX3L8/s8000/grounding_upscaled.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="4452" data-original-width="8000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8He5M2JC5EwXZwa-M52UAXHSO4dWy4gx3aZoY2ZXM-x25pV4kc6BsICe_fG4Zn6-R37_UgTQ8LBSsrNcP50e3aQLgxNbHOfWLBqzaSqQ78ZDmNEJadZNc-I5bduHr0UtWOxYMTFAHgffxcuzaETHPe3lvfRod2rkeOUXnRaLJ_vIiAfO_xRKpESbX3L8/s1600/grounding_upscaled.png"></a></div><br><em><br>Grounding data is added to the context window to enable the model</em></div><div class="separator"><em> to answer questions correctly and accurately.</em></div>

<p>To bridge this gap, we can use grounding techniques to add extra context to the model’s context window. The <a href="https://firebase.google.com/products/firebase-ai-logic" target="_blank">Firebase AI Logic SDK</a> supports three types of grounding:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/url-context">URL grounding</a>:</strong> Grounding responses using content from a specific webpage (e.g. current ticket prices or museum rules).</li>
  <li><strong><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-search">Google Search grounding</a>:</strong> Letting the model query the real-time Google search index for up-to-date details.</li>
  <li><strong><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/grounding-google-maps">Maps grounding</a>:</strong> Using Google Maps location data.</li>
</ul>

<p>In Jetpacker, we dynamically construct the available tools based on enabled feature flags and initialize the generative model using the Firebase AI SDK:</p>

<pre><code>// implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-ai-logic")

private var toolList = mutableListOf&lt;Tool&gt;()

init {
    if (ENABLE_SEARCH_GROUNDING) {
        toolList.add(Tool.googleSearch())
    }
    if (ENABLE_URL_GROUNDING) {
        toolList.add(Tool.urlContext())
    }
}

private val generativeModel = Firebase.ai(backend = GenerativeBackend.googleAI())
    .generativeModel(
        modelName = "gemini-3-flash",
        systemInstruction = content {
            text("You are a helpful museum assistant answering questions about a museum. Use plain text.")
        },
        tools = toolList
    )</code></pre>

<p>When the user queries the assistant, if URL grounding is enabled, we append the specific museum resource URLs directly into the prompt:</p>

<pre><code>val groundingText = if (FeatureFlags.ENABLE_URL_GROUNDING) {
    "\n If the following message above is about the rules and terms to visit Le Louvre, " +
    "if needed answer this urls ${urlList.joinToString()}"
} else {
    ""
}

val prompt = "$text $groundingText"

var response = chat.sendMessage(prompt)
</code></pre>

<h2>Hybrid inference: On-device review generation with Maps deep link</h2>
<p>Not every AI task requires a cloud-based model, and not every device is online. To help developers balance latency, cost, and offline availability, we recently introduced the <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/hybrid/android/get-started?api=dev">Firebase API for Hybrid Inference</a>.</p>

<p>In Jetpacker, the <b>restaurant review</b> feature lets users review select topics and automatically drafts a review. To enable this for all users, we prioritize local execution with Gemini Nano, and fall back to cloud models on devices that don’t support Gemini Nano. </p><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa1o2Zh3v3Babi7gGmzOFYAKPEgS0HWmvisiKgK-QsSRh_ZhjTjuUYSS_QIH0JQw9NsqrkYe4Quud6cfCGwVc61_7HKcACj6c9yywWySn5xyHGgemBR5tYPP8q3bmLadaN6uLXspE9LqrcZkVdckEGHWDhdfYVa-xo8QomDaRn03mau2fHVyK0Fr1FaU/s4680/review_upscaled.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="4680" data-original-width="2392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa1o2Zh3v3Babi7gGmzOFYAKPEgS0HWmvisiKgK-QsSRh_ZhjTjuUYSS_QIH0JQw9NsqrkYe4Quud6cfCGwVc61_7HKcACj6c9yywWySn5xyHGgemBR5tYPP8q3bmLadaN6uLXspE9LqrcZkVdckEGHWDhdfYVa-xo8QomDaRn03mau2fHVyK0Fr1FaU/w327-h640/review_upscaled.png" width="327"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator"><em>The restaurant review feature uses hybrid inference to draft a review based on topics</em></div><div class="separator"><em><br></em></div>

<pre><code>// implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-ai-logic")
// implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-ai-ondevice:16.0.0-beta03")


// Initialize the model with hybrid routing configuration
val reviewModel = Firebase.ai.generativeModel(
    modelName = "gemini-3.1-flash-lite",
    onDeviceConfig = OnDeviceConfig(
        inferenceMode = InferenceMode.PREFER_ON_DEVICE
    )
)</code></pre>

<p>The Hybrid Inference API supports four distinct routing modes:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>PREFER_ON_DEVICE:</strong> Prioritizes local execution and falls back to cloud if Gemini Nano is unavailable.</li>
  <li><strong>PREFER_IN_CLOUD:</strong> Prioritizes cloud execution and falls back to on-device if the device goes offline.</li>
  <li><strong>ONLY_ON_DEVICE:</strong> Restricts execution strictly to the device.</li>
  <li><strong>ONLY_IN_CLOUD:</strong> Restricts execution strictly to the cloud.</li>
</ul>

<p>Once the review is generated, we copy it to the clipboard and use an intent to open Google Maps directly to the restaurant's review page, providing a seamless user experience:</p>

<pre><code>private fun copyAndOpenMapsReview(context: Context, reviewText: String, placeId: String) {
    val clipboard = context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE) as ClipboardManager
    val clip = ClipData.newPlainText("User Review", reviewText)
    clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip)

    val uri = Uri.parse("https://search.google.com/local/writereview/mobile?placeid=$placeId")
    val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri).apply {
        setPackage("com.google.android.apps.maps")
    }
    context.startActivity(intent)
}</code></pre>

<h2>Custom hybrid routing: Hotel support chat translation with simulated personas</h2>
<p>The <b>hotel support chat</b> was built to let users finalize logistics and check on hotel details. This feature uses system instructions to configure a localized receptionist assistant. By passing specific information—such as the preferred language and hotel information—in the instructions, we can set up a conversational persona representing a specific hotel.</p>

<pre><code>private val generativeModel = Firebase.ai(backend = GenerativeBackend.googleAI())
    .generativeModel(
        systemInstruction = content {
            text("""
              You are a helpful hotel receptionist at $hotelName only speaking $language. 
              Answer politely in $language. The bar closes at 10pm and breakfast is from 7am to 10am.
              There's someone at the desk 24/7. You can retrieve your luggage from the storage room 
              at the back of the lobby at any time.
              """)
        },
        modelName = "gemini-3-flash-preview"
    )</code></pre>

<p>Because receptionist responses are in the hotel's local language (for example, French for Hotel Le Meurice in Paris), we need to translate messages to the user’s preferred language. </p><div class="separator"><em><br><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIB_NnUYK8GnEpI3foNLO2_AQ2lNZhoc9gFB-CjERDjMwrdQ2T45y6jzrJAafi4Jz7eF_SBkXG7csDwpajKctp5yo1hsBjIacIfK3aHvvQjCUu22qZBj7dLl5Q4aGFJRD4hwTlMMNgZD8sIuYpCrRjMmpa5ybXDzi9nkTMZoiJOEn8jLmqBsgTXcVTDY/s4112/translation_upscaled.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="4112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIB_NnUYK8GnEpI3foNLO2_AQ2lNZhoc9gFB-CjERDjMwrdQ2T45y6jzrJAafi4Jz7eF_SBkXG7csDwpajKctp5yo1hsBjIacIfK3aHvvQjCUu22qZBj7dLl5Q4aGFJRD4hwTlMMNgZD8sIuYpCrRjMmpa5ybXDzi9nkTMZoiJOEn8jLmqBsgTXcVTDY/s1600/translation_upscaled.png"></a></div><div class="separator"><em>Hotel support chat messages are automatically translated to the user’s preferred language </em></div></em></div>

<p>While hybrid models can configure simple routing preferences, complex scenarios require custom routing logic. In Jetpacker, we implement a custom routing stack that takes into account:</p>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Language identification:</strong> Using the on-device <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/language/identification/android">ML Kit Language Identification API</a>, we can detect the incoming message language.</li>
  <li><strong>On-device translation (Gemini Nano):</strong> <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android">ML Kit’s Prompt API</a> lets us translate common language pairs directly on the device, saving bandwidth and cloud cost.</li>
  <li><strong>Cloud translation (Gemini 3 Flash):</strong> For more complex languages, we use Gemini Flash 3 to get a higher quality translation.</li>
</ul>

<pre><code>// implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-language-id:17.0.0") 

// ML Kit for Language Identification (powered by Google Play Services)
private val languageIdentifier = LanguageIdentification.getClient()

// On-device translator model (prefer Gemini Nano) for translating common language pairs
private val hybridTranslationModel = Firebase.ai(backend = GenerativeBackend.googleAI())
    .generativeModel(
        modelName = "gemini-3-flash",
        onDeviceConfig = OnDeviceConfig(mode = InferenceMode.PREFER_ON_DEVICE)
    )

// Cloud translator model for more complex language pairs
private val cloudTranslationModel = Firebase.ai(backend = GenerativeBackend.googleAI())
    .generativeModel(
        modelName = "gemini-3-flash"
    )</code></pre>

<p>When a message needs to be translated, we identify the source language and apply our custom routing logic, executing either on-device or cloud translation:</p>

<pre><code>fun translateMessage(message: SupportChatMessage) {
    viewModelScope.launch {
        // 1. Detect language using ML Kit Language Identification
        val sourceLang = try {
            Tasks.await(languageIdentifier.identifyLanguage(message.text))
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            "Undefined"
        }

        // 2. Custom routing: we've verified the translation quality for English and Korean with Gemini Nano, and will translate message on-device for those two languages
        val routeToCloud = sourceLang != "en" &amp;&amp; sourceLang != "kr"

        val prompt = "Translate the following text to $selectedLanguage. Just return the translated sentence: ${message.text}."

        val (translatedText, routePrefix) = if (routeToCloud) {
            val result = cloudTranslationModel.generateContent(prompt)
            result.text to "[Cloud]"
        } else {
            val result = hybridTranslationModel.generateContent(prompt)
            result.text to "[On-Device]"
        }

        if (translatedText != null) {
            _translations.update { current -&gt;
                current + (message.id to "$routePrefix: $translatedText")
            }
        }
    }
}</code></pre>

<p>In this example, the custom routing logic only takes into consideration the translation’s source and target language. However, based on your app’s use case, you can expand the routing logic to include other factors such as the on-device model version, network connectivity, battery status, and more.</p>

<h2>Securing the AI Pipelines: Firebase App Check</h2>
<p>Lastly, using AI in the cloud opens up possibilities of API key abuse or unauthorized billing. To secure API calls, we integrated <a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-check"><b>Firebase App Check</b></a> using both Play Integrity (production) and the local Debug Provider (for local development or emulators).</p>

<p>In the <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/blob/main/jetpacker/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/jetpacker/JetPackerApplication.kt">JetPackerApplication.kt</a> file, we install the debug provider at startup and trigger anonymous authentication to establish a secure user session:</p>

<pre><code>//  implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-appcheck-playintegrity") 
//  implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-appcheck-debug")  
//  implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-auth") 

override fun onCreate() {
    super.onCreate()
    Firebase.initialize(context = this)
    Firebase.appCheck.installAppCheckProviderFactory(
        DebugAppCheckProviderFactory.getInstance()
    )
    Firebase.auth.signInAnonymously()
}</code></pre>

<p>When building locally on an emulator, App Check prints a local token secret to logcat:</p>

<p>Enter this debug secret into the allow list in the Firebase Console: a8c2dd4c-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-ef6c114ba27e</p>

<p>Once registered in the Firebase console, local requests are fully verified and authenticated by App Check, protecting our backend while letting us test the app locally.</p>

<h2>Conclusion</h2>
<p>By combining cloud model capabilities (grounding, system instructions) with on-device capabilities (hybrid routing, translation, security app checks), we created a travel app that is smart, secure, and available offline.</p>

<p>Check out the <a href="https://github.com/android/ai-samples/tree/main/jetpacker" target="_blank">full source code for Jetpacker on GitHub</a>, and explore the Firebase documentation to get started:</p>
<p><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/get-started">Firebase AI Logic Documentation</a><br><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/ai-logic/hybrid/android/get-started">Firebase Hybrid Inference API</a></p>

<h2>Learn more</h2>
<p>Check out the other parts of this blog post series:</p>
<p><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-introduction-jetpack.html">Part 1</a>:</b> Introduction of the app and a high-level overview.<br><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/android-on-device-inference.html">Part 2</a>: </b>On-device intelligence. Deep-dive into ML Kit’s GenAI APIs and Gemini Nano to build privacy-first features like itinerary summarization, receipt parsing, and local audio processing.<br><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-cloud-hybrid-inference.html">Part 3 (this post!):</a></b> Hybrid and cloud reasoning. Explore how to use Firebase AI Logic to ground LLM answers in real-world data like Google Maps and web context.<br><b><a href="http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/build-intelligent-android-apps-appfunctions.html">Part 4:</a> </b>System integration. Integrating with the Android intelligence system using AppFunctions. <br><b>Part 5 (coming soon):</b> In-app agentic workflows. Extend the app with an end-to-end booking assistant powered by A2UI and ADK.</p>

<p>Interested in more on Android Development? Follow Android Developers on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AndroidDevelopers">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/androiddev/">LinkedIn</a>!</p>

<p>All code snippets in this blog post follow the following copyright notice:</p>
<pre><code>Copyright 2026 Google LLC.
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<description><![CDATA[Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager and Miguel Montemayor, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer ExperienceToday at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung unveiled its latest lineup of foldable and wearable devices. For developers, this means that the variety of form factors, screen sizes, ...]]></description>
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<div><div class="separator"><i>Posted by Fahd Imtiaz, Senior Product Manager and Miguel Montemayor, Developer Relations Engineer, Android Developer Experience</i></div></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrEplk_My1fOfyw851kt92Jc2wyODN6bwWJaL5EGFV6_5grP3-pS7jrMzI4MOXgo1W1yVHcwj8J7AIO3olxlHDoNWxzTTlQLc9_D6CWB6bUtWLyvxmXN-JQQ92_HWYErsdMVuNkynTjXpZSKoaUTFiY_4aiffEDsfdCrl9om05MRVqqMac0YGExE4XLQ/s4210/MM_Adaptive_and_device_Blog.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="4210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrEplk_My1fOfyw851kt92Jc2wyODN6bwWJaL5EGFV6_5grP3-pS7jrMzI4MOXgo1W1yVHcwj8J7AIO3olxlHDoNWxzTTlQLc9_D6CWB6bUtWLyvxmXN-JQQ92_HWYErsdMVuNkynTjXpZSKoaUTFiY_4aiffEDsfdCrl9om05MRVqqMac0YGExE4XLQ/s1600/MM_Adaptive_and_device_Blog.png"></a></div><br><i><br></i><p>Today at Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung <a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/galaxy-unpacked-2026" target="_blank">unveiled</a> its latest lineup of foldable and wearable devices. For developers, this means that the variety of form factors, screen sizes, and device postures your app needs to support is expanding once again.</p>

<p>With devices like the Galaxy Z Fold8, the ecosystem is expanding to include hardware with a landscape-first natural orientation and a wider aspect ratio in its main display state. Whether a user is unfolding a large display, flipping open a cover screen, or glancing at their wrist, users expect a flawless experience. To help you meet this moment, we’re sharing actionable guidance and new tooling updates to enable you to build adaptively proactively.</p>

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<h2>Rethink layout architecture for dynamic displays, including ultra-wide foldables</h2>

<p>Building for the latest foldables means dropping assumptions about display orientation and size. This is especially true for the Galaxy Z Fold8, which adopts an ultra-wide display, adding to the variety of aspect ratios to account for.  Devices with this landscape-first natural orientation show the limitations of hardcoded layout rules when users unfold the device. That’s why we’ve introduced <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps/guides/foldables/trifolds-and-landscape-foldables" target="_blank">dedicated guidance for building for landscape foldables and trifolds.</a></p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdDMq9mmhR2NzEVD5cgQgT3Y5DgMZOV5FrjsJb-wSiZVvJjIiDQuUkfv0cjBHQMREjOKPqz9n6wPf-x5Hn6H7uT2_JiXA3Nykcr1UwnwDRK9jGFurhTRKR-5t1BN62ISXFznXhQ_e-03Mo6uIh5-BDVmNbA1Q4RY9rSg4VxBO0K6E6Dc4kViNpvuYefY/s1302/Samsung%20fold8%20phones.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdDMq9mmhR2NzEVD5cgQgT3Y5DgMZOV5FrjsJb-wSiZVvJjIiDQuUkfv0cjBHQMREjOKPqz9n6wPf-x5Hn6H7uT2_JiXA3Nykcr1UwnwDRK9jGFurhTRKR-5t1BN62ISXFznXhQ_e-03Mo6uIh5-BDVmNbA1Q4RY9rSg4VxBO0K6E6Dc4kViNpvuYefY/s1600/Samsung%20fold8%20phones.png"></a></div><br><p>To build a responsive UI that handles these physics seamlessly, focus on the following core pillars:</p>

<p></p><ul><li><b>Build fluid, adaptive layouts: </b>Wide aspect ratios and compact vertical heights require fluid UIs that scale responsively. Our updated <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/mobile/guides/layout-and-content/adapt-layout" target="_blank">adaptive design guidance</a> advises considering the window class width first to determine layout changes, then adjusting for height. To let individual components fluidly adapt to the grid, structure your layout using flexible containers that allow your content to automatically wrap, span, and reflow. For design inspiration browse our <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/gallery/social/pawparazzi" target="_blank">adaptive sample app</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/gallery/social/dual-screen?hl=en" target="_blank">dual-screen</a> design galleries.</li><li><b>Track actual app space:</b> Your app's display space rarely matches the physical device size, especially on an ultra-wide screen during multi-window, split-screen, or multitasking states. Sometimes even the orientations differ. Leverage <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps/guides/use-window-size-classes?hl=en" target="_blank">Window Size Classes</a> using the <a href="https://developer.android.com/blog/posts/jetpack-window-manager-1-5-is-stable" target="_blank">Jetpack Window Manager library</a> to calculate the exact space your app occupies.</li></ul><div><br></div>
  
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  </div></div><div class="separator"><br></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator"><ul><li><b>Leverage the latest Jetpack Compose Update: </b>Start by adopting the stable <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/04/jetpack-compose-april-2026-updates.html" target="_blank">Jetpack Compose April '26 release</a> (<a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/bom" target="_blank">Compose BOM</a> version <code>2026.04.01</code>).Take advantage of the new structural layout tools to manage complex architectures. The new <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/layouts/adaptive/grid" target="_blank">Grid</a> API allows you to define dynamic tracks and column spans without the performance overhead of a lazy list. Pair Grid with the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/layouts/adaptive/flexbox" target="_blank">FlexBox</a> layout API to easily handle multi-axis alignment and dynamic item wrapping. You can also use the new <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/compose/layouts/adaptive/mediaquery" target="_blank">MediaQuery</a> API to adapt your UI to its environment, using conditions to detect signals like device posture, window size, and keyboard types. </li><li><b>Make your app fold aware: </b>Use the Jetpack WindowManager library, which provides an API surface for foldable device window features such as folds and hinges. When your app is<a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps/guides/foldables/make-your-app-fold-aware" target="_blank"> fold aware</a>, it can adapt its layout to avoid placing important content in the area of folds or hinges and use folds and hinges as natural separators.</li><li><b>Maintain app continuity:</b> Avoid breaking the user journey when the device configuration shifts. Retain your UI state using <a href="https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/architecture/viewmodel?hl=en" target="_blank">ViewModel</a> to ensure smooth transitions when a user folds or unfolds their device.</li></ul><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxp09YbiUc9EzTGhIJ2fcoV67rLKb6Sm9UOVCISO4Xa0VVVnFUJG9PXSAYCq7gnHILLx8xoIx-L2C0blhugbADUa3nM0AOx8UQzGImu194B94Kt-CKAuK1CrGHUz10fBFs02Lmly-HO-fmBHFuZ9knuYRb6EP9v4-SpR7Ja-oeJZErJDUVEgEje0d7J8/s1920/7.22_MorphToTablet_Gif.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxp09YbiUc9EzTGhIJ2fcoV67rLKb6Sm9UOVCISO4Xa0VVVnFUJG9PXSAYCq7gnHILLx8xoIx-L2C0blhugbADUa3nM0AOx8UQzGImu194B94Kt-CKAuK1CrGHUz10fBFs02Lmly-HO-fmBHFuZ9knuYRb6EP9v4-SpR7Ja-oeJZErJDUVEgEje0d7J8/w640-h360/7.22_MorphToTablet_Gif.gif" width="640"></a></div><div><h2>Ensure seamless camera capture on foldable devices</h2><div>Camera implementation on foldables brings unique hardware quirks. Moving from a compact outer display to an expanded inner display introduces distinct layout aspect ratios while device rotation remains unchanged. If an app assumes a fixed portrait relationship between the camera sensor and the device layout, the app will likely suffer from sideways, stretched, or cropped previews during these folding transitions.</div><div> </div><div>When optimizing your app's media pipeline, migrate your capture experiences to <a href="https://developer.android.com/media/camera/camerax" target="_blank">CameraX</a> using the CameraX migration <a href="https://github.com/android/skills/blob/main/camera/camerax/SKILL.md">skill</a>. The library’s <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/camera/view/PreviewView" target="_blank">PreviewView</a> automatically handles sensor orientation, device rotation, and scaling behind the scenes. This guarantees a clean, stable preview regardless of how the user holds or positions the device. If you are maintaining an existing Camera2 codebase, integrate the <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps/guides/foldables/trifolds-and-landscape-foldables#solution_2_cameraviewfinder" target="_blank">CameraViewfinder</a> library to apply these complex aspect ratio and rotation transformations automatically without needing a total architecture overhaul.</div></div><h2>Extend glanceable interactions to Wear OS 7</h2><div>The opportunity to build for this new generation of devices extends right to the wrist. Launching with Wear OS 7, Wear Widgets give you a fresh surface to provide users with instant, glanceable access to their essential updates. You can build these highly expressive experiences using <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/glance-wear" target="_blank">Jetpack Glance</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-remote" target="_blank">RemoteCompose</a>. Crucially, Widgets built with this framework can now populate multi-widget tiles that were previously reserved for first-party widgets. </div><div><br></div>
    
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  </div><div class="separator"><h2>Build intelligent features </h2><div class="separator"><a href="https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/gemini-intelligence/" target="_blank">Gemini intelligence </a>already completes tasks on users’ behalf, and you can <a href="https://developer.android.com/ai/appfunctions?_gl=1*1jms098*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY0OTY0MDI3LjE3ODQzMzI1NDk.*_ga_6HH9YJMN9M*czE3ODQzMzI1NDkkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODQzMzI1NDkkajYwJGwwJGgxNjE0MTMzNjEz" target="_blank">experiment</a> with the intelligence system by sharing your apps capabilities. </div><div class="separator"><br></div><div class="separator">Samsung’s new foldable devices come with Gemini Nano 4, our latest on-device model. Nano 4 provides support for over 140 languages, better multimodal understanding, and <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/release-notes#july_14_2026" target="_blank">much more</a>. Use <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android" target="_blank">ML Kit’s Prompt API</a> with advanced features like s<a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/structured-output" target="_blank">tructured output</a> and <a href="https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai/prompt/android/thinking-mode" target="_blank">thinking mode</a> to build intelligent features on-device. </div><div class="separator"><h2>Start optimizing today</h2><div class="separator">The tools and frameworks are ready to help you optimize your app for all screen sizes. Begin by exploring our guidance for <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps" target="_blank">building adaptive apps </a>to learn more about core adaptive design principles. </div><div class="separator"><br></div><div class="separator">To dive deeper, check out our comprehensive <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD2U7gd1-ieo" target="_blank">YouTube playlist</a>. Finally, ensure your app delivers a flawless, premium experience on the newest form factors by reviewing our dedicated quality guidelines for <a href="https://developer.android.com/develop/adaptive-apps/guides/foldables/trifolds-and-landscape-foldables" target="_blank">trifolds and landscape foldables</a> and <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/ui/wear/guides/get-started?hl=en" target="_blank">WearOS</a>. </div><div class="separator"><br></div><div class="separator">Unfold the future today! </div></div></div></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Statt 3,29 Euro aktuell kostenlos: Mit dieser Android-App könnt ihr es euren Nachbarn richtig zeigen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Im Google Play Store findet ihr unzählige Apps, die sehr viele Funktionen abdecken, die euer Handy nicht unterstützt, obwohl die technische Grundlage dafür geschaffen ist. Aktuell bekommt ihr mit Schallmesser eine Premium-App kostenlos, für die ihr normalerweise 3,29 Euro bezahlt. Damit könnt ihr...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Oft sind es überflüssige Apps, die euer Android-Smartphone ausbremsen. Viele davon habt ihr nicht einmal selbst installiert. Diese sogenannten System-Apps und vorinstallierte Bloatware lassen sich aber nicht so einfach entfernen wie eine normale App aus dem Play Store. Wir zeigen euch, welche App...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:14:45 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🤖 Android Tipps</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oft sind es überflüssige Apps, die euer Android-Smartphone ausbremsen. Viele davon habt ihr nicht einmal selbst installiert. Diese sogenannten System-Apps und vorinstallierte Bloatware lassen sich aber nicht so einfach entfernen wie eine normale App aus dem Play Store. Wir zeigen euch, welche Apps ihr gefahrlos löschen könnt und wie ihr auch die hartnäckigsten Speicherfresser endgültig loswerdet – von ganz einfach bis zur Experten-Methode.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Valve Will Finally Let You Build Your Own Steam Machine With SteamOS For Desktop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the price of the new Steam Machine starting at $1,049, you might want to consider making your own Steam Machine instead. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:12:56 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Linux Tipps</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[With the price of the new Steam Machine starting at $1,049, you might want to consider making your own Steam Machine instead. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Valve says that "starting with the SteamOS 3.8 release, you can put together your own Steam Machine using whatever PC parts you want." SteamOS 3.8.10 launched last week with a slew of updates, including "improved compatibility with recent Intel and AMD platforms." Alongside that improved compatibility, Valve is giving gamers the green light to install SteamOS on their own desktops. In an interview with The Verge, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said Valve has been "rolling out improvements to [SteamOS] so it's more compatible with desktop hardware," including eventual support for Nvidia graphics. Griffais says Valve has "a growing team" working on Nvidia driver support for SteamOS, adding, "We're collaborating with Nvidia very closely." While he mentioned that Nvidia support might not come this year, Griffais emphasized that "it's certainly something that we're working on in the background."
 
It's technically been possible to run SteamOS on your own hardware for a while now, but compatibility has been mostly limited to AMD systems. So far installing it has also required using a Steam Deck recovery image, a process that, speaking from experience, is much less straightforward than the installation process for most other Linux distributions. Trying to run SteamOS on Intel or Nvidia hardware has not been easy so far. According to Griffais, Valve is working to change that, which could mean that down the line, you'll be able to run SteamOS on just about any gaming PC hardware you want, including Nvidia.
 
For the more immediate future, Griffais says SteamOS in its current state should offer a "good experience" on console-like PC setups: "If you have something that is similar to the use case of a Steam Machine, where you have a PC that's gonna be plugged into a TV, and has a single hard drive that you're not going to try and dual boot [] you can put SteamOS on there, and you'll have an experience that is very similar to a Steam Deck docked or a Steam Machine, with some caveats, of course," like a lack of HDMI-CEC support. But "the core bits of the experience are there. The SteamOS graphics driver, the shader precompilation [...] you can get at all of that with the SteamOS." Griffais says SteamOS does not yet offer an easy way to dual-boot alongside Windows or another operating system, but envisions "a time where it's a better experience to install on your desktop and have it coexist with a different operating system."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[State of the Thunder 14: The 2026 Mobile Roadmap]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 28x - Views:1101 As 2025 winds down, its time to start thinking of what we want to achieve for our Android AND iOS apps next year. Alessandro walks us through the 2026 mobile roadmap, covering our urgent priorities, feature wish list, and a glimpse at our ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:15 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🎥 Video</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 28x - Views:1101 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TB7XcRLVxFI?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>As 2025 winds down, its time to start thinking of what we want to achieve for our Android AND iOS apps next year. Alessandro walks us through the 2026 mobile roadmap, covering our urgent priorities, feature wish list, and a glimpse at our upcoming design plans for the entire Thunderbird project.<br />
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Chapters<br />
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00:00 Intro<br />
01:47 Thunderbird Pro in Mobile<br />
05:49 How we build a roadmap<br />
07:40 Android initiatives<br />
12:51 Material 3 or Material You<br />
21:05 Calendar Exploration Questions<br />
31:26 Roadmap items for our community<br />
33:34 iOS initiatives<br />
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Resources:<br />
Current Android Roadmap: https://github.com/orgs/thunderbird/projects/19<br />
TB Pro Announcement: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/<br />
Mobile Development Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#tb-mobile-dev:mozilla.org<br />
Thunderbird for Android GitHub Issues: https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android/issues<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Accessibility Standards and Compliance Committee Meeting: February 10, 2026]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 3x - Views:105 Our Accessibility Standards and Committee Meetings are now recorded and online!

In the February Accessibility Standards & Compliance meeting, the committee advances a draft Thunderbird accessibility statement for review at the next meeting ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3693437/video/accessibility-standards-and-compliance-committee-meeting-february-10-2026/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:12 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🎥 Video</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 3x - Views:105 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BimoUyedFxc?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Our Accessibility Standards and Committee Meetings are now recorded and online!<br />
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In the February Accessibility Standards &amp; Compliance meeting, the committee advances a draft Thunderbird accessibility statement for review at the next meeting and starts crafting Thunderbird’s accessibility guidelines.  The group  identifies work needed to extend guidance into the Bolt design system with a lightweight a11y definition of done for design, and development. Finally, the committee discusses adding automated accessibility checks across platforms (including a minimum “accessibility gate”), reviews proposed success metrics, and closes with an open forum for community questions.<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Design System Governance Committee: 24 February 2026]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 6x - Views:160 In the February meeting, the Bolt Design System Committee aligns on initial setup and ownership for the Bolt Design System repo, began defining cross-platform icon naming conventions, plus works towards component exposure in the documentatio...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:10 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🎥 Video</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 6x - Views:160 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1L2HisD3PeQ?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>In the February meeting, the Bolt Design System Committee aligns on initial setup and ownership for the Bolt Design System repo, began defining cross-platform icon naming conventions, plus works towards component exposure in the documentation site.<br />
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Have any questions or want to join the conversation? Come find us in our Matrix room (https://matrix.to/#/#bolt-design-system:mozilla.org). New to Matrix? Find a Quick Start guide here: https://matrixdocs.github.io/docs/getting-started/quick-start<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Office Hours: Meet the New Support Team!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 8x - Views:326 We've got some new faces on our growing support team! in this Community Office Hours, Heather and Monica talk to the team about the work they're doing to not only get ready for Thundermail, but improve the support experience for donors, the ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:05:09 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🎥 Video</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Mozilla Thunderbird - Bewertung: 8x - Views:326 <br/></p><p><iframe id="ytplayer" loading="lazy" type="text/html" width="100%" height="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tKg5vmSnrpM?autoplay=1&origin=https://tsecurity.de" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>We&#039;ve got some new faces on our growing support team! in this Community Office Hours, Heather and Monica talk to the team about the work they&#039;re doing to not only get ready for Thundermail, but improve the support experience for donors, the wider Thunderbird community, and our incredible support contributors. <br />
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Resources for Suggesting Features:<br />
Thunderbird on Desktop and Mobile - https://connect.mozilla.org<br />
Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro - https://ideas.tb.pro<br />
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Resources for Becoming a Community Support Contributor:<br />
Join the Support Crew Matrix Channel - https://matrix.to/#/#tb-support-crew:mozilla.org<br />
Learn How to Write Support Articles - https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/07/video-learn-about-thunderbird-support-articles-and-how-to-contribute/<br />
Learn How to Help Support Forum Users - https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/video-how-to-answer-thunderbird-questions-on-mozilla-support/<br />
Provide Feedback on Desktop Support Articles - https://github.com/thunderbird/knowledgebase-issues/issues<br />
Provide Feedback on Android Support Articles - https://github.com/thunderbird/android-knowledgebase-issues/issues<br />
Already a SUMO Contributor? Join the Contributor Discussion Forum - https://support.mozilla.org/forums/contributors/<br />
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Resources for Getting Help with Thunderbird:<br />
Thunderbird for Android Support Channel (Matrix) - https://matrix.to/#/#tb-android:mozilla.org<br />
Thunderbird Desktop Support Channel (Matrix) - https://matrix.to/#/#thunderbird:mozilla.org<br/></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Pro-Russia Hacktivists Conduct Opportunistic Attacks Against US and Global Critical Infrastructure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Summary
Note: This joint Cybersecurity Advisory is being published as an addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) May 6, 2025, joint fact sheet Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology and European Cybercrime Centre’s (EC3) Operation Eas...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:15:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> This joint Cybersecurity Advisory is being published as an addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) May 6, 2025, joint fact sheet <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/primary-mitigations-reduce-cyber-threats-operational-technology" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a> and European Cybercrime Centre’s (EC3) <a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/global-operation-targets-noname05716-pro-russian-cybercrime-network" target="_blank" title="Operation Eastwood" data-entity-type="external">Operation Eastwood</a>, in which CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and EC3 shared information about cyber incidents affecting the operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) of critical infrastructure entities in the United States and globally.</p>
<p>FBI, CISA, National Security Agency (NSA), and the following partners—hereafter referred to as “the authoring organizations”—are releasing this joint advisory on the targeting of critical infrastructure by pro-Russia hacktivists:</p>
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<li>U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)</li>
<li>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</li>
<li>U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>Europol European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)</li>
<li>EUROJUST – European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)</li>
<li>Czech Republic Military Intelligence (VZ)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Centre Against Terrorism, Extremism, and Cyber Crime (NCTEKK)</li>
<li>French National Cybercrime Unit – Gendarmerie Nationale (UNC)</li>
<li>French National Jurisdiction for the Fight Against Organized Crime (JUNALCO)</li>
<li>German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)</li>
<li>Italian State Police (PS)</li>
<li>Latvian State Police (VP)</li>
<li>Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau (LKPB)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>Romanian National Police (PR)</li>
<li>Spanish Civil Guard (GC)</li>
<li>Spanish National Police (CNP)</li>
<li>Swedish Polisen (SC3)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
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<p>The authoring organizations assess pro-Russia hacktivist groups are conducting less sophisticated, lower-impact attacks against critical infrastructure entities, compared to advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. These attacks use minimally secured, internet-facing virtual network computing (VNC) connections to infiltrate (or gain access to) OT control devices within critical infrastructure systems. Pro-Russia hacktivist groups—Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR), Z-Pentest, NoName057(16), Sector16, and affiliated groups—are capitalizing on the widespread prevalence of accessible VNC devices to execute attacks against critical infrastructure entities, resulting in varying degrees of impact, including physical damage. Targeted sectors include <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/food-and-agriculture-sector" title="Food and Agriculture Sector">Food and Agriculture</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy Sector">Energy</a>.</p>
<p>The authoring organizations encourage critical infrastructure organizations to implement the recommendations in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations" title="Mitigations"><strong>Mitigations </strong></a>section of this advisory to reduce the likelihood and impact of pro-Russia hacktivist-related incidents. For additional information on Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber activity, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia" title="Russia Threat Overview and Advisories">Russia Threat Overview and Advisories</a> webpage.</p>
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<h2><strong>Background and Development of Pro-Russia Hacktivist Groups</strong></h2>
<p>Over the past several years, the authoring organizations have observed pro-Russia hacktivist groups conducting cyber operations against numerous organizations and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide. The escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022 significantly increased the number of these pro-Russia groups. Consisting of individuals who support Russia’s agenda but lack direct governmental ties, most of these groups target Ukrainian and allied infrastructure. However, among the increasing number of groups, some appear to have associations with the Russian state through direct or indirect support.</p>
<h3><strong>Cyber Army of Russia Reborn</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST) military unit 74455—tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#AppB" title="Appendix B"><strong>Appendix B: Additional Designators Used for Cited Groups</strong></a>)—is likely responsible for supporting the creation of CARR —also known as “The People’s Cyber Army of Russia”—in late February or early March of 2022. Actors suspected to be from GRU unit 74455 likely funded the tools CARR threat actors used to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks through at least September 2024.</p>
<p>In April 2022, the group began using a new Telegram channel featuring the name “CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn” to organize and plan group actions. The channel creators recruited actors to use CARR as an unattributable platform for conducting cyber activities beneath the level of an APT, aimed at deterring anti-Russia rhetoric. CARR threat actors presented themselves as a group of pro-Russia hacktivists supporting Russia’s stance on the Ukrainian conflict, and they soon began claiming responsibility for DDoS attacks against the U.S. and Europe for supporting Ukraine.</p>
<p>CARR documented these actions through embellished images and videos shared on their social media channels, promoting Russian ideology, disseminating talking points, and publicizing leaked information from hacks attributed to Russian state threat actors.</p>
<p>In late 2023, CARR expanded their operations to include attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), claiming an intrusion against a European wastewater treatment facility in October 2023. In November 2023, CARR targeted human-machine interface (HMI) devices, claiming intrusions at two U.S. dairy farms.</p>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that by late September 2024, CARR channel administrators became dissatisfied with the level of support and funding provided by the GRU. This dissatisfaction led CARR administrators and an administrator from another hacktivist group, NoName057(16), to create the Z-Pentest group, employing the same tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) as CARR but separate from GRU involvement.</p>
<h3><strong>NoName057(16)</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations assess that the Center for the Study and Network Monitoring of the Youth Environment (CISM), established on behalf of the Kremlin, created NoName057(16) as a covert project within the organization. Senior executives and employees within CISM developed and customized the NoName057(16) proprietary DDoS tool <code>DDoSia</code>, paid for the group’s network infrastructure, served as administrators on NoName057(16) Telegram channels, and selected DDoS targets.</p>
<p>Active since March 2022, NoName057(16) has conducted frequent DDoS attacks against government and private sector entities in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and other European countries perceived as hostile to Russian geopolitical interests. The group operates primarily through Telegram channels and used GitHub, alongside various websites and repositories, to host <code>DDoSia</code> and share materials and TTPs with their followers. </p>
<p>In 2024, NoName057(16) began collaborating closely with other pro-Russia hacktivist groups, operating a joint chat with CARR by mid-2024. In July 2024, NoName057(16) jointly claimed responsibility with CARR for an alleged intrusion against OT assets in the U.S. The high degree of cooperation with CARR likely contributed to the formation of Z-Pentest, which is composed of actors and administrators from both teams, in September 2024.</p>
<h3><strong>Z-Pentest</strong></h3>
<p>Established in September 2024, Z-Pentest is composed of members from CARR and NoName057(16). The group specializes in OT intrusion operations targeting globally dispersed critical infrastructure entities. Additionally, the group uses “hack and leak” operations and defacement attacks to draw attention to their pro-Russia messaging. Unlike other pro-Russia hacktivist groups, Z-Pentest largely avoids DDoS activities, claiming OT intrusions as attempts to garner more attention from the media.</p>
<p>Shortly after Z-Pentest’s inception, the group announced alliances with CARR and NoName057(16), possibly to leverage the other groups’ subscribers to grow the new channel. In March 2025, Z-Pentest posted evidence claiming OT device intrusions to their channel using a NoName057(16) cyberattack campaign hashtag. Similarly, in April 2025, Z-Pentest shared a video purporting defacement of an HMI by changing system names to NoName057(16) and CARR references. Z-Pentest continues to create new alliances with other groups, like Sector16, to continue growing their subscriber base and incidentally propagate TTPs with new partners.</p>
<h3><strong>Sector16</strong></h3>
<p>Formed in January 2025, Sector16 is a novice pro-Russia hacktivist group that emerged through collaboration with Z-Pentest. Sector16 actively maintains an online presence, including a public Telegram channel where they share videos, statements, and claims of compromising U.S. energy infrastructure. These communications often align with pro-Russia narratives and reflect their self-proclaimed support for Russian geopolitical objectives.</p>
<p>Members of Sector16 may have received indirect support from the Russian government in exchange for conducting specific cyber operations that further Russian strategic goals. This aligns with broader Russian cyber strategies that involve leveraging non-state threat actors for certain cyber activities, adding a layer of deniability.</p>
<h2><strong>Technical Details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the MITRE ATT&amp;CK<sup>®</sup> <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/matrices/enterprise/" title="Matrix for Enterprise framework" data-entity-type="external">Matrix for Enterprise framework</a>, version 18. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#MITRE" title="MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a> section of this advisory for a table of the threat actors’ activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques.</p>
<h3><strong>TTP Overview</strong></h3>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups employ easily disseminated and replicated TTPs across various entities, increasing the likelihood of widespread adoption and escalating the frequency of intrusions. These groups have limited capabilities, frequently misunderstanding the processes they aim to disrupt. Their apparent low level of technical knowledge results in haphazard attacks where actors intend to cause physical damage but cannot accurately anticipate actual impact. Despite these limitations, the authoring organizations have observed these groups willfully cause actual harm to vulnerable critical infrastructure.</p>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups use the TTPs in this Cybersecurity Advisory to target virtual network computing (VNC)-connected HMI devices. These groups are primarily seeking notoriety with their actions. While they have caused damage in some instances, they regularly make false or exaggerated claims about their attacks on critical infrastructure to garner more attention. They frequently misrepresent their capabilities and the impacts of their actions, portraying minor incursions as significant breaches, but such incursions can still lead to lost time and resources for operators remediating systems.</p>
<p>Additionally, pro-Russia hacktivists use an opportunistic targeting methodology. They leverage superficial criteria, such as victim availability and existing vulnerabilities, rather than focusing on strategically significant entities. Their lack of strategic focus can lead to a broad array of targets, ranging from water treatment facilities to oil well systems. Pro-Russia hacktivists have demonstrated a pattern of frequently taking advantage of the widespread availability of vulnerable VNC connections. While system owners typically use VNC connections for legitimate remote system access functions, threat actors can maliciously use these connections to broadly target numerous platforms and services. Consequently, these groups can indiscriminately compromise critical infrastructure entities, including those in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Sector">Water and Wastewater</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/food-and-agriculture-sector" title="Food and Agriculture Sector" data-entity-type="external">Food and Agriculture</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy Sector">Energy</a> Sectors.</p>
<p>Pro-Russia hacktivist groups have successfully targeted supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks using basic methods, and in some cases, performed simultaneous DDoS attacks against targeted networks to facilitate SCADA intrusions. As recently as April 2025, threat actors used the following unsophisticated TTPs to access networks and conduct SCADA intrusions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Scan for vulnerable devices on the internet [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a>] with open VNC ports [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank" title="T1595.002" data-entity-type="external">T1595.002</a>].</li>
<li>Initiate temporary virtual private server (VPS) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank" title="T1583.003" data-entity-type="external">T1583.003</a>] to execute password brute force software.</li>
<li>Use VNC software to access hosts [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1021/005/" target="_blank" title="T1021.005" data-entity-type="external">T1021.005</a>].</li>
<li>Confirm connection to the vulnerable device [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0886/" target="_blank" title="T0886" data-entity-type="external">T0886</a>].</li>
<li>Brute force the password, if required [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1110/003/" target="_blank" title="T1110.003" data-entity-type="external">T1110.003</a>].</li>
<li>Gain access to HMI devices [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a>], typically with default [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0812/" target="_blank" title="T0812" data-entity-type="external">T0812</a>], weak, or no passwords [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0859/" target="_blank" title="T0859" data-entity-type="external">T0859</a>].</li>
<li>Log the confirmed vulnerable device IP address, port, and password.</li>
<li>Using the HMI graphical interface [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0823/" target="_blank" title="T0823" data-entity-type="external">T0823</a>], capture screen recordings or intermittent screenshots while conducting the following actions, intending to affect productivity and cause additional costs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0828/" target="_blank" title="T0828" data-entity-type="external">T0828</a>]:
<ul>
<li>Modify usernames/passwords [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a>];</li>
<li>Modify parameters [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0836/" target="_blank" title="T0836" data-entity-type="external">T0836</a>];</li>
<li>Modify device name [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a>];</li>
<li>Modify instrument settings [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0831/" target="_blank" title="T0831" data-entity-type="external">T0831</a>];</li>
<li>Disable alarms [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0878/" target="_blank" title="T0878" data-entity-type="external">T0878</a>];</li>
<li>Create loss of view (a technique that mandates local hands-on operator intervention) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0829/" target="_blank" title="T0829" data-entity-type="external">T0829</a>]; and/or</li>
<li>Device restart or shutdown [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0816/" target="_blank" title="T0816" data-entity-type="external">T0816</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Disconnect from the device, ending the VNC connection.</li>
<li>Research the compromised device company after the intrusion [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1591/" target="_blank" title="T1591" data-entity-type="external">T1591</a>].</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Propagation</strong></h4>
<p>To reach a wider audience, pro-Russia hacktivist groups work together, amplify each other’s posts, create additional groups to amplify their own posts, and likely share TTPs. For example, Z-Pentest jointly claimed intrusion of a U.S. system with Sector16. Sector16 later began posting additional intrusions for which the group claimed sole responsibility. It is likely that these and similar groups will continue to iterate and share these methods to disrupt critical infrastructure organizations.</p>
<h4><strong>Reconnaissance and Initial Access</strong></h4>
<p>The threat actors’ intrusion methodology is relatively unsophisticated, inexpensive to execute, and easy to replicate. These pro-Russia hacktivist groups abuse popular internet-scraping tools, such as <code>Nmap</code> or <code>OPENVAS</code>, to search for visible VNC services and use brute force password spraying tools to access devices via known default or otherwise weak credentials. Threat actors typically search for these services on the default port <code>5900</code> or other nearby ports (<code>5901-5910</code>). Their goal is to gain remote access to HMI devices connected to live control networks.</p>
<p>Once threat actors obtain access, they manipulate available settings from the graphical user interface (GUI) on the HMI devices, such as arbitrary physical parameter and setpoint changes, or conduct defacement activities. Because pro-Russia hacktivist groups seem to lack sector-specific expertise or cyber-physical engineering knowledge, they currently cannot reliably estimate the true impact of their actions. Regardless of outcome, pro-Russia hacktivist groups often post images and screen recordings to their social media platforms, boasting the compromises and exaggerating impacts to garner attention from their peers and the media.</p>
<h4><strong>Impact</strong></h4>
<p>While pro-Russia hacktivist groups currently demonstrate limited ability to consistently cause significant impact, there is a risk that their continued attacks will result in further harm or grievous physical consequences. Attacks have not yet caused injury; however, the attacks against occupied factories and community facilities demonstrate a lack of consideration for human safety.</p>
<p>Victim organizations reported that the most common operational impact caused by these threat actors is a temporary loss of view, necessitating manual intervention to manage processes. However, any modifications to programmatic and systematic procedures can result in damage or disruption, including substantial labor costs from hiring a programmable logic controller programmer to restore operations, costs associated with operational downtime, and potential costs for network remediation.</p>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1" title="Table 1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10" title="Table 10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a> for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques in this advisory. For assistance with mapping malicious cyber activity to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework, see CISA and MITRE ATT&amp;CK’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a> and CISA’s <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a>.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em>Table 1. Reconnaissance</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Gather Victim Organization Information</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1591/" target="_blank" title="T1591" data-entity-type="external">T1591</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use information available on the internet to determine what systems they believe they have compromised and post the information on their social media. This methodology frequently leads to the threat actors misidentifying their claimed victims.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Vulnerability Scanning</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank" title="T1595.002" data-entity-type="external">T1595.002</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use open source tools to look for IP addresses in target countries with visible VNC services on common ports.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 2. Resource Development</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Server</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank" title="T1583.003" data-entity-type="external">T1583.003</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use virtual infrastructure to obfuscate identifiers.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 3. Initial Access</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Internet Accessible Device</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883" data-entity-type="external">T0883</a></td>
<td>Threat actors gain access through less secure HMI devices exposed to the internet.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 4. Persistence</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Valid Accounts</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0859/" target="_blank" title="T0859" data-entity-type="external">T0859</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use password guessing tools to access legitimate accounts on the HMI devices.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 5. Credential Access</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Brute Force: Password Spraying</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1110/003/" target="_blank" title="T1110.003" data-entity-type="external">T1110.003</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use tools to rapidly guess common or simple passwords.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 6. Lateral Movement</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Default Credentials</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0812/" target="_blank" title="T0812" data-entity-type="external">T0812</a></td>
<td>Threat actors seek and build libraries of known default passwords for control devices to access legitimate user accounts.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Services</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0886/" target="_blank" title="T0886" data-entity-type="external">T0886</a></td>
<td>Threat actors leverage VNC services to access system HMI devices.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Services: VNC</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1021/005/" target="_blank" title="T1021.005" data-entity-type="external">T1021.005</a></td>
<td>Threat actors hunt VNC-enabled devices visible on the internet and connect with remote viewer software.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 7. Execution</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Graphical User Interface</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0823/" target="_blank" title="T0823" data-entity-type="external">T0823</a></td>
<td>Threat actors interact with HMI devices via GUIs, attempting to modify control devices.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 8. Inhibit Response Function</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><strong>Technique Title</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Device Restart/Shutdown</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0816/" target="_blank" title="T0816" data-entity-type="external">T0816</a></td>
<td>While threat actors claim to turn off HMIs, it is possible that operators (not the threat actors) turn the devices off during incident response.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alarm Suppression</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0878/" target="_blank" title="T0878" data-entity-type="external">T0878</a></td>
<td>Threat actors use HMI interfaces to clear alarms caused by their activity and alarms already present on the system at the time of their intrusion.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Change Credential</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0892/" target="_blank" title="T0892" data-entity-type="external">T0892</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change the usernames and passwords of HMI devices in operator lockout attempts, usually resulting in a loss of view and operators switching to manual operations.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 9. Impair Process Control</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Modify Parameter</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0836/" target="_blank" title="T0836" data-entity-type="external">T0836</a></td>
<td>Threat actors attempt to change upper and lower limits of operational devices as available from the HMI.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unauthorized Command Message</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0855/" target="_blank" title="T0855" data-entity-type="external">T0855</a></td>
<td>Threat actors attempt to send unauthorized command messages to instruct control system assets to perform actions outside of their intended functionality, causing possible impact.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em>Table 10. Impact</em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist"><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Technique Title</strong></a></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>ID</strong></th>
<th role="columnheader"><strong>Use</strong></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Loss of Productivity and Revenue</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T0828/" target="_blank" title="T0828" data-entity-type="external">T0828</a></td>
<td>Threat actors purposefully attempt to impact productivity and create additional costs for the affected entities.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Loss of View</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v15/techniques/T0829/" target="_blank" title="T0829" data-entity-type="external">T0829</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change credentials on HMI devices, preventing operators from modifying processes remotely. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manipulation of Control</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v15/techniques/T0831/" target="_blank" title="T0831" data-entity-type="external">T0831</a></td>
<td>Threat actors change setpoints in processes, impacting the efficiency of operations for those specific processes.  </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Incident Response</strong></h2>
<p>If organizations find exposed systems with weak or default passwords, they should assume threat actors compromised the system and begin the following incident response protocols:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Determine which hosts were compromised and isolate them</strong> by quarantining or taking them offline.</li>
<li><strong>Initiate threat hunting activities to scope the intrusion</strong>. Collect and review artifacts, such as running processes/services, unusual authentications, and recent network connections.</li>
<li><strong>Reimage compromised hosts</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Provision new account credentials</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Report the compromise to CISA, FBI, and/or NSA</strong>. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Contact" title="Contact Information"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a> section of this advisory.</li>
<li><strong>Harden the network to prevent additional malicious activity</strong>. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations" title="Mitigations "><strong>Mitigations </strong></a>section of this advisory for guidance.</li>
</ol>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a></h2>
<h3><strong>OT Asset Owners and Operators</strong></h3>
<p>The authoring organizations recommend organizations implement the mitigations below to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture based on the threat actors’ activity. These mitigations align with the Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) developed by CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CPGs provide a minimum set of practices and protections that CISA and NIST recommend all organizations implement. CISA and NIST based the CPGs on existing cybersecurity frameworks and guidance to protect against the most common and impactful threats, tactics, techniques, and procedures. Visit CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cross-sector-cybersecurity-performance-goals" title="CPGs">CPGs webpage</a> for more information on the CPGs, including additional recommended baseline protections.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Reduce exposure of OT assets to the public-facing internet.</strong> When connected to the internet, OT devices are easy targets for malicious cyber threat actors. Many devices can be found by searching for open ports on public IP ranges with search engine tools to target victims with OT components [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#SecureInternetFacingDevices3S" title="CPG 3.S">CPG 3.S</a>].
<ul>
<li><strong>Asset owners should use attack surface management services </strong>and web-based search platforms to scan the internet. This mitigation can help identify if there are VNC systems exposed within the IP ranges they own, especially for connections set up by third parties.<br><strong>Note:</strong> For more information on attack surface management, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/exposure-reduction" title="Internet Exposure Reduction Guidance">Internet Exposure Reduction Guidance</a>, CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> for U.S. critical infrastructure, and NSA’s <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/Portals/75/documents/resources/everyone/Attack%20Surface%20Management%20copy.pdf" target="_blank" title="Attack Surface Management" data-entity-type="external">Attack Surface Management</a> for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.</li>
<li><strong>Implement network segmentation between IT and OT networks.</strong> Segmenting critical systems and introducing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) for passing control data to enterprise logistics reduces the potential impact of cyber threats and the risk of disruptions to essential OT operations [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementLogicalPhysicalNetworkSegmentation3I" title="CPG 3.I">CPG 3.I</a>].</li>
<li><strong>Consider implementing a firewall and/or virtual private network</strong> if exposure to the internet is necessary for controlling access to devices.
<ul>
<li>Consider disabling public exposure by default and implementing time-limited remote access to reduce the amount of time systems are exposed.</li>
<li>Restrict and monitor both inbound and outbound traffic at OT perimeter firewalls. Configure OT perimeter firewalls to enforce a default-deny policy for all traffic. Asset owners should explicitly permit authorized destinations and protocols based on operational requirements.</li>
<li>Implement strict egress filtering to prevent unauthorized data exfiltration or command-and-control callbacks.</li>
<li>Regularly audit firewall rulesets and monitor outbound traffic patterns for anomalies indicative of threat actor activity, such as beaconing or unexpected protocol usage.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Adopt mature asset management processes</strong>, including mapping data flows and access points. Generating a complete picture of both OT and IT assets provides visibility to operators and management, allowing organizations to monitor and assess deviations for criticality [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ManageOrganizationalAssets2A" title="CPG 2.A">CPG 2.A</a>].
<ul>
<li><strong>Keep remote access services updated </strong>with the latest version available and ensure all systems and software are up to date with patches and necessary security updates.
<ul>
<li>Keep VNC systems updated with the latest version available.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Refer to the joint </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators" title="Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators"><strong>Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators</strong></a> to help with reducing cybersecurity risk by identifying which assets within their environment should be secured and protected.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Ensure OT assets use robust authentication procedures.</strong>
<ul>
<li>Many devices lack robust authentication and authorization. Devices with weak authentication are vulnerable targets to threat actors using credential theft techniques.</li>
<li>Implement MFA where possible. Where MFA is not feasible, use strong, unique passwords. Apply password standards for operator-accessible services on underlying OT assets, as well as network devices protecting those services. This is especially important for services that require internet accessibility [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ChangingDefaultPasswords3A" title="CPG 3.A">CPG 3.A</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#EstablishMinimumPasswordStrength3B" title="CPG 3.B">CPG 3.B</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#CreateUniqueCredentials3C" title="CPG 3.C">CPG 3.C</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementMultifactorAuthentication3F" title="CPG 3.F">CPG 3.F</a>].</li>
<li>Establish an allowlist that permits only authorized device IP addresses and/or media access control addresses. The allowlist can be refined to operator working hours to further obstruct malicious threat actor activity; organizations are encouraged to establish monitoring and alerting for access attempts not meeting these criteria [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MonitorUnsuccessfulAutomatedLoginAttempts3E" title="CPG 3.E">CPG 3.E</a>].</li>
<li>Disable any unused authentication methods, logic, or features, such as default authentication keys and default passwords. Block all unused high ephemeral ports and monitor for attempted connections using standard protocols on non-standard ports [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ProhibitConnectionofUnauthorizedDevices3R" title="CPG 3.R">CPG 3.R</a>].</li>
<li>Authenticate all access to field controllers before authorizing access to, or modification of, a device’s state, logic, program, or filesystems.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Enable control system security features </strong>that can separate and audit view and control functions. Limiting remotely accessible or default user accounts to “view-only” removes the potential for impact without exploiting a vulnerability [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#AdministratorsMaintainSeparateUserandPrivilegedAccounts3G" title="CPG 3.G">CPG 3.G</a>].</li>
<li><strong>Implement and practice business recovery/disaster recovery plans.</strong> Plans should also take into consideration redundancy, fail-safe mechanisms, islanding capabilities, backup restoration, and manual operation.
<ul>
<li>Include scenarios that necessitate switching to manual operations. Maintaining the capability of an organization to revert to manual controls to quickly restore operations is vital in the immediate aftermath of a cyber incident [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#IncidentPlanningandPreparedness6A" title="CPG 6.A">CPG 6.A</a>].</li>
<li>Create backups of the engineering logic, configurations, and firmware of HMIs to enable fast recovery. Organizations should routinely test backups and standby systems to ensure safe manual operations in the event of an incident [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MaintainSystemBackupsRestorationAbility3O" title="CPG 3.O">CPG 3.O</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Collect and monitor the traffic of OT assets and networking devices.</strong> This includes unusual logins or unexpected protocols communicating over the internet, and functions of ICS management protocols that change an asset’s operating mode or modify programs.</li>
<li><strong>Review configurations for setpoint ranges or tag values </strong>to stay within safe ranges and establish alerting for deviations.</li>
<li><strong>Take a proactive approach in the procurement process</strong> by following the guidance outlined in the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>OT Device Manufacturers</h3>
<p>Although critical infrastructure organizations can take steps to mitigate risks, it is ultimately the responsibility of OT device manufacturers to build products that are secure by design. The authoring organizations urge device manufacturers to take ownership of the security outcomes of their customers in line with the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-by-design" title="Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software">Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Eliminate default credentials and require strong passwords.</strong> The use of default credentials is a top weakness threat actors exploit to gain access to systems.</li>
<li><strong>Mandate MFA for privileged users.</strong> Changes to engineering logic or configurations are safety-impacting events in critical infrastructure. MFA should be available for safety critical components at no additional cost.</li>
<li><strong>Practice secure by default principles. </strong>OT components were initially designed without public internet connectivity in mind. When internet connection becomes necessary, implementing additional security measures is essential to safeguard these systems. Manufacturers should recognize insecure states and promptly inform users so they can make informed risk decisions.
<ul>
<li><strong>Include logging at no additional charge.</strong> Change and access control logs allow operators to track safety-impacting events in their critical infrastructure. These logs should be available for no cost and use open standard logging formats.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Publish Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs).</strong> Vulnerabilities in underlying software libraries can affect a wide range of devices. Without an SBOM, it is nearly impossible for a critical infrastructure system owner to measure and mitigate the impact of a vulnerability on their existing systems. See CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sbom" title="Software Bill of Materials">SBOM webpage</a> for more information.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-software-manufacturers-can-shield-web-management-interfaces-malicious-cyber" title="Secure by Design Alert">Secure by Design Alert</a> on how software manufacturers can shield web management interfaces from malicious cyber activity. By using secure by design tactics, software manufacturers can make their product lines secure “out of the box” without requiring customers to spend additional resources making configuration changes, purchasing tiered security software and logs, monitoring, and making routine updates.</p>
<p>For more information on secure by design, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a> webpage.</p>
<h2><strong>Validate Security Controls</strong></h2>
<p>In addition to applying mitigations, the authoring organizations recommend exercising, testing, and validating your organization’s security program against the threat behaviors mapped to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK Matrix for Enterprise framework in this advisory. The authoring organizations recommend testing your existing security controls inventory to assess how it performs against the ATT&amp;CK techniques described in this advisory.</p>
<p>To start:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select an ATT&amp;CK technique described in this advisory (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1" title="Table 1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> to<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10" title="Table 10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a>).</li>
<li>Align your security technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Test your technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Analyze your detection and prevention technologies’ performance.</li>
<li>Repeat the process for all security technologies to obtain a set of comprehensive performance data.</li>
<li>Tune your security program, including people, processes, and technologies, based on the data generated by this process.</li>
</ol>
<p>The authoring organizations recommend continually testing your security program, at scale, in a production environment to ensure optimal performance against the MITRE ATT&amp;CK techniques identified in this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<p>Entities requiring additional support for implementing any of the mitigations in this advisory should contact their regional CISA Cybersecurity Advisor for assistance. Key resources organizations should reference include:</p>
<ul>
<li>CISA, EPA, NSA, FBI, ASD’s ACSC, Cyber Centre, BSI, NCSC-NL, and NCSC-NZ’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators" title="Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators">Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators</a> offers best practices to assist organizations in identifying and prioritizing which assets should be secured and protected.</li>
<li>CISA, FBI, NSA, EPA, DOE, USDA, FDA, MS-ISAC, Cyber Centre, and NCSC-UK’s guidance on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/defending-ot-operations-against-ongoing-pro-russia-hacktivist-activity" title="Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity">Defending OT Operations Against Ongoing Pro-Russia Hacktivist Activity</a> that can help organizations protect OT systems from pro-Russia hacktivist activity.</li>
<li>NSA and CISA’s guidance on <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/22/2003083007/-1/-1/0/CSA_ICS_Know_the_Opponent_.PDF" target="_blank" title="Control System Defense: Know the Opponent" data-entity-type="external">Control System Defense: Know the Opponent</a> helps organizations defend OT and ICS assets against malicious cyber activity.</li>
<li>CISA and EPA’s resource page on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/water" title="Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity">Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity</a> to help organizations reduce risks posed by malicious cyber actors targeting water and wastewater systems.
<ul>
<li>For additional guidance, see CISA, EPA, and FBI’s fact sheet on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/top-cyber-actions-securing-water-systems" title="Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems">Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The Food and Ag-ISAC’s best practices on <a href="https://www.idfa.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Food-and-Ag-ISAC-Cybersecurity-Guide-2023_IDFA.pdf" target="_blank" title="Food and Ag Cybersecurity: A Guide for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises" data-entity-type="external">Food and Ag Cybersecurity: A Guide for Small &amp; Medium Enterprises</a> provides recommendations to help mitigate against cyber threats.</li>
<li>DOE and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners <a href="https://www.naruc.org/core-sectors/critical-infrastructure-and-cybersecurity/cybersecurity-for-utility-regulators/cybersecurity-baselines/" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy (DER)" data-entity-type="external">Cybersecurity Baselines for Electric Distribution Systems and Distributed Energy (DER)</a> webpage provides resources for state public utility commissions and utilities, as well as DER operators and aggregators to help mitigate cybersecurity risks.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional resources that apply to this advisory include:</p>
<ul>
<li>EPA’s <a href="https://www.epa.gov/cyberwater/epa-cybersecurity-water-sector" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for the Water Sector" data-entity-type="external">Cybersecurity for the Water Sector</a> resource page provides organizations with guidance on implementing basic cyber hygiene practices.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cross-sector-cybersecurity-performance-goals" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals</a> enables critical infrastructure organizations to reduce the likelihood and impact of known risks and adversary techniques.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/audiences/small-and-medium-businesses/secure-your-business/require-strong-passwords" title="Require Strong Passwords">Require Strong Passwords</a> webpage supports small and medium-sized businesses mitigating against malicious cyber activity that targets weak passwords.</li>
<li>CISA, NSA, FBI, EPA, TSA, and international partners’ guidance <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>.</li>
<li>DOE’s guidance on <a href="https://www.energy.gov/ceser/cyber-informed-engineering" target="_blank" title="Cyber-Informed Engineering" data-entity-type="external">Cyber-Informed Engineering</a> recommends considering cyber-enabled risks during the conception, design, and development phases when manufacturing physical systems.</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> help enable critical infrastructure organizations to reduce their exposure to threats by taking a proactive approach to monitoring and mitigating attack vectors.</li>
<li>CISA, NSA, FBI, and international partners’ guidance on <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-by-design" title="Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software">Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software</a> urges software manufacturers to provide customers with products that are safer and more secure.
<ul>
<li>See more information in these Secure by Design Alerts: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-manufacturers-can-protect-customers-eliminating-default-passwords" title="How Manufacturers Can Protect Customers by Eliminating Default Passwords">How Manufacturers Can Protect Customers by Eliminating Default Passwords</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-design-alert-how-software-manufacturers-can-shield-web-management-interfaces-malicious-cyber" title="How Software Manufacturers Can Shield Web Management Interfaces From Malicious Cyber Activity">How Software Manufacturers Can Shield Web Management Interfaces From Malicious Cyber Activity</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a></h2>
<p><strong>U.S. organizations</strong> are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA, FBI, and/or NSA:</p>
<ul>
<li>Contact CISA via CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center at <a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov" title="contact@cisa.dhs.gov">contact@cisa.dhs.gov</a> or 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472) or your local <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank" title="FBI field office" data-entity-type="external">FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: date, time, and location of the incident; type of activity; number of people affected; type of equipment used for the activity; the name of the submitting company or organization; and a designated point of contact.</li>
<li>For NSA cybersecurity guidance inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" target="_blank" title="CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations:</strong> Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/" target="_blank" title="cyber.gov.au" data-entity-type="external">cyber.gov.au</a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories.</p>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations:</strong> Report incidents by emailing Cyber Centre at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca" target="_blank" title="contact@cyber.gc.ca">contact@cyber.gc.ca</a>.</p>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations:</strong> Report cyber security incidents to <a href="mailto:incidents@ncsc.govt.nz" target="_blank" title="incidents@ncsc.govt.nz">incidents@ncsc.govt.nz</a> or call 04 498 7654.</p>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations:</strong> Report a significant cyber security incident: <a href="https://report.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank" title="report.ncsc.gov.uk" data-entity-type="external">report.ncsc.gov.uk</a> (monitored 24 hours) or, for urgent assistance, call 03000 200 973.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer</strong></h2>
<p>The information in this report is being provided “as is” for informational purposes only. The authoring organizations do not endorse any commercial entity, product, company, or service, including any entities, products, or services linked within this document. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by FBI and co-sealers.</p>
<h2><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></h2>
<p>Schneider Electric, Nozomi Networks, Eversource Energy, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Chevron, BP, and Dragos contributed to this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Version History</strong></h2>
<p><strong>December 09, 2025:</strong> Initial version.</p>
<h2><strong>Appendix A: Targeting Methodologies for Pro-Russia Hacktivist Groups</strong></h2>
<p>For further information on targeting methodologies for pro-Russia hacktivist groups, see:</p>
<ul>
<li>CISA’s alert <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/06/unsophisticated-cyber-actors-targeting-operational-technology" title="Unsophisticated Cyber Threat Actor(s) Targeting Operational Technology">Unsophisticated Cyber Threat Actor(s) Targeting Operational Technology</a>;</li>
<li>The joint fact sheet <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/primary-mitigations-reduce-cyber-threats-operational-technology" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a>; and</li>
<li>CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia" title="Russia Cyber Threat">Russia Cyber Threat</a> webpage.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Appendix B: Additional Designators Used for Cited Groups</strong></a></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry and cyber actor groups often use various names to reference actor groups. While not exhaustive, the following are the most notable names used within the cybersecurity community to reference the groups in this advisory.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Cybersecurity organizations have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this may not be a 1:1 correlation to the authoring organizations’ understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<ul>
<li>GRU military unit 74455
<ul>
<li>Sandworm Team</li>
<li>Voodoo Bear</li>
<li>Seashell Blizzard</li>
<li>APT44</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cyber Army of Russia Reborn (CARR)
<ul>
<li>CyberArmy of Russia</li>
<li>Народная CyberАрмия (НКА)</li>
<li>People’s CyberArmy of Russia (PCA)</li>
<li>Russian CyberArmy Team (RCAT)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>NoName057(16)
<ul>
<li>NoName057(16) Spain</li>
<li>NoName057(16) Italy</li>
<li>NoName057(16) France</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Z-Pentest
<ul>
<li>Z-Pentest Beograd</li>
<li>Z-Pentest Alliance</li>
<li>Z-Alliance</li>
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Title
Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure


Original Publication
April 7, 2026


Last Update 
July 22, 2026


Executive Summary
The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-a...]]></description>
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<th>Title</th>
<td>Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure</td>
</tr>
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<th>Original Publication</th>
<td><strong>April 7, 2026</strong></td>
</tr>
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<th>Last Update </th>
<td><strong>July 22, 2026</strong></td>
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<th>Executive Summary</th>
<td>The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-affiliated cyber targeting of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These actions disrupted PLCs across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors through malicious project file interactions and manipulation of data on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays, resulting in operational disruption and financial loss.</td>
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<th>Last Update Description</th>
<td>This update adds new guidance on detecting malicious changes in reusable code modules exploited within Rockwell Automation PLC programs. It also expands scope to include observed targeting of Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs, emphasizing the importance of restricting direct internet access and providing best practices for secure deployment.</td>
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<th>Affected Products</th>
<td>Potentially all internet exposed PLCs, including Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and other branded/manufactured PLCs.</td>
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<th>Key Actions</th>
<td>
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<li>Install PLCs consistent with manufacturers' guidelines and security best practices.</li>
<li>Remove PLCs from direct internet exposure via secure gateway and firewall; work with IT/OT team members and/or integrators to perform this action.</li>
<li>Query available logs for the provided indicators of compromise (IOCs) and check available logs for suspicious traffic on the ports associated with OT devices, including <code>44818</code>, <code>2222</code>, <code>102</code>, and <code>502</code>, especially traffic originating from foreign hosting providers.</li>
<li>For Rockwell Automation devices, place the physical mode switch on the controller into run position. If you suspect your organization was targeted, including against other branded PLC devices, contact the authoring agencies and PLC manufacturer for guidance.</li>
</ul>
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<th>Indicators of Compromise</th>
<td>
<p>For a downloadable copy of July 22, 2026<strong> </strong>IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-097A.stix_.xml">AA26-097A STIX XML</a> (July 2026) (29 KB)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-097A.stix_.json">AA26-097A STIX JSON</a> (July 2026) (30 KB)</li>
</ul>
<p>For a downloadable copy of historical April 7, 2026 IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/AA26-097A.stix_.xml" title="AA26-097A STIX XML">AA26-097A STIX XML</a> (36 KB)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/AA26-097A.stix_.json" title="AA26-097A STIX JSON">AA26-097A STIX JSON</a> (12 KB)<br> </li>
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<th>Intended Audience</th>
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<p><strong>Organizations:</strong> Critical Infrastructure</p>
<p><strong>Sectors: </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a> (WWS), and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> </p>
<p><strong>Roles: </strong>Integrators, asset owners, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/defensive-cybersecurity" title="Defensive cybersecurity analysts">defensive cybersecurity analysts</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/operational-technology-ot-cybersecurity-engineering" title="OT cybersecurity engineers">OT cybersecurity engineers</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/cybersecurity-architecture" title="cybersecurity architects">cybersecurity architects</a>, <a href="https://niccs.cisa.gov/tools/nice-framework/work-role/secure-systems-development" title="secure systems developer">secure systems developer</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Introduction</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong><em> This advisory was originally published on April 7, 2026, to provide tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) related to ongoing cyber exploitation of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices by</em> <em>Iranian-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. The authoring agencies updated this advisory on July 22, 2026, to add new guidance on detecting malicious changes in reusable code modules leveraged within Rockwell Automation PLC programs. It also expands the manufacturer scope to include observed targeting of Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs, emphasizing the importance of restricting direct internet access and providing best practice resources for secure deployment.</em></p>
<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), United States Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) (hereafter referred to as the “authoring agencies”) are urgently warning U.S. organizations of ongoing cyber exploitation of internet-connected OT devices—including PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other manufactured PLCs—across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. As a result of this activity, organizations from multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors experienced disruptions through malicious interactions with PLC project files<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Note1"><sup>1</sup></a> and the manipulation of data displayed on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays. In a few cases, this activity caused operational disruption and financial loss.</p>
<p>The authoring agencies assess a group of Iranian-affiliated APT actors is conducting this activity to cause disruptive effects within the United States. The group targeted devices spanning multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a> (to include local municipalities), <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">Water and Wastewater Systems</a> (WWS), and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> Sectors. The authoring agencies previously reported on similar activity targeting PLCs by <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="CyberAv3ngers">CyberAv3ngers</a> (aka Shahid Kaveh Group)—a cyber threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cyber Electronic Command (CEC).</p>
<p>Due to the widespread use of these PLCs, and the potential for additional targeting of other branded OT devices across critical infrastructure, the authoring agencies recommend U.S. organizations urgently review the TTPs and IOCs in this advisory for indications of current or historical activity on their networks, and apply the recommendations listed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Mitigations"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a> section of this advisory to reduce the risk of compromise.</p>
<p>If owners and operators discover an affected internet-accessible device in their environment, additional technical measures may be necessary to evaluate the risk of compromise. Please engage your cyber incident response plans and contact the authoring agencies and applicable vendors through existing support channels available to customers and integrators (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Contact"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a>) to receive support, mitigation, and investigation assistance.</p>
<p>For more information on Iranian malicious cyber activity, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/iran" title="Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories">Iran Threat Overview and Advisories</a> webpage and the FBI’s <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-iran-threat" target="_blank" title="Iran Threat">Iran Threat</a> and Iran <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/cyber-threat-overview-iran" target="_blank" title="Iran Cyber Threat">Cyber Threat Overview</a> webpages.</p>
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<h2><strong>Background Information</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Similar Historical Activity Targeting Programmable Logic Controllers</strong></h3>
<p>During a similar campaign beginning in November 2023, the IRGC CEC-affiliated cyber threat actors known as "CyberAv3ngers” targeted U.S.-based PLCs and HMIs, causing disruptive effects. Private industry and open sources also refer to this group as Hydro Kitten, Storm-0784, APT Iran, Bauxite, Mr. Soul, Soldiers of Solomon, UNC5691, and the Shahid Kaveh Group. These attacks compromised at least 75 devices, targeting U.S.-based Unitronics PLC devices with an HMI used across multiple critical infrastructure sectors, including the WWS. APT actors developed and deployed custom ladder logic code to these devices, replacing the valid ladder logic with malicious code that continues to be observed to date.</p>
<p>For more information on this group’s activity, see the joint Cybersecurity Advisory <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Ongoing Threat Actor Activity Against U.S.-Based Programmable Logic Controllers</strong></h3>
<p>The FBI observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors targeting internet-exposed PLCs with the intent to cause disruptions—including maliciously interacting with project files, and manipulating data displayed on HMI and SCADA displays—to U.S. critical infrastructure organizations. Iranian-affiliated APT targeting campaigns against U.S. critical infrastructure have recently escalated, likely in response to hostilities between Iran, and the United States and Israel.</p>
<p><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>At one U.S. victim, the FBI observed the APT actors download a malicious project file to a targeted PLC using configuration software. Analysis indicated the project file retained ladder logic for downstream function but added logic that overrode specific instruction sets responsible for maintaining safe operating parameters in the victim’s environment.</p>
<p>Since at least March 2026, the authoring agencies identified (through engagements with victim organizations) an Iranian-affiliated APT group disrupted the function of PLCs. Organizations across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors (including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/government-services-facilities-sector" title="Government Services and Facilities">Government Services and Facilities</a>, <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/water-and-wastewater-sector" title="Water and Wastewater Systems">WWS</a>, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/critical-infrastructure-security-and-resilience/critical-infrastructure-sectors/energy-sector" title="Energy">Energy</a> Sectors) deployed these PLCs within a wide variety of industrial automation processes. Some of the victims experienced operational disruption and financial loss.</p>
<h2><strong>Technical Details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank" title="MITRE ATTACK Matrix for Enterprise">MITRE ATT&amp;CK<sup>®</sup> Matrix for Enterprise</a> framework, version 19. See the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#MITRE"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a> section of this advisory for tables of the threat actors’ activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques.</p>
<h3><strong>Initial Access</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> The authoring agencies observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors using several foreign-based IP addresses to access internet-facing PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other manufactured PLCs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0883">T0883</a>]. The actors used leased, third-party hosted infrastructure and manufacturers’ PLC programming software to connect to misconfigured victim PLCs. Inbound malicious traffic has been observed targeting PLC devices on the following ports: <code>44818</code>, <code>2222</code>, <code>102</code>, and <code>502</code>, as well as targeting modems on port <code>22</code>. Targeted devices include:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Rockwell Automation:</strong> CompactLogix and Micro850 PLCs</li>
<li><strong>Schneider Electric:</strong> BMX P34/Modicon M340 PLCs</li>
<li><strong>Siemens:</strong> S7-1200 series PLCs</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Command and Control</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> The targeting of ports [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0885/" target="_blank" title="T0885">T0885</a>] associated with other OT vendors’ protocols suggests these actors are opportunistically targeting devices manufactured by companies other than Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, including Schneider Electric and Siemens. In one reported instance, the actors utilized Dropbear Secure Shell (SSH) software on victim modems to enable them to gain remote access through port <code>22</code> [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1219/" target="_blank" title="T1219">T1219</a>].</p>
<h3><strong>Exfiltration</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>The authoring agencies observed Iranian-affiliated APT actors using configuration software—such as Rockwell Automation’s Studio 5000 Logix Designer, Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Control Expert, and Siemens’ Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal—on leased, third-party hosted infrastructure to exfiltrate device project files from PLC devices to threat-actor-controlled infrastructure [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1041/" target="_blank" title="T1041">T1041</a>].</p>
<h3><strong>Impact</strong></h3>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> After the actors extracted device project files, the FBI and CISA identified the modification and deletion of project file logic, to include Add-On Instructions (AOIs) and data manipulation on HMI and SCADA displays [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1565/" target="_blank" title="T1565">T1565</a>]. Additionally, the changes disabled critical shutdown and alarm logic, allowing systems to enter unsafe conditions without notifying operators of the anomalies.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> An AOI is analogous to a “Function Block” or “User Defined Function Block” used in other PLC vendor programs.</p>
<h2><strong>Indicators of Compromise</strong></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table2"><strong>Table 2</strong></a> for recent IP addresses used by the Iranian-affiliated APT actors to communicate with PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, and Siemens in the United States.</p>
<p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> The FBI observed the threat actors using the IP addresses listed below in the specified time frames. This data is being provided for customers to query against logs for indications of historical targeting by the Iranian-affiliated APT actors. The authoring agencies recommend organizations investigate or vet these IP addresses prior to taking action, such as blocking.</p>
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<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 1. Indicators of Compromise <em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Indicator</th>
<th role="columnheader">Beginning of Actor Association</th>
<th role="columnheader">End of Actor Association</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]175</td>
<td>September 2025</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>141.11.164[.]153</td>
<td>January 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]42</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]39</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]41</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>175.110.121[.]107</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
<td>February 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>192.142.54[.]79</td>
<td>May 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>84.200.205[.]165</td>
<td>May 2026</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.225.17[.]225</td>
<td>June 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>79.133.46[.]209</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]199</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]200</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>88.80.150[.]202</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
<td>July 2026</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 2. Indicators of Compromise </caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Indicator</th>
<th role="columnheader">Beginning of Actor Association</th>
<th role="columnheader">End of Actor Association</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]162</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]164</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]165</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]167</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]168</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]170</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>185.82.73[.]171</td>
<td>January 2025</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>135.136.1[.]133</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
<td>March 2026</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"></a><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK Tactics and Techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a><strong> </strong>for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques in this advisory. The authoring agencies recommend organizations review historical TTPs for similar Iranian-affiliated cyber actor activity in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a>. For assistance with mapping malicious cyber activity to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework, see CISA and MITRE ATT&amp;CK’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a> and CISA’s <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a>.</p>
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<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 3. Initial Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Internet Accessible Device</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0883/" target="_blank" title="T0833">T0883</a></td>
<td>The actors accessed and interacted with publicly exposed, internet-accessible PLCs that lacked sufficient network and/or hardening security controls.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 4. Command and Control</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Commonly Used Port</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T0885/" target="_blank" title="T0885">T0885</a></td>
<td>The actors leveraged commonly used OT ports to communicate with PLCs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remote Access Tools </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1219/" target="_blank" title="T1219">T1219</a></td>
<td>The actors deployed Dropbear SSH software on victim modems to enable them to gain remote access through port <code>22</code>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption>Table 5. Exfiltration <em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exfiltration Over C2 Channel</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1041/" target="_blank" title="T1041">T1041</a></td>
<td>The actors used remote, third-party hosted infrastructure as a C2 channel to transfer device project files out of victim environments.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Table 6. Impact</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">Technique Title</th>
<th role="columnheader">ID</th>
<th role="columnheader">Use</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Data Manipulation</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1565/" target="_blank" title="T1565">T1565</a></td>
<td>The actors maliciously interacted with project files, including modifying and deleting project file logic, and altered data displayed on HMI and SCADA displays.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Mitigations</strong></a></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies recommend organizations implement the mitigations below to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture on the basis of the threat actors’ activity. These mitigations align with the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cpg" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs)">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs)</a> developed by CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The CPGs provide a minimum set of practices and protections that CISA and NIST recommend all organizations implement. CISA and NIST based the CPGs on existing cybersecurity frameworks and guidance to protect against the most common and impactful threats and TTPs. Visit CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cpg" title="CPGs webpage">CPGs webpage</a> for more information on the CPGs, including additional recommended baseline protections.</p>
<h3><strong>Network Defenders</strong></h3>
<p>The cyber threat actors accessed PLCs manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and potentially other branded/manufactured PLCs to cause disruptions to victim systems. To safeguard against this threat and threats to other types of PLCs, the authoring agencies urge organizations to consider the following mitigations.</p>
<p><em><strong>(Updated, July 22, 2026)</strong></em> In addition to contacting the authoring agencies, organizations and integrators operating PLCs from the manufacturers mentioned in this advisory should review the previously issued guidance to strengthen the security of their OT deployments:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Rockwell Automation:</strong> Contact the Rockwell Automation Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) at <a href="mailto:PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com">PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Rockwell Automation products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to Rockwell Automation Security Advisory <a href="https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1771.html" target="_blank" title="SD1771">SD1771</a> for recommended PLC hardening measures and configuration guidance.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Schneider Electric:</strong> Contact the Schneider Electric Corporate Product Cyber Emergency Response Team (CPCERT) at <a href="mailto:cpcert@se.com">cpcert@se.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Schneider Electric products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to Schneider Electric’s <a href="https://download.se.com/files?p_File_Name=Cybersecurity_Best+Practices_EN.pdf&amp;p_Doc_Ref=7EN52-0390&amp;p_enDocType=White+Paper" target="_blank" title="Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices">Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices</a> and <a href="https://download.se.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=EIO0000001999&amp;p_enDocType=User+guide&amp;p_File_Name=EIO0000001999-13_Modicon_Controller_Platform_Cybersecurity_Guide_EN.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity User Guide for Modicon Controller Platform">Cybersecurity User Guide for Modicon Controller Platform</a> for guidance on securing and configuring PLCs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Siemens:</strong> Contact Siemens ProductCERT at <a href="mailto:productcert@siemens.com">productcert@siemens.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents and vulnerabilities related to Siemens products.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Refer to <a href="https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssb-104599.html" target="_blank" title="Siemens Security Bulletin 104599">Siemens Security Bulletin 104599</a> for a list of security measures to harden PLCs and in-depth configuration guides.</li>
<li>Siemens users should review the <a href="https://cert-portal.siemens.com/operational-guidelines-industrial-security.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines">Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines</a> and implement defense-in-depth controls within their automation systems.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Immediate steps to prevent the attack:</strong></p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Disconnect the PLC from the public-facing internet</strong> [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#SecureInternetFacingDevices3S" title="CPG 3.S">CPG 3.S</a>]. Follow the joint guidance <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/operational-technology/secure-connectivity" target="_blank" title="Secure Connectivity Principles for OT">Secure connectivity principles for OT</a> to safely allow remote access. Specifically, “remove inbound port exposure,” so the OT system is never directly exposed to the internet or external networks, and to ensure all access is mediated, monitored, and controlled. Do this through a secure gateway (jump host) that brokers the connection.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Ensure cellular modems, used for remote field connectivity and access, are secured with strong authentication and updated.</li>
<li>Enable logs for connected modems and regularly review for suspicious activity to detect intrusions and improve incident response speed.</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em>To mitigate unauthorized access to OT via cellular modems, organizations should consider implementing isolated architectures, such as private Access Point Name (APN), 5G Public Network Integrated Non-Public Network (PNI-NPN), cellular Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), or a site-to-site virtual private network (VPN).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026) </strong></em><strong>Strictly control network access to PLC devices.</strong><br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Configure firewall rules or access control list (ACL) security features on PLCs or programmable controllers to allow only authorized communications between expected control system devices. Block access from unauthorized or threat actor-controlled IP addresses, such as those associated with hosting providers.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>For controllers with a physical mode switch, place the physical mode switch into run position to prevent remote modification. </strong>Devices should only be in the program or remote position when updating or downloading software online and immediately switched back to the run position when complete. (See Rockwell Automation’s<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Note2"><sup>2</sup></a><sup> </sup><a href="https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/secure-rm001_-en-p.pdf" target="_blank" title="System Security Design Guidelines">System Security Design Guidelines</a> for manufacturer’s instructions.)<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em>Prior to switching the device to run mode, review and validate project files, as changing modes will lock in the current project file downloaded to the device.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>For devices that allow software key switching, </strong>enable programming protection in PLC configuration software (S7 TIA Portal) to limit who can modify PLCs remotely. (See Siemens’ <a href="https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid:c9a2de6e-6bd0-4c32-bba0-f64cac44fcc9/industrial-security-operational-guidelines-en.pdf" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines">Cybersecurity for Industry Operational Guidelines</a> for the manufacturer’s instructions.)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Follow-up steps to strengthen security posture:</strong></p>
<ul type="square">
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Review project files running on PLCs for unauthorized changes.</strong> Use vendor-provided integrity checking tools and visually compare the running program to known good logic. Ensure reusable logic and input/output configurations are valid. For Rockwell Automation PLCs listed in the <a href="https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1771.html" target="_blank" title="Customer Guidance to Disconnect Devices from the Internet">Customer Guidance to Disconnect Devices from the Internet</a>, check the AOIs for any anomalous modifications.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>If restoring from backups, verify the backup does not contain malicious logic before deployment.</li>
<li>Review logs and configurations on all connected devices, including modems, HMIs, and workstations, to assess potential lateral movement by threat actors. If it appears the actors connected to additional devices, reimage these devices to remove any potential malicious changes or access tools.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Ensure device passwords are changed from their default </strong>and are configured to use complex, unique combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols that are not easily guessable. Implementing robust password practices remains a critical security measure that can help prevent unauthorized access and strengthen the overall security posture of OT devices.</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation. </strong>Conduct comprehensive impact analysis and risk assessments prior to deploying defensive measures.</li>
<li><strong>Create and test strong backups of the logic and configurations of PLCs</strong>. Store backup files offline and secure the physical removal media to enable fast recovery.</li>
<li><strong>Implement multifactor authentication</strong> <strong>(MFA)</strong> [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#ImplementMultifactorAuthentication3F" title="CPG 3.F">CPG 3.F</a>] for access to the OT network from an external network.</li>
<li>If remote access is required, <strong>implement a network proxy, gateway, firewall, and/or VPN in front of the PLC to control network access</strong>.<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>A VPN or gateway device can enable MFA for remote access even if the PLC does not support MFA. Implement security rules on these higher-level network security mechanisms to prevent the type of repeated and sustained login attempts seen during a brute force attack. When possible, implement a device control list for workstations sending messages or connecting to OT components.</li>
<li>Use the device control list to monitor for logon activity for unexpected or unusual access to devices from the internet.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Keep PLC devices updated with the latest software patches issued by the manufacturer.</strong> Use established downtime windows to install patches. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog" title="Known Exploited Vulnerabilities">Known Exploited Vulnerabilities</a> may need to be prioritized outside a downtime window.</li>
<li><strong>Configure external and internal firewalls to block traffic using common ports </strong>associated with network protocols that are unnecessary for the particular network segment.</li>
<li><strong>Disable any unused authentication methods, logic, or features, </strong>such as default authentication keys and passwords, as well as unused or needed services such as Teletype Network (Telnet), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and web services.</li>
<li><strong>Monitor asset management systems for device configuration changes</strong>, which can be used to understand expected parameter settings.</li>
<li><strong>Monitor the content of network traffic</strong> for the following:<br>
<ul type="circle">
<li>Unusual logins to internet-connected devices or unexpected protocols to/from the internet. </li>
<li>Functions of industrial control systems management protocols that change an asset’s operating mode or modify programs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><em><strong>(New, July 22, 2026)</strong> </em><strong>Ensure service providers are informed of active threats targeting internet-connected PLC devices. </strong>Owners and operators should communicate directly with service providers to address risks, especially when remote monitoring or maintenance is involved. Some service providers may rely on internet connectivity essential to monitor and maintain OT/ICS operations but may not be fully aware of active threats.</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition, the authoring agencies recommend network defenders apply the following mitigations to limit potential adversarial use of common system and network discovery techniques, as well as reduce the impact and risk of compromise by cyber threat actors:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li><strong>Reduce risk exposure</strong>. CISA offers a range of services at no cost, including scanning and testing, to help organizations reduce exposure to threats via mitigating attack vectors. CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services" title="Cyber Hygiene Services">Cyber Hygiene Services</a> can help provide additional review of organizations’ internet-accessible assets. </li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Device Manufacturers</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The following guidance is general in nature and not specific to any OT vendor. Some of the features, settings, and practices may already be offered by certain vendors. The inclusion of this guidance should not be interpreted as an assertion that vendors referenced do not offer such security features. Also, this advisory is not highlighting a new vulnerability in the identified products, but instead discusses opportunistic targeting. Device manufacturers can make opportunistic attacks more difficult at scale by encouraging more secure behavior by default and in operations, as discussed below. </p>
<p>Although critical infrastructure organizations using PLC devices can take steps to mitigate the risks, it is ultimately the responsibility of the device manufacturer to build products secured by design and default. The authoring agencies urge device manufacturers to take ownership of their customers’ security outcomes by following the principles in the joint guide <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for OT Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a>, primarily:</p>
<ul>
<li>Change the manufacturers’ default settings to prevent exposing administrative interfaces to the internet.</li>
<li>Do not charge additional fees for basic security features needed to operate the product securely.</li>
<li>Support MFA, including via phishing-resistant methods.</li>
</ul>
<p>By using secure by design tactics, software manufacturers can make product lines secure “out of the box” without requiring customers to spend additional resources making configuration changes, purchasing tiered security software and logs, monitoring, and making routine updates.</p>
<p>For more information on common misconfigurations and guidance on reducing their prevalence, see joint advisory <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-278a" title="NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations">NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations</a>. For more information on secure by design, see CISA’s <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a> webpage and joint guide.</p>
<h2><strong>Validate Security Controls</strong></h2>
<p>In addition to applying mitigations, the authoring agencies recommend exercising, testing, and validating your organization's security program against the threat behaviors mapped to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK for Enterprise framework in this advisory. The authoring agencies recommend testing your existing security controls inventory to assess how they perform against the ATT&amp;CK techniques described in this advisory.</p>
<p>To get started:</p>
<ol>
<li>Select an ATT&amp;CK technique described in this advisory (see<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> to <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a>).</li>
<li>Align your security technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Test your technologies against the technique.</li>
<li>Analyze your detection and prevention technologies’ performance.</li>
<li>Repeat the process for all security technologies to obtain a set of comprehensive performance data.</li>
<li>Tune your security program, including people, processes, and technologies, based on the data generated by this process.</li>
</ol>
<p>The authoring agencies recommend continually testing your security program, at scale, in a production environment to ensure optimal performance against the ATT&amp;CK techniques identified in this advisory.</p>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<ul type="square">
<li>Authoring Agencies: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-335a" title="IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities">IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/bulletproof-defense-mitigating-risks-bulletproof-hosting-providers" title="Bulletproof Defense: Mitigating Risks From Bulletproof Hosting Providers">Bulletproof Defense: Mitigating Risks From Bulletproof Hosting Providers</a></li>
<li>EPA: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/cyberwater/epa-cybersecurity-water-sector" target="_blank" title="Cybersecurity for the Water Sector">Cybersecurity for the Water Sector</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/water" title="Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity">Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/11/28/exploitation-unitronics-plcs-used-water-and-wastewater-systems" title="Exploitation of Unitronics PLCs used in Water and Wastewater Systems">Exploitation of Unitronics PLCs used in Water and Wastewater Systems</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/iran" title="Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories">Iran Threat Overview and Advisories</a></li>
<li>FBI: <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/the-iran-threat" target="_blank" title="The Iran Threat">The Iran Threat</a> and <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/cyber-threat-overview-iran" target="_blank" title="Cyber Threat Overview: Iran">Cyber Threat Overview: Iran</a></li>
<li>CISA, MITRE: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/best-practices-mitre-attckr-mapping" title="Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping">Best Practices for MITRE ATT&amp;CK Mapping</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://github.com/cisagov/Decider/" title="Decider Tool">Decider Tool</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0" title="Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0">Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals 2.0</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/cyber-hygiene-services" title="No-Cost Cybersecurity Services and Tools">No-Cost Cybersecurity Services and Tools</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/secure-demand-priority-considerations-operational-technology-owners-and-operators-when-selecting" title="Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for Operational Technology Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products">Secure by Demand: Priority Considerations for OT Owners and Operators when Selecting Digital Products</a></li>
<li>NSA, CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-278a" title="NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations">NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations</a></li>
<li>CISA: <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/securebydesign" title="Secure by Design">Secure by Design</a></li>
<li>FBI, CISA: <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2025/250506.pdf" target="_blank" title="Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology">Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology</a></li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre: <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260114.pdf" target="_blank" title="Secure Connectivity Principles for Operational Technology (OT)">Secure connectivity principles for operational technology</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Contact Information</strong></a></h2>
<p>U.S. organizations are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA, the FBI, and/or NSA:</p>
<ul type="square">
<li>Contact CISA via CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center at <a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov">contact@cisa.dhs.gov</a> or 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472). File a claim with FBI’s <a href="https://ic3.gov/" target="_blank" title="Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)">Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)</a> or contact your local <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank" title="FBI field office">FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: 
<ul>
<li>Date, time, and location of the incident;</li>
<li>Type of activity;</li>
<li>Number of people affected;</li>
<li>Type of equipment used for the activity; and</li>
<li>Name of the submitting company or organization, and a designated point of contact.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>For NSA cybersecurity guidance inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" title="CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a>.</li>
<li>Entities required to report incidents to DOE should follow established reporting requirements, as appropriate. For other energy sector inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov" title="EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov">EnergySRMA@hq.doe.gov</a>.</li>
<li>Contact the Rockwell Automation PSIRT for questions regarding their guidance or for reporting cyber incidents related to Rockwell Automation products at <a href="mailto:PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com" title="PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com">PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com</a>.</li>
<li>Contact the Schneider Electric CPCERT at <a href="mailto:cpcert@se.com">cpcert@se.com</a> for questions regarding this guidance, or to report cyber incidents related to Schneider Electric products.</li>
<li>Contact Siemens ProductCERT for up-to-date information about the security of Siemens products or to report cybersecurity vulnerabilities at <a href="mailto:productcert@siemens.com">productcert@siemens.com</a>. For support with increasing the security of installed Siemens PLCs, contact Siemens Industrial Cybersecurity Services at <a href="mailto:services.automation@siemens.com">services.automation@siemens.com</a>. See <a href="https://www.siemens.com/en-us/content/cert-services/" target="_blank" title="Siemens ProductCERT and Siemens CERT">Siemens ProductCERT and Siemens CERT</a> for more information.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer</strong></h2>
<p>The information in this report is being provided “as is” for informational purposes only. CISA and the authoring agencies do not endorse any commercial entity, product, company, or service, including any entities, products, or services linked within this document. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by CISA and the authoring agencies.</p>
<h2><strong>Version History</strong></h2>
<p><strong>April 7, 2026</strong>: Initial version.</p>
<p><strong>July 22, 2026</strong>: Update includes new guidance on detecting malicious activity, expanded scope of observed targeting, and best practices for secure PLCs deployment.</p>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup>1</sup>Project file refers to the software file that contains ladder logic and configuration settings. On Rockwell Automation devices, it is referred to as an .ACD file.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup>2 </sup>See <a href="https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1769-um021_-en-p.pdf" target="_blank" title="CompactLogix 5370 Controllers">CompactLogix 5370 Controllers</a> (Chapter 5: “Select the Operating Mode of the Controller”) for more information on functions available for the switch.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<h2><strong>Defending against China-nexus covert networks of compromised devices </strong></h2>
<p>Explaining the widespread shift in tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) towards networks of compromised infrastructure, and how to defend against it </p>
<h3><strong>Summary</strong></h3>
<p>With support from the UK <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cyber-league" target="_blank"><u>Cyber League</u></a>, this advisory has been jointly released by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and international partners: </p>
<ul>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution -   Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Intelligence Service – Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)</li>
<li>Germany Federal Office for Information Security - Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI)</li>
<li>Japan National Cybersecurity Office (NCO) - 国家サイバー統括室</li>
<li>Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service - Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD)</li>
<li>Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service - Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (MIVD)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>Spain National Cryptologic Centre – Centro Criptológico Nacional (CCN)</li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre - Nationellt cybersäkerhetscenter (NCSC-SE)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA) </li>
</ul>
<p>Its purpose is to provide network defenders with the tools needed to defend against China-nexus cyber actors and their tactic of using large scale networks of compromised devices (covert networks) to route their cyber activity. </p>
<h3><strong>Introduction  </strong></h3>
<p>Over the past few years there has been a major shift in the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by China-nexus cyber actors, moving away from the use of individually procured infrastructure, and towards the use of externally provisioned, large-scale networks of compromised devices. </p>
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<p>The NCSC believes that the majority of China-nexus threat actors are using these networks (hereafter “covert networks”), that multiple covert networks have been created and are being constantly updated, and that a single covert network could be being used by multiple actors. These networks are mainly made up of compromised Small Office Home Office (SOHO) routers, as well as Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices. </p>
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<p>Anyone who is a target of China-nexus cyber actors may be impacted by the use of covert networks. They have been <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-and-partners-issue-warning-about-state-sponsored-cyber-attackers-hiding-on-critical-infrastructure-networks" target="_blank"><u>used by Chinese state-sponsored actors Volt Typhoon</u></a> to pre-position offensive cyber capabilities on critical national infrastructure. The group <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/ncsc-and-partners-issue-advice-to-counter-china-linked-campaign-targeting-thousands-of-devices" target="_blank"><u>Flax Typhoon used a different covert network</u></a> of compromised infrastructure to conduct cyber espionage. </p>
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<p>The use of covert networks of compromised devices - also known as botnets - to facilitate malicious cyber activity is not new, but China-nexus cyber actors are now using them strategically, and at scale.  </p>
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<p>This advisory describes the typical makeup of a covert network and what they are being used for. It also includes protective advice for organizations being targeted by cyber activity using a covert network as an access vector.</p>
<h3><strong>Covert Networks </strong></h3>
<p>Covert networks are used to connect across the internet in a low-cost, low-risk, deniable way, disguising the origin and attribution of malicious activity. Actors have been observed using them for each phase of their Cyber Kill Chains, from performing scans as part of reconnaissance, to the delivery of malware, communicating with said malware, and exfiltrating stolen data from a victim. They can also be used for general deniable internet browsing, allowing threat actors to research exploitation techniques, new TTPs, and their victims without attribution. Some covert networks are also used by legitimate customers to browse the internet, making it challenging to attribute malicious activity. </p>
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<p>There is evidence that covert networks used by China-nexus actors are created and maintained by Chinese information security companies. A network known to network defenders as Raptor Train, which in 2024 infected more than 200,000 devices worldwide, was controlled and managed by the Chinese company, Integrity Technology Group. This company was also <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/court-authorized-operation-disrupts-worldwide-botnet-used-peoples-republic-china-state" target="_blank"><u>assessed by the FBI</u></a> to be responsible for the computer intrusion activities attributed to China-based hackers known as Flax Typhoon. </p>
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<p><strong>Botnet operations represent a significant threat to the UK by exploiting vulnerabilities in everyday internet-connected devices with the potential to carry out large-scale cyber attacks – NCSC Director of Operations, Paul Chichester </strong></p>
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<p>Covert networks mostly consist of compromised SOHO routers, but they also pull in any vulnerable device they can exploit at scale. Raptor Train was made up of thousands of SOHO routers and IoT devices, such as web cameras and video recorders, as well as firewalls and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The KV Botnet used by Volt Typhoon <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-government-disrupts-botnet-peoples-republic-china-used-conceal-hacking-critical" target="_blank"><u>was mainly made up of vulnerable Cisco and NetGear routers</u></a>. The edge devices were vulnerable because they were “end of life” – out of date and no longer receiving updates or security patches by their manufacturers. </p>
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<p>The cyber security industry has been aware of examples of these networks for some time and has publicly reported on the widespread scale of the threat and its implications. Mandiant Intelligence produced a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/china-nexus-espionage-orb-networks" target="_blank"><u>public blog in May 2024</u></a> talking about covert networks in which they highlighted a key issue for defenders – indicator of compromise (IOC) Extinction. If a particular threat group could now come from one of many covert networks, each with potentially hundreds of thousands of endpoints, and each used by multiple threat actors, old network defense paradigms of static malicious IP block lists will be less effective. This is compounded by the dynamic nature of these networks where new nodes will be added as old devices are patched or removed from use. </p>
<h3><strong>Typical Network Topology</strong></h3>
<p>The number of covert networks used by China-nexus cyber actors is large, with new networks regularly developed and deployed. The existing covert networks change too, either because of defensive or legal action, or simply as a result of software updates and new exploits being used to target different technologies for incorporation into the network. </p>
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<p>Because of this, a description of all known covert networks in detail, including how they are constructed and how they communicate, would immediately be out of date – and for most network defenders would not be practically useful. </p>
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<p>However, most covert networks of compromised devices use the same basic set up. Understanding this generalized structure can aid researchers and defenders by helping them to understand which part of a network they may have found, and how to defend against it. </p>



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<p>The diagram above illustrates the basic setup of a covert network, where typically an actor will connect to the network via an on-ramp or entry node. Their traffic will be forwarded through multiple compromised devices, used as traversal nodes, before exiting the network from an exit node, usually in the same geographic region as the target. </p>
<h3><strong>Protective Advice </strong></h3>
<p>Defending from attackers using covert networks is not straightforward, and defensive tactics will be different based on the levels of resource and the nature of the target organization. General advice for good cyber security practice should be followed, and some key messages can be found in the appendix of this advisory.  </p>
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<p>The following advice is specifically tailored to steps which can be taken to combat the risk of attacks coming from large, dynamic networks of compromised devices. </p>
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<p>Further guidance for all organizations facing cyber security threats is available on the NCSC website. </p>
<p><em>This guidance should be considered alongside all applicable laws and regulations of the UK and co-sealing countries relating to the security of networks and data. It will be each organization’s responsibility to ensure compliance with any such laws and regulations. Organizations should note that following the recommended actions set out below will not remove all risks.</em></p>
<h4><strong>All organizations</strong></h4>
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<p>The NCSC recommends the following steps for all affected organizations to either take themselves, or ask their managed service and/or security providers to investigate for them: </p>
<ul>
<li>Map and understand network edge devices, developing a clear understanding of organizational assets and what should be connecting to them.</li>
<li>Baseline normal connections, especially to corporate virtual private networks (VPNs) or other similar services.
<ul>
<li>Would you expect connections from consumer broadband ranges?</li>
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</li>
<li>Leverage available dynamic threat feeds which include covert network infrastructure.</li>
<li>Implement multifactor authentication for remote connections.</li>
</ul>
<p>Smaller organizations should consider creating and actioning a <a href="https://cybertoolkit.service.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><u>free NCSC Cyber Action Toolkit</u></a>. </p>
<h4><strong>Larger or more at-risk organizations</strong></h4>
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<p>Some more comprehensive measures may be appropriate if the risk to an organization is high enough, to be conducted either in-house or through a security provider:  </p>
<ul>
<li>Apply IP address allow lists rather than deny lists for connections to corporate VPNs for remote workers.</li>
<li>Use geographic allow lists or profile incoming connections based on operating system, time zones, and/or organization specific system configuration settings.</li>
<li>Implement zero trust policies for connections.</li>
<li>Enforce machine certificates for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections.</li>
<li>Reduce the internet-facing presence of the IT estate.</li>
<li>Investigate machine learning techniques to profile normal network edge activity to detect and block anomalies. </li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberessentials/overview" target="_blank"><u>The NCSC's Cyber Essentials</u></a> can help protect organizations of all sizes. </p>
<h4><strong>Largest or most at-risk organizations</strong> </h4>
<p>If Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) tracking is part of an organization’s in-house capability, or if it is part of the service provided by a security vendor, consider tracking China-nexus covert networks as APTs in their own right.</p>
<ul>
<li>Active hunting – look for connections from IP addresses likely to be part of a covert network of compromised devices, for instance those hosting SOHO routers or IoT devices.</li>
<li>Track and map covert networks reported by industry or government by looking at banners and certificates.</li>
<li>Use threat reporting and threat feeds to create and implement dynamic blocklists and create alert rules to detect incoming threats.</li>
<li>Consider using NetFlow feeds to look upstream and map covert networks to find new nodes. </li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/cyber-assessment-framework" target="_blank"><u>NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework</u></a> provides guidance for organizations under the highest levels of threat, including those operating essential services, in sectors such as energy, healthcare, transport, digital infrastructure and government.  </p>
<h3><strong>MITRE ATT&amp;CK® </strong></h3>
<p>This advisory has been compiled with respect to the MITRE ATT&amp;CK® framework, a globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1584/005/" target="_blank"><u>T1584.005</u></a> </p>
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<p>Compromise Infrastructure: Botnet </p>
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<p>Botnets are used as core components of covert networks </p>
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<p><strong>Resource Development </strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank"><u>T1584.008</u></a> </p>
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<p>Compromise Infrastructure: Network Devices </p>
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<p>Devices are compromised and added to botnets </p>
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<p><strong>Resource Development </strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1583.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Server </p>
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<p>Virtual private servers (VPS) are used in covert networks, typically as on-ramps </p>
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<p><strong>Command and Control </strong></p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v18/techniques/T1090/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1090.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Used by China-nexus cyber actors to route traffic </p>
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<h3> <strong>Appendix: Cyber Security Best Practices </strong></h3>
<p>In addition to the protective advice outlined in this advisory, a number of cyber security best practices will also be useful in defending against the activity described in this advisory. </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Protect your devices and networks by keeping them up to date</strong>: use the latest supported versions, apply security updates promptly, use antivirus and scan regularly to guard against known malware threats. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/device-security-guidance/policies-and-settings/antivirus-and-other-security-software" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/device-security-guidance/policies-and-settings/antivirus-and-other-security-software</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Prevent and detect lateral movement in your organization’s networks</strong>. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Implement architectural controls for network segregation</strong>. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/10-steps-network-security" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/10-steps-network-security</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Set up a security monitoring</strong> <strong>capability</strong> so you are collecting the data that will be needed to analyze network intrusions. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-logging-security-purposes" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-logging-security-purposes</u></a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/logging-made-easy" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/logging-made-easy</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Use modern systems and software.</strong> These have better security built-in. If you cannot move off out-of-date platforms and applications straight away, there are short term steps you can take to improve your position. See NCSC Guidance:  <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/mobile-device-guidance/managing-the-risks-from-obsolete-products" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/mobile-device-guidance/managing-the-risks-from-obsolete-products</u></a></li>
<li><strong>Restrict intruders' ability to move freely around your systems and networks</strong>. Pay particular attention to potentially vulnerable entry points such as third-party systems with onward access to your core network. During an incident, disable remote access from third-party systems until you are sure they are clean. See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/preventing-lateral-movement</u></a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/assessing-supply-chain-security" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/assessing-supply-chain-security</u></a><u>.</u></li>
<li><strong>Deploy a host-based intrusion detection system</strong>. A variety of products are available, free and paid-for, to suit different needs and budgets.</li>
<li><strong>Further information</strong>: Invest in preventing malware-based attacks across various scenarios.  See NCSC Guidance: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks" target="_blank"><u>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Disclaimer </strong> </h4>
<p>This report draws on information derived from NCSC and industry sources. Any NCSC findings and recommendations made have not been provided with the intention of avoiding all risks and following the recommendations will not remove all such risk. Ownership of information risks remains with the relevant system owner at all times. Any reference to specific commercial entities, products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by co-sealers. UK readers should refer to the NCSC website for information about <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/products-services/assured-services" target="_blank"><u>NCSC assured services</u></a>. </p>
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<p>Refer any FOIA queries to <a href="mailto:ncscinfoleg@ncsc.gov.uk" target="_blank"><u>ncscinfoleg@ncsc.gov.uk</u></a>.  </p>
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<h2><strong>Executive summary</strong></h2>
<p>Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors continue to exploit poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices worldwide, opportunistically compromising multiple critical infrastructure sector networks. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) builds on FBI’s <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820" target="_blank">Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure</a> Public Service Announcement of the decade-plus FSB Center 16 cyber activity by providing additional tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to enable defenders to more fully understand and counter the threat. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work1">1</a>] </p>
<p>This CSA is being released by the following authoring and co-sealing agencies: </p>
<ul type="square">
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot1"><sup>1</sup></a> </li>
<li>Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot2"><sup>2 </sup></a></li>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot3"><sup>3</sup></a> </li>
<li>Estonian Information System Authority (RIA)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot8"><sup>8 </sup></a></li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li>The Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland (SKW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot10"><sup>10 </sup></a></li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-SE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot11"><sup>11 </sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The authoring and co-sealing agencies strongly urge device owners and network defenders to take mitigation and remediation actions against Russian government-sponsored exploitation of vulnerable routers.</p>



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<p>Download the PDF version of this report:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959498/-1/-1/0/CSA_IMPROVE_ROUTER_HYGIENE.PDF" target="_blank">Improve Router Hygiene to Protect Against Russian State-Sponsored Targeting</a> (PDF, 816KB)</li>
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<h2><strong>Cybersecurity industry tracking </strong></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry provides overlapping cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and mitigation recommendations related to this activity. Although not all encompassing, the following list contains the most notable threat group names commonly used within the cybersecurity community related to this activity: </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Berserk Bear </li>
<li>Energetic Bear</li>
<li>Crouching Yeti </li>
<li>Dragonfly</li>
<li>Ghost Blizzard</li>
<li>Static Tundra</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: Cybersecurity companies have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this list may not provide a 1:1 correlation to the authoring agencies’ understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<h2><strong>Targeting details</strong></h2>
<p>Critical infrastructure sectors most at risk from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 cyber actors’ targeting include:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Communications,</li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base,</li>
<li>Energy,</li>
<li>Financial Services,</li>
<li>Government Services and Facilities, especially organizations at the state and local level, and</li>
<li>Healthcare and Public Health.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Technical details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note: </strong>This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank">MITRE ATT&amp;CK® Matrix for Enterprise</a><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot12"><sup>12</sup></a> framework, version 19. See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#AppA"><strong>Appendix A</strong></a> for tables of the activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques. This advisory also uses MITRE DEFEND<sup>TM</sup> version 1.4.0.</p>
<p>The Russian FSB Center 16 cyber actors primarily use scanning to identify poorly configured networking devices, primarily routers, for exploitation. The actors scan for Internet IP ranges with active Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agents that accept common or default community strings for authentication [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/001/" target="_blank">T1595.001</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank">T1595.002</a>]. These scans, run via proxies, consist of SNMP Set-Requests from a spoofed IP address [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/" target="_blank">T1027</a>] containing Object Identifiers (OIDs) that instruct the SNMP agent on poorly configured networking devices to [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1569/" target="_blank">T1569</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/001/" target="_blank">T1602.001</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a>]:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Copy its configuration to a file, often called “config.bkp” or “output.txt” [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1003/" target="_blank">T1003</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/002/" target="_blank">T1602.002</a>].</li>
<li>Transfer the file, typically using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), to an actor-controlled leased virtual private server (VPS) or compromised FTP server [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1071/" target="_blank">T1071</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank">T1048</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>While SNMP scanning is the primary method the actors use to discover and exploit poorly configured networking devices, they occasionally exploit common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Cisco devices, Cisco’s Smart Install (SMI) functionality, and web portals to manage network devices. The actors previously exploited at least the following CVEs [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank">T1584.008</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/005/" target="_blank">T1588.005</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1190/" target="_blank">T1190</a>, <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1068/" target="_blank">T1068</a>]: </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0171" target="_blank">CVE-2018-0171</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4128" target="_blank">CVE-2008-4128</a><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Foot13"><sup>13</sup></a></li>
</ul>
<p>Many of these TTPs overlap with activity by other malicious cyber actors, such as <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2025/Aug/22/2003786665/-1/-1/0/CSA_COUNTERING_CHINA_STATE_ACTORS_COMPROMISE_OF_NETWORKS.PDF" target="_blank">Salt Typhoon</a>. Even though this CSA focuses on Russian FSB Center 16 cyber activity, the mitigations below should detect and counter these and similar TTPs used by other actors.</p>
<h2><strong>Mitigation actions</strong></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies highly recommend network defenders implement the following mitigations to harden networks against this exploitation:</p>
<ul>
<li>Disable Cisco Smart Install on all devices [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work2">2</a>]</li>
<li>Use SNMPv3 with “authPriv” configured to the most modern encryption standard that is supported by the device instead of SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]
<ul>
<li>Disable SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. These are legacy protocols and should no longer be needed on current devices. If they are necessary, change all community strings from defaults and only allow read-only community strings rather than read-write access.</li>
<li>SNMPv3 adds strong authentication and data encryption that are unavailable in SNMPv1 and v2. SNMPv3 replaces clear text shared passwords, known as community strings, with more securely encoded parameters, and authenticates and encrypts data [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAuthentication" target="_blank">D3-MAN</a>, <a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageEncryption" target="_blank">D3-MENCR</a>].</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Use strong, unique passwords for local accounts on network devices and configure credentials to be stored securely to prevent reuse of compromised passwords [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a>].
<ul>
<li>Cisco devices protect passwords in the configuration file using different hashing types. Use hashing type 8 for user credentials. Avoid using hashing type 0, 4, and 7 as they are insecure or store passwords in plaintext in the configuration file. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work4">4</a>]</li>
<li>Monitor for unusual credentials that do not conform to standard organizational naming conventions [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a>]. </li>
<li> Monitor for and alert on logins using local accounts. Local accounts should only be used in emergency situations when accounts supported by centralized authentication servers are unavailable. Centralized authentication to network devices should support multi-factor authentication where feasible. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Monitor and restrict access to SNMP OIDs using a Management Information Base (MIB) allow list [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a>]. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work5">5</a>] Reference the vendor-specific MIB for the network devices and monitor OIDs for indications of reconnaissance or misconfiguration in logs or intrusion detection systems (IDS). IDS rules should be written for inbound SNMP Set-Requests that contain OIDs targeting sensitive device data [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a>].<br>
<ul type="square">
<li>Example OIDs include:
<ul>
<li>1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.96.1.1 (Cisco Config Copy)</li>
<li>1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.96.1.1.1.1.5 (Config Copy Server Address, value for this OID is where the configuration file is being sent to) </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Restrict management protocols [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficFiltering" target="_blank">D3-NTF</a>].
<ul>
<li>Use Access Control Lists (ACLs) to only allow management protocols, such as SNMP, from management devices, preferably on an out-of-band network. [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Work3">3</a>]</li>
<li>On edge firewalls and devices deny all external communications on the following ports unless mission critical, with strict monitoring if blocking is not feasible:
<ul>
<li>User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 69 (TFTP) </li>
<li>Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port 4786 (SMI)</li>
<li>UDP ports 161 and 162 (SNMP)</li>
<li>TCP/UDP ports 10161 and 10162 (SNMPv3)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Update network device software and firmware images, especially to patch known vulnerabilities, and upgrade end-of-life devices to supported ones. <br>
<ul type="square">
<li>Use an attack surface management service to identify and secure Internet-facing systems with weak configurations and known vulnerabilities [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkVulnerabilityAssessment" target="_blank">D3-NVA</a>].
<ul>
<li>U.S.-based federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and U.S. critical infrastructure organiztions should consider signing up for CISA’s no-cost <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services">Cyber Hygiene services</a>.</li>
<li>U.S. Defense Industrial Base organizations should consider signing up for <a href="https://www.nsa.gov/About/Cybersecurity-Collaboration-Center/DIB-Cybersecurity-Services/" target="_blank">NSA’s DIB Cybersecurity Services</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Resources</strong></h2>
<p><strong>United States:</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cyber-threats-and-advisories/advanced-persistent-threats/russia">Russia Threat Overview and Advisories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF" target="_blank">Network Infrastructure Security Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canada:</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/routers-cyber-security-best-practices-itsap80019" target="_blank">Routers cyber security best practices (ITSAP.80.019)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/security-considerations-edge-devices-itsm80101" target="_blank">Security considerations for edge devices (ITSM.80.101)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/guidance-securely-configuring-network-protocols-itsp40062" target="_blank">Guidance on securely configuring network protocols (ITSP.40.062)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/baseline-security-requirements-network-security-zones-version-20-itsp80022" target="_blank">Baseline security requirements for network security zones (ITSP.80.022)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/top-10-it-security-actions-protect-internet-connected-networks-and-information-itsm10089" target="_blank">Top 10 IT security actions to protect Internet-connected networks and information (ITSM.10.089)</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Works cited</strong></h2>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">1</a>] FBI. Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure. Alert Number: I-082025-PSA. 2025. <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820" target="_blank">https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250820</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">2</a>] NSA. Cisco Smart Install Protocol Misuse. 2017. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/16/2002157833/-1/-1/0/CSA-CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-PROTOCOL-MISUSE.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/16/2002157833/-1/-1/0/CSA-CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-PROTOCOL-MISUSE.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">3</a>] NSA. Network Infrastructure Security Guide. 2023. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/15/2003018261/-1/-1/0/CTR_NSA_NETWORK_INFRASTRUCTURE_SECURITY_GUIDE_20220615.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">4</a>] NSA. Cybersecurity Information Sheet Cisco Password Types: Best Practices. 2022. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/17/2002940795/-1/-1/0/CSI_CISCO_PASSWORD_TYPES_BEST_PRACTICES_20220217.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/17/2002940795/-1/-1/0/CSI_CISCO_PASSWORD_TYPES_BEST_PRACTICES_20220217.PDF</a></p>
<p>[<a class="ck-anchor">5</a>] NSA. Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Reducing the Risk of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Abuse. 2026. <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959459/-1/-1/0/CSI_REDUCING_RISK_OF_SNMP_ABUSE.PDF" target="_blank">https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jul/09/2003959459/-1/-1/0/CSI_REDUCING_RISK_OF_SNMP_ABUSE.PDF</a></p>
<h2><strong>Footnotes</strong></h2>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>1</sup></a><sup>  </sup>Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>2 </sup></a> Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>3</sup></a> Välisluureamet</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>4</sup></a> Riigi Infosüsteem Amet</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>5</sup></a> Sotilastiedustelu</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>6</sup></a> Suojelupoliisi</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>7</sup></a> Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>8</sup></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>9</sup></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>10</sup></a> Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>11</sup></a> Nationellt Cybersäkerhetscenter</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>12</sup></a><sup> </sup>MITRE and ATT&amp;CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation. MITRE DEFEND is a trademark of the MITRE Corporation.</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"><sup>13</sup></a> <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4128" target="_blank">CVE-2008-4128</a> only affects end-of-life Cisco devices.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer of Endorsement</strong></h2>
<p>The information and opinions contained in this document are provided "as is" and without any warranties or guarantees. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, and this guidance shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<h2><strong>Purpose</strong></h2>
<p>This document was developed in furtherance of the authoring agencies’ cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to identify and disseminate threats, and to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact</strong></h2>
<p><strong>United States organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>National Security Agency (NSA)</strong>
<ul>
<li>Cybersecurity Report Feedback: <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov">CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</a> </li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov">DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov</a> </li>
<li>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: NSA Media Relations: 443-634-0721, <a href="mailto:MediaRelations@nsa.gov">MediaRelations@nsa.gov</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</strong> and<strong> Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</strong>
<ul>
<li> U.S. organizations are encouraged to report suspicious or criminal activity related to information in this advisory to CISA via the agency’s <a href="https://myservices.cisa.gov/irf" title="Incident Reporting System">Incident Reporting System</a>, its 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:report@cisa.gov">report@cisa.gov</a> or 888-282-0870), or your <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices" target="_blank">local FBI field office</a>. When available, please include the following information regarding the incident: date, time, and location of the incident; type of activity; number of people affected; type of equipment user for the activity; the name of the submitting company or organization; and a designated point of contact. </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)  </strong>
<ul>
<li>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil">DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil</a> </li>
<li>Defense Industrial Base mandatory cyber incident reporting as required by 10 U.S. Code Sections 391 and 393 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 is submitted at <a href="https://dibnet.dod.mil/" target="_blank" title="https://dibnet.dod.mil/">https://dibnet.dod.mil</a>.</li>
<li> Media Inquiries / Press Desk: <a href="mailto:DC3.Information@us.af.mil">DC3.Information@us.af.mil</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Australian Signals Directorate</strong>
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/about-asd-acsc/contact-us#no-back" target="_blank">cyber.gov.au</a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of the Communications Security Establishment, encourages Canadian organizations to report cyber incidents and to strengthen the security of their networking devices. 
<ul>
<li>Report an incident or suspicious activity to the Cyber Centre by email at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca">contact@cyber.gc.ca</a>, online via the reporting tool <a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/incident-management" target="_blank">Report a cyber incident - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</a> or by phone at 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ): <a href="mailto:info@ncsc.govt.nz">info@ncsc.govt.nz</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Report significant cyber security incidents to <a href="https://ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident" target="_blank">ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident</a> (monitored 24/7)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Estonia organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS): <a href="mailto:info@valisluureamet.ee">info@valisluureamet.ee</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finnish organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service: <a href="https://supo.fi/en/contact" target="_blank">supo.fi/en/contact</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>French organizations</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>French organizations are encouraged to report suspicious activity or incident related information found in this advisory by contacting ANSSI/CERT-FR at: <a href="mailto:cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr">cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr</a> or by phone at: 3218 or +33 9 70 83 32 18.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Italian Organizations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE): 
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank">https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI): 
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank">https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</a> </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><a class="ck-anchor"><strong>Appendix A: MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques</strong></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a> through <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table10"><strong>Table 10</strong></a> for all the threat actor tactics and techniques referenced in this advisory.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 1: Reconnaissance</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Scanning IP Blocks</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/001/" target="_blank">T1595.001</a></td>
<td>Scan range of IP addresses</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Active Scanning: Vulnerability Scanning</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/002/" target="_blank">T1595.002</a></td>
<td>Scan victims for vulnerabilities that can be used during targeting</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 2: Resource Development</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Servers </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a> </td>
<td>Leverage VPS as infrastructure </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Compromise Infrastructure: Network Devices </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1584/008/" target="_blank">T1584.008</a> </td>
<td>Compromise intermediate routers </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Obtain Capabilities: Exploits </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/005/" target="_blank">T1588.005</a> </td>
<td>Use publicly available code to exploit vulnerable devices </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 3: Initial Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exploit Public-Facing Application </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1190/" target="_blank">T1190</a> </td>
<td>Exploit publicly known CVEs </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Proxy</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a></td>
<td>Use a connection proxy to direct network traffic </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 4: Execution</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>System Services</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1569/" target="_blank">T1569</a></td>
<td>Executing commands via SNMP</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 5: Privilege Escalation</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exploitation for Privilege Escalation</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1068/" target="_blank">T1068</a></td>
<td>Exploit publicly known CVEs for escalated privileges</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 6: Stealth</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Obfuscated Files or Information</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/" target="_blank">T1027</a></td>
<td>Obfuscate source IP addresses in system logs, as actions may be recorded as originating from local IP addresses</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 7: Credential Access</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>OS Credential Dumping</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1003/" target="_blank">T1003</a></td>
<td>Collect router configuration with weak Cisco Type 7 passwords and Type 0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 8: Collection</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Data from Configuration Repository: SNMP (MIB Dump) </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/001/" target="_blank">T1602.001</a> </td>
<td>Target MIB to collect network information via SNMP </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data from Configuration Repository: Network Device Configuration Dump</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1602/002/" target="_blank">T1602.002</a></td>
<td>Acquire credentials by collecting network device configurations</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 9: Command and Control</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Proxy </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1090/" target="_blank">T1090</a> </td>
<td>Use VPS for C2 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Application Layer Protocol </td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1071/" target="_blank">T1071</a> </td>
<td>Open and expose a variety of different services, including TFTP and FTP</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 10: Exfiltration</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Technique Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol</td>
<td><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank">T1048</a></td>
<td>Exfiltrating over a different protocol than that of the existing command and control channel. </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Appendix B: MITRE D3FEND countermeasures</strong></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#Table11"><strong>Table 11</strong></a> for a mapping of several of the cybersecurity countermeasures mentioned in this advisory.</p>
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption>Table 11: MITRE D3FEND Countermeasures</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<p class="text-align-center"><a class="ck-anchor"></a><strong>Countermeasure Title</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong></p>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Description</strong></p>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Application Configuration Hardening</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationConfigurationHardening" target="_blank">D3-ACH</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Use SNMPv3 and disable SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. </li>
<li>Use SNMP allowlisting to restrict access to OIDs and MIBs. </li>
<li>Disable Cisco Smart Install.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message Authentication</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAuthentication" target="_blank">D3-MAN</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use SNMPv3 with strong authentication.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message Encryption</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageEncryption" target="_blank">D3-MENCR</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use SNMPv3 to encrypt payloads.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Credential Hardening</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use strong, unique passwords and store them securely.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Platform Monitoring</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:PlatformMonitoring" target="_blank">D3-PM</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Monitor for unusual credentials. </li>
<li>Monitor SNMP Set-Requests for OIDs targeting sensitive device data.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Network Traffic Filtering</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficFiltering" target="_blank">D3-NTF</a></td>
<td>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Use ACLs to only allow management protocols from management devices. </li>
<li>Block TFTP, SMI, and SNMP at edge firewalls.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Network Vulnerability Assessment</td>
<td><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkVulnerabilityAssessment" target="_blank">D3-NVA</a></td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Use an attack surface management service.</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox Nightly: Backup for a Rainy Day – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 202]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Highlights

The profile backup mechanism has been enabled by default for all desktop platforms in Nightly, as well as Beta! The current plan is to have this ride out to Firefox 151 for Windows, macOS and Linux on May 18th!

This feature, when enabled, will create a copy of your profile data in th...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>The profile backup mechanism has been enabled by default for all desktop platforms in Nightly, as well as Beta! The current plan is to have this ride out to Firefox 151 for Windows, macOS and Linux on May 18th!
<ul>
<li>This feature, when enabled, will create a copy of your profile data in the background and store it in a single file on your file system that you can restore from.</li>
<li>You will be able to manage this feature in Settings under Sync (for now)
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image6.png"><img alt="Firefox settings page showing the Backup feature in dark mode. Backup is enabled, with details of the most recent backup and a “Backup now” button. The page displays the backup file name and a backup location folder path, along with “Choose…” and “Show in folder” buttons. A “Sensitive data” section includes an option to back up passwords and payment methods with encryption, and a disabled “Change password” button." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2074" height="517" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image6.png" width="657"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/firefox-backup">You can read more about the feature here</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>As followups to the recent addition to the WebExtension tabs API to <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Working_with_the_Tabs_API#working_with_tab_split_views">support the new SplitView tabs feature</a>, tabs.group() and tabs.ungroup() have been fixed to work correctly with split view tabs, and fixed split views being prepended instead of appended to tab groups when adopted into a new window –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029099"> Bug 2029099</a> /<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029534"> Bug 2029534</a></li>
<li>Adaptive autofill has been enabled on Nightly.
<ul>
<li>Previously, autofill only completed domains (e.g. typing red autofilled<a href="http://reddit.com/"> reddit.com</a>). Now it can also complete full URLs for pages you visit often (e.g. red →<a href="http://reddit.com/r/firefox"> reddit.com/r/firefox</a>), learning from what you actually click in the address bar. If a suggestion isn’t helpful, you can now dismiss it so autofill learns what not to show you too.
<ul>
<li>If you run into issues or have feedback, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&amp;component=Address+Bar">you can file a bug here</a>!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=293943">Markus Stange [:mstange]</a> implemented dynamic toolbar on top in RDM (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1978145">#1978145</a>), but also implemented some static skeleton UI so it’s closer to what we actually have in Firefox for Android
<ul>
<li>dynamic toolbar is behind a pref: devtools.responsive.dynamicToolbar.enabled</li>
<li>it can be put on top by setting devtools.responsive.dynamicToolbar.onTop, otherwise it’s at the bottom</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1.png"><img alt="Firefox Responsive Design Mode on Desktop displaying the Mozilla homepage in a mobile viewport. The toolbar at the top shows a simulated Android device (including the dynamic toolbar) with a viewport size of 376 × 464 pixels and a device pixel ratio of 3. The page content is shown in French, featuring the Mozilla logo, a “Menu” link, a “Pause animation” button, and the headline “Bienvenue chez Mozilla” with accompanying text about trusted technology and digital rights." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2069" height="1113" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1.png" width="882"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h3><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=958957%2C1876109%2C1997388%2C2000797%2C1950995%2C1986020%2C2018272%2C2018276%2C2021681%2C2027969%2C2022115%2C1999012%2C2016058%2C2026585%2C2023913%2C2028167%2C2028293%2C2028927%2C1998002%2C2011343%2C1997925%2C2026574%2C2029398%2C2029684%2C1948019%2C2008756%2C2022601%2C2026032%2C2030428%2C1968244%2C1975391%2C944228%2C1962904%2C1977741%2C1997346%2C2027867%2C2030631%2C1807516%2C2030998%2C2030999%2C2015491%2C2028153%2C2028628%2C1978290%2C2008128%2C2024033%2C1883497%2C1984679%2C2030069%2C2031162%2C2031598%2C2012399%2C2031116%2C2031128%2C2031931%2C2031961%2C2033173%2C2032997%2C1919387%2C1947679%2C2027915%2C2032196%2C2019561%2C2024187%2C1392125%2C1993844%2C2027060%2C1983408%2C2034178%2C1873954%2C1875083%2C2008119%2C2008197%2C1628669%2C2031599%2C2033820">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h3>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir</li>
<li>aoia7rz7l</li>
<li>Chukwuka Rosemary</li>
<li>DrSeed</li>
<li>Frédéric Wang Nélar</li>
<li>japandi</li>
<li>John Iweh</li>
<li>jonathancabera</li>
<li>Josh Aas</li>
<li>Keji Bakare</li>
<li>kofoworola shonuyi</li>
<li>konyhéa</li>
<li>liz</li>
<li>Mathew Hodson</li>
<li>Okhuomon Ajayi</li>
<li>Oluwatobi</li>
<li>ROSHAAN</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li> Anthony Mclamb:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027915"> Disable the legacy Edge migrator</a></li>
<li> Amin Amir
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">Fix browsingContext.sys.mjs to assign to #contextCreatedHandled instead of contextCreatedHandled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033820">Fix missing WITHOUT ROWID SQLite performance optimization in SERPCategorization.sys.mjs</a></li>
<li>🌟 Amine Zroual:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392125"> Omitted maxResults property not handled correctly in getRecentlyClosed</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>any1here:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031162"> install_sig_alt_stack incorrectly checks mmap’s return value</a></li>
<li>🌟 Armin Ulrich:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031598"> Fix MessageHandlerRegistry.sys.mjs calling getExistingMessageHandler with an unused second argument</a></li>
<li>japandi
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1628669">Cannot remove amazon.com from top sites list</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1977741">The height of the pinned tabs area should be responsive to the number of pins</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1986020">Use cenum for nsIHelperAppLauncherDialog reason constants to enable better typescript annotations</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Nathan Johnson [:narjoDev]:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950995"> Remove browser.display.use_system_colors pref</a></li>
<li>DrSeed
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1962904">Firefox shows vertical tabs in new windows despite “Hide tabs and sidebar” setting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968244">The “Expand sidebar on hover” option is not kept after the vertical tabs are disabled and enabled again</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Keji Bakare:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008756">Split view’s focus-outline is clipped on the right side of left tab</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031116">White space on the right side of left panel in split view</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 gotyaoi:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1807516"> Reload toolbar button is active on about:newtab</a></li>
<li>Itoro James:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015491"> [A11y][Keyboard Navigation]Cancelling a note via Keyboard Navigation still saves it</a></li>
<li>John Iweh:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997925"> The notification dot is not displayed if the tab is in a Split View</a></li>
<li>🌟 John Iweh:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027867"> sidebar-shown attribute remains when sidebar.revamp is false</a></li>
<li>🌟 jonathancabera:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2012399">The Move tab to Split View option is also displayed for the tabs that are within the Split View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016058">A Note with long text (1003 characters) is saved by pressing ENTER even if the “Save” button is disabled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026032">Tab group guide line becomes disconnected under certain conditions related to split views in vertical tab mode</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Aloys:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2000797"> Remove logic that forces distribution language packs to be reinstalled when upgrading from Firefoxes older than 67</a></li>
<li>liz:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1875083">Create test to ensure maxRenderCountEstimate is never being set to Infinity in virtual-list component in Fx View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008119">Button accessible name does not convey its function: missing topic context (Settings dialog &gt; Topics dialog &gt; buttons Following/Unfollow/Blocked/Unblock)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Mary cathline:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022115"> Tab Group Label does not respect touch density in vertical tab bar</a></li>
<li>🌟 Brandon Lucier:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030631"> Popups opened with window.open give window type normal instead of popup</a></li>
<li>karan68:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997388"> [dialog] New Shortcut dialog needs a label/accessible name</a></li>
<li>🌟 Vector:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008128"> Button does not programmatically indicate that it opens a dialog (Recent activity section &gt; story card &gt; ••• disclosure &gt; Delete from History button)</a></li>
<li>🌟 Osoble:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1876109"> Update font size and weight for synced tabs device name headers in Firefox View</a></li>
<li>konyhéa:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1873954">Add test for sync admin disabled to browser_syncedtabs_errors_firefoxview.js</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1883497">Check all second paramaters for TestUtils.waitForCondition in Fx View test files</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030069">Recently Closed Tabs, Tabs from Other Devices, and History pages should have Cmd / Ctrl + Click on a link open the link in the new background tab.</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Noble Chinonso: <a href="http://sidebartreeview.js/">#shouldHandleEvent in SidebarTreeView.js compares event.keyCode to string values, causing Home/End keys to never be handled</a></li>
<li>Pranjali Srivastava:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944228"> Add a test to verify that the space above tabs is consistent across PB, LWT and sizemode (where appropriate)</a></li>
<li>Okhuomon Ajayi:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2018272">More spacing is needed between the tab note icon and the close icon on the tab</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019561">The tabs in vertical mode collapsed state are positioned differently in Split View</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027060">Keep vertical split view tabs stacked vertically even when the sidebar is expanded when expand on hover is enabled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029684">Vertical split view tabs can be too big or small when tabs are overflowing</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 Rishan:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030428"> Fix duplicated arrow function in browser_history_sidebar.js</a></li>
<li>Chukwuka Rosemary:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1948019">“Forget About This Site” context menu option missing from Firefox View history</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026574">Long strings are not displayed properly on the about:opentabs page search filed</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028153">Add test for Forget This Site option in Fxview history context menu.</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>ROSHAAN:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2018276">Tab note background colour is incorrect for default light theme</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1997346"> [win/linux] The splitter between content areas does not match Figma spec</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028927">Fix typo in OpenInTabsUtils.confirmOpenInTabs()</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Sameeksha:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008197"> Disclosure button expanded/collapsed state not programmatically defined (Customize button)</a></li>
<li>kofoworola shonuyi:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999012">Actually hide or remove sidebar-shown attribute when in fullscreen.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028293">Add a test for checking sidebar-shown attribute in fullscreen mode</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟 Sayd Mateen:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021681"> Page URL is displayed as tab name when page’s contains about:reader?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Oluwatobi:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1975391">Unable to delete selected history entries from sidebar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1993844">Incorrect Sidebar button state/tooltip hover text</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023913">The city name heading level doesn’t follow the correct heading level order</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Nishchay [:nish]:<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031961"> Unable to add tabs to old closed tab groups (tabGroupState.splitViews is undefined)</a></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>In preparation for the Project Nova restyling of the about:addons page, we have refactored about:addons into separate per-component ES modules, splitting the monolithic aboutaddons.js and aboutaddons.html into 16 dedicated component files under components/ (with no behavior or UI changes) –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032014"> Bug 2032014</a>
<ul>
<li>NOTE: if you have working on patches with changes to about:addons internals it is very likely you’ll need to rebase and solve merge conflicts hit on top of this refactoring, the internals are still largely the same as before but don’t hesitate to reach out to the Addons team if you have doubts / questions or need help to figure out how to adapt your patch of top of these changes</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed exportFunction to preserve the constructibility of the wrapped function instead of unconditionally making all exported functions implicitly as constructors –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033173"> Bug 2033173</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Gregory Pappas for contributing this improvement to the Content Scripts’ Xray Wrappers helpers!</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Fixed a Firefox 151 regression where extension content scripts accessing location.ancestorOrigins caused subsequent page script reads of the same property to fail with “Permission denied”, breaking sites like Gmail –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034329"> Bug 2034329</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Simon Farre for promptly investigating and fixing this recent regression!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Updated sessions.getRecentlyClosed() to remove the hardcoded cap when maxResults is omitted –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392125"> Bug 1392125</a>
<ul>
<li>Shoutout to Amine Zroual for contributing this enhancement to the sessions WebExtensions API!</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=750915">Artem Manushenkov</a> fixed an issue where autosuggestion popup was removing overridden indicators from properties in the Inspector (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1983408">#1983408</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=446257">Andrea Marchesini [:baku]</a> fix DevTools cookie header serialization for long cookies, which could lead to cookies not being visible in Netmonitor (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031299">#2031299</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> fixed a toolbox crash that was happening we couldn’t find a localization file (e.g. when using a language pack on Nightly) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028930">#2028930</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> improved @container tooltip so it show the value of variables used in style()(<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030239">#2030239</a>), has enough contrast in dark mode (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033782">#2033782</a>) and contains a link to select the container (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031688">#2031688</a>)
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3.png"><img alt='Firefox Developer Tools showing a CSS @container style() rule in the Rules panel. A popover for a element displays container properties including "container-name: hello section-container", "container-type: inline-size", and the custom property "--w: 100px", while indicating that --secondary and --plouf are not set. Below, the container query uses nested var() fallbacks, and a CSS declaration previews the resolved value for background-color.' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2071" height="532" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3.png" width="1038"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=656417">Hubert Boma Manilla (:bomsy)</a> is making good progress on migrating the Console to CodeMirror 6 (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032758">#2032758</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026569">#2026569</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fluent</h4>
<ul>
<li>We’re now at over 72% of our strings being Fluent! Got a component still using .properties? Convert when you can!</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image5.png"><img alt="Stacked area chart titled “Are We Fluent Yet?” showing the number and type of localization strings available in Firefox from 2018 to 2026. The chart tracks Fluent strings (green), Properties strings (blue), DTD strings (pink), and a small number of INI strings. Over time, Fluent strings steadily increase while DTD and Properties strings decline. A tooltip at April 26, 2026 shows 10,372 Fluent strings, 3,997 Properties strings, and no remaining DTD or INC strings, illustrating Firefox’s ongoing migration to the Fluent localization system." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2073" height="924" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image5.png" width="1509"></a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Migration Improvements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to dao for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035009">fixing a recent alignment issue in the migration wizard dropdown</a></li>
<li>Thanks to volunteer contributor Anthony Mclamb for his patch that <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027915">disables the legacy EdgeHTML Edge migrator</a>! Once that finishes rolling out, presuming no surprises, we’ll go ahead and remove the migrator entirely.</li>
</ul>
<h4>New Tab Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova for New Tab has ridden the trains to Beta! It will be enabled by default, globally, when Firefox 151 goes out to release on May 19th
<ul>
<li>It’s possible that we’ll do a train-hop coupled with an experiment to enable HNT Nova for a few clients a bit earlier.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032213"> enabled Nova designs for New Tab</a>, rolling out the updated layout, widgets, and customization panel behind HNT Nova flags.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033165"> fixed the Nova content feed to render the intended four‑column layout</a> by correcting CSS grid breakpoints.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033264"> resolved a first‑load failure in the Weather widget</a> by fixing init order and fetch timing, eliminating the “Oops” error.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031707"> synchronized the Weather toggle between about:preferences#home and the panel</a> via the shared showWeather pref to prevent desync.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2021460"> updated Nova grid focus order</a> to align tab flow with visual order for keyboard users.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034620"> fixed critical UI issues in Lists and Timer widgets</a> covering overflow, controls, and layout stability.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032462"> guarded document.dir access in Nova render paths</a> to avoid startup cache worker errors and improve startup stability.</li>
<li>Rolf<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031568"> added a new normalization method for the inferred interest vector</a> to stabilize topic relevance across sessions.</li>
<li>Rolf<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031569"> prevented unnecessary content refreshes during Pocket New Tab experiments</a>, reducing jank and bandwidth.</li>
<li>Sameeksha<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008197"> defined the Customize button’s expanded/collapsed state programmatically</a> using aria-expanded for better a11y.</li>
<li>liz<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008119"> clarified follow/unfollow/blocked button names with topic context</a> so screen readers announce clear actions.</li>
<li>Vector<a href="https://bugzil.la/2008128"> marked the Delete from History control as opening a dialog</a> via aria-haspopup=dialog for assistive tech.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers pref off</a>, restoring user selections.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> corrected privacy link color and focus styles</a> for contrast and keyboard visibility.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2030873"> added a wallpaper toggle reset in the Nova customization panel</a> so users can quickly restore default wallpapers without extra steps.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031669"> fixed the Customize pencil button to match the Nova spec</a>, aligning placement and iconography for visual consistency.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032607"> updated the ‘Fresh new’ wallpapers copy</a> to a clearer, localized message for better comprehension.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> fixed Nova privacy link color and focus styles</a> to meet contrast and focus ring guidelines, improving accessibility on New Tab.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034098"> adjusted Sponsored tile character limits</a> to prevent truncation/overflow, yielding cleaner titles across grid and wide tiles.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers user pref to false</a>, restoring wallpapers for affected users and preventing unintended disablement.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034688"> hooked the wallpaper check into the new toggle logic</a> so the Customization Panel accurately reflects wallpaper availability and state.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034912"> landed Nova UI updates for the Daily Briefing 3-pack card</a>, improving spacing, type scale, and tap targets.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2030873"> added a wallpaper toggle reset in the Nova customization panel</a> so users can quickly restore default wallpapers without extra steps.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2031669"> fixed the Customize pencil button to match the Nova spec</a>, aligning placement and iconography for visual consistency.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2032607"> updated the ‘Fresh new’ wallpapers copy</a> to a clearer, localized message for better comprehension.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033927"> fixed Nova privacy link color and focus styles</a> to meet contrast and focus ring guidelines, improving accessibility on New Tab.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034098"> adjusted Sponsored tile character limits</a> to prevent truncation/overflow, yielding cleaner titles across grid and wide tiles.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034145"> fixed a regression that flipped the Wallpapers user pref to false</a>, restoring wallpapers for affected users and preventing unintended disablement.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034688"> hooked the wallpaper check into the new toggle logic</a> so the Customization Panel accurately reflects wallpaper availability and state.</li>
<li>Irene Ni<a href="https://bugzil.la/2034912"> landed Nova UI updates for the Daily Briefing 3-pack card</a>, improving spacing, type scale, and tap targets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Marco has fixed a<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034743"> couple</a> of<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1989632"> issues</a> with the places databases to try and improve stability. This should help with avoiding users losing bookmarks or favicons.</li>
<li>Work continues on the new separate search bar to improve the functionality, e.g.<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033231"> allowing middle click</a> to perform a search in a new tab,<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032991"> avoiding performing a</a> search when adding a search engine.</li>
<li>Work also continues on the new Nova layouts.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Smart Window</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032122">uplifted 10 bugs</a> to 150.0.1 dot release addressing initial user feedback from diary study and <a href="https://connect.mozilla.org/">Connect</a>
<ul>
<li>jump to bottom of conversation <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028692">2028692</a></li>
<li>stop streaming button <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029204">2029204</a></li>
<li>back/forward navigation from assistant <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029229">2029229</a></li>
<li>dark mode for various chips <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2024499">2024499</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>search engine switching from smart bar <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021973">2021973</a></li>
<li>Nova styling within smart window <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026794">2026794</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Storybook/Reusable Components/Acorn Design System</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dustin converted moz-breadcrumb-group variables into JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029181">Bug 2029181 – Convert moz-breadcrumb-group variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-box-* variables into JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029180">Bug 2029180 – Convert moz-box-* variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-promo variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029190">Bug 2029190 – Convert moz-promo variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-reorderable-list variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029191">Bug 2029191 – Convert moz-reorderable-list variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin converted moz-visual-picker variables to JSON design tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029193">Bug 2029193 – Convert moz-visual-picker-item variables into JSON design tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin updated browser-shared.css so it passes use-design-tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022985">Bug 2022985 – Update browser-shared.css so it passes use-design-tokens</a></li>
<li>Dustin updated popup.css so it passes use-design-tokens <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022979">Bug 2022979 – Update popup.css so it passes use-design-tokens</a></li>
<li>Jon added opacity tokens and added opacity to use-design-tokens stylelint rule  <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1955325">Bug 1955325 – Create opacity tokens</a></li>
<li>Jon converted toolbar design tokens to JSON <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2017970">Bug 2017970 – Convert toolbar design tokens to json</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed moz-select with panel-list drop-down size inconsistency <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032365">Bug 2032365 – Applications Action drop-down menus sometimes have a different size when opened</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed issue with the disabled state of moz-radio component <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027123">Bug 2027123 – moz-radio disabled state cannot be changed while the moz-radio-group is disabled</a></li>
<li>Anna updated moz-button and moz-box-button components to prevent label corruption when accesskeys are present and the label changes.   <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022326">Bug 2022326 – moz-button with accesskey label becomes corrupted when l10nId updates dynamically</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>UX Fundamentals</h4>
<ul>
<li>The error pages shown when a server sends back an invalid response header or an unsupported content encoding now display accurate, context-specific messages. The invalid response header page also gained a helpful list of next steps. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027209">2027209</a></li>
<li>In progress: The error page illustrations are being replaced with new artwork, and the system now supports per-illustration size configuration, giving each image the ability to define its own appropriate dimensions. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031837">2031837</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings Redesign</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tim converted settings related to Accessibility page to config-based pane <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968116">Bug 1968116 – Convert settings related to Accessibility page to config-based settings</a></li>
<li>Benjamin converted Privacy &amp; Security page to the config-based pane <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1968112">Bug 1968112 – Convert settings related to Privacy &amp; Security page to config-based settings</a></li>
<li>Finn integrated Firefox Labs page into setting-pane config <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021047">Bug 2021047 – Integrate Firefox Labs page into setting-pane config</a></li>
<li>Anna converted Firefox Updates section to config-based prefs <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1990961">Bug 1990961 – Convert Firefox Updates section to config-based prefs</a></li>
<li>Mark Kennedy added moz-promo, that is welcoming users to the redesigned settings <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015093">Bug 2015093 – Add a moz-promo to welcome users to the redesign</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4.png"><img alt="The Firefox settings page in dark mode showing a notification banner that reads, “Same settings, new look!” The message further explains that the page has been reorganized to make settings easier to scan and explore, while keeping all existing settings unchanged. A “Got it” button appears below the message. The “AI Controls” section is visible underneath the banner." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2072" height="559" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4.png" width="1431"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Anna added possibility to search for actions in the redesigned “Applications” section <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020370">Bug 2020370 – It’s no longer possible to search for actions in the new “Applications” section</a></li>
<li>Anna fixed the Settings navbar layout breakage</li>
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<description><![CDATA[Highlights

James enabled adaptive autofill in Nightly for testing, which we believe should provide better results in the URL bar when doing autocomplete!
Jack updated the illustrations shown on some of our error pages to match the latest approved designs, giving users more polished artwork when ...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>James <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032547">enabled adaptive autofill in Nightly</a> for testing, which we believe should provide better results in the URL bar when doing autocomplete!</li>
<li>Jack <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031837">updated the illustrations shown on some of our error pages</a> to match the latest approved designs, giving users more polished artwork when the browser encounters connection or security errors!</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Internet connection error page with an adorable Kit illustration" class="aligncenter wp-image-2080 size-full" height="652" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image2-1.png" width="1584"></p>
<ul>
<li>Controls for the Memories feature <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032998">can now be set during Smart Window onboarding</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Two radio button controls for the Smart Window Memories feature, including "Chats in Smart Window" and "Browsing across Firefox"' class="aligncenter wp-image-2078 size-full" height="546" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image4-1-e1780509799577.png" width="500"></p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>We’ve disabled the CSS filter implicitly applied to WebExtension pageAction SVG icons across all release channels starting in Firefox 152, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016509">completing the deprecation</a>
<ul>
<li><b>NOTE:</b> The blog post published at<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/04/23/webextensions-api-changes-firefox-149-152/"> WebExtensions API changes in Firefox 149-152</a> provides to extensions developers more details about this deprecation and links to the related MDN docs.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h4><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=2031599%2C2033820%2C2034178%2C1930213%2C2035355%2C1611643%2C2020302%2C2026007%2C2031015%2C2035252%2C2036528%2C411384%2C2033780%2C2036199%2C1812100%2C1898257%2C2030070%2C2030072">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir</li>
<li>Pranjali Srivastava</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li> 🌟:23rd: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1812100">Regression: The new swipe-to-navigation indicator stucks for a moment, when deciding not to navigate the other page</a></li>
<li>🌟Akeem Omosanya: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035252">Remove commented-out code in SearchService.sys.mjs</a></li>
<li>Amin Amir:
<ul>
<li>🌟<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">Fix browsingContext.sys.mjs to assign to #contextCreatedHandled instead of contextCreatedHandled</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033820">Fix missing WITHOUT ROWID SQLite performance optimization in SERPCategorization.sys.mjs</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>🌟Sahaj: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031015">Suggest the default target language for translation after changing the detected source language</a></li>
<li>🌟JIANG Zhirui: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036199">Breakpad build failed on Windows using VS2026 due to removal of stdext</a></li>
<li> John Iweh: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030072">Add “Open in New Tab” and “Open in New Container Tab” options to the context menu for Tabs from Other Devices</a></li>
<li>Jak: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030070">Bookmarks and History – should respect the “When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately” setting</a></li>
<li>🌟Andy [:rgbcmy]: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1611643">Autoplayed next video should also be PIP</a></li>
<li> konyhéa: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1930213">“Escape” key should collapse the expanded on hover sidebar launcher even if hover is still active.</a></li>
<li> Pranjali Srivastava:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1898257">Remove icon property from sidebar extensions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026007">Show language-agnostic SelectTranslations context menu item when the source and target languages are the same</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed long-standing regression on the autocomplete and datalist popups for extension inline options pages on about:addons (introduced in Firefox 68 by<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1532724"> Bug 1532724</a>, fix shipping in Firefox 152) –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1595158"> Bug 1595158</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed access to web-accessible resources declared with &lt;all_urls&gt; from sandboxed documents (null-principal URLs), restoring extension redirects from the context-menu search flow, starting in Firefox 152 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033905"> Bug 2033905</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Added exhaustive test coverage for tabs.move() against additional edge cases related to split-view tabs –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029092"> Bug 2029092</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Andreas Farre improved the Session History tab in the Application panel (still behind devtools.application.sessionHistory.enabled)
<ul>
<li>added support for remote debugging (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014064">#2014064</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016121">#2016121</a>)</li>
<li>made sure that calls to History.replaceState are reflected in the UI (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037359">#2037359</a>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> fixed the most frequent DevTools crash we were observing in Telemetry, adding a guard against IDBTransaction errors when retrieving breakpoints in the Debugger (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030260">#2030260</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> fixed the image preview tooltip for relative URLs images in constructed stylesheet (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035503">#2035503</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> reduced the overhead we had because of network requests monitoring by only decoding response content when the user actually want to see the response (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026228">#2026228</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WebDriver</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amin Amir cleaned up an <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031599">incorrect variable assignment</a> in our browsingContext module.</li>
<li>Logan Rosen <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036603">updated stale references and broken links</a> in our documentation about Marionette.</li>
<li>Sameem improved the Marionette and WebDriver BiDi <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020302">screenshot commands to enforce maximum allowed dimensions</a>.</li>
<li>Leo McArdle fixed <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030964">the regression in the “log.entryAdded” event, which lacked an error message in the “text” field for the messages of type “error”</a>.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin fixed an issue in Marionette where <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033769">WebDriver:Navigate and WebDriver:Refresh did not handle errors</a> when the underlying navigation failed.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839953">improved geckodriver to detect an early Firefox exit during startup on Android</a>, avoiding up to 60 seconds of unnecessary connection attempts.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin updated the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028933">geckodriver CI build job to produce a universal macOS binary</a> supporting both x64 and aarch64.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Lint, Docs and Workflow</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sylvestre <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023411">ported some linters</a> (e.g. file-whitespace, test-manifest-toml, license, file-perm, rejected-words &amp; more) to Rust to help improve the runtime of the code review bot.</li>
<li>Dale has been working on migration to moz-src for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034040">customkeys</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035086">dom/quota</a> and <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035295">odom/geolocation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://arewemozsrcyet.com/">https://arewemozsrcyet.com/</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>New Tab Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>We did our first region-specific trainhop on May 11th (just 15% of the US), and turned on HNT Nova (and sometimes Widgets) for those clients to get some advance-data of its behaviour in the wild! A note that HNT Nova gets turned on for everybody when Firefox 151 ships on May 19th.
<ul>
<li>We’ll be launching a similar experiment in the DE, probably on May 12th, also at 15% population.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Most of the team is heads down building out a sports-tracking widget, attempting to get that ready in time to be generally available for the upcoming World Cup event.</li>
<li>Dre landed a new world clock widget, which is currently off by default, but pretty snazzy!</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="World clock widget in New Tab featuring different time zones for YTO, BER, SYD, and LAX." class="aligncenter wp-image-2079 size-full" height="162" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image3-1.png" width="346"></p>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova (URL Bar Design Refresh)
<ul>
<li>Drew and Daisuke continued their work on <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015612">Nova styling for the Address bar</a> (input and view).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Search and Suggest
<ul>
<li>Drew finalized two bugs for World Cup and sports suggestions, which were landed and uplifted: one to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035322">update the localization string for scheduled games</a> and another to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034350">show both teams’ icons in suggestions</a>. Drew also landed and uplifted a fix for <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035353">rich search suggestion icons being forced into a square aspect ratio</a>.</li>
<li>Standard8 updated Ecosia favicons to the latest branding, including QA testing and publishing.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Settings Redesign (SRD)
<ul>
<li>Stephanie landed a test to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021512">ensure search suggestion settings are hidden when quicksuggest is disabled</a>, as well as a patch to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031341">resolve TypeScript issues</a> in search.mjs, and is adding test coverage to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2007397">confirm removed search engines are not displayed in the default engines dropdown</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>General URL Bar and Component Updates
<ul>
<li>Daisuke landed implementation of the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1893083">context menu on URL bar results</a>, and a fix to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2020177">show the loading URL in the URL bar when starting up with a homepage</a>.
<ul>
<li>Marco is working on several tasks, including a <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1756564">PDF download / focus stealing issue</a> and <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1924124">allowing arrays to be bound in Sqlite.sys.mjs</a>. Marco also worked on fixes related to Places, such as <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034743">avoiding replacing the favicons database if it is not corrupt</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Standard8 finalized the <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028423">URL bar test manifest split</a>. Standard8 also <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016401">upgraded us to TypeScript 6</a>.</li>
<li>Moritz landed a fix for URL bar abandonment telemetry being recorded when clicking an engine in the unified search button popup (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032973">Bug 2032973</a>), which was also uplifted. Moritz also <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034507">simplified search mode switcher item activation in tests</a>, and made it so that <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036030">the unified search button popup closes when installing an open search engine</a>.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Smart Window</h4>
<ul>
<li>natural language starting with tab close/undo <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035343">2035343</a> with expandable action log <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031508">2031508</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Tab close and undo actions in Smart Window accompanied by an expandable log of actions taken" class="aligncenter wp-image-2077 size-full" height="256" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1-1.png" width="220"></p>
<ul>
<li>assistant rendering feedback up/down <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2032994">2032994</a> and markdown table <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027029">2027029</a></li>
<li>nova styling blur <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027877">2027877</a> and suggestions <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2026823">2026823</a></li>
<li>accessibility screen reader <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028676">2028676</a> and keyboard focus <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037565">2037565</a></li>
<li>optimize conversation starters extra requests <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030005">2030005</a> and caching <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033430">2033430</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Storybook/Reusable Components/Acorn Design System</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nova token updates occasionally, focused on SRD</li>
</ul>
<h4>UX Fundamentals</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added support for the “SEC_ERROR_CA_CERT_INVALID” certificate error to the Felt Privacy error pages. – <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035942">2035942</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Settings Redesign</h4>
<ul>
<li>Settings redesign is being tested and will hopefully go out in Firefox 152!</li>
</ul>
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Maxx Crawford added a pref to hide the New Tab logo so users can opt out of branding without altering page layout or resorting to CSS overrides.
Harshit enabled video overlay detection in Nightly 153, allowing you to use the context menu to control videos on more pages! We plan on let...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Maxx Crawford <a href="https://bugzil.la/2041708">added a pref to hide the New Tab logo </a>so users can opt out of branding without altering page layout or resorting to CSS overrides.</li>
<li>Harshit <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041819">enabled video overlay detection</a> in Nightly 153, allowing you to use the context menu to control videos on more pages! We plan on letting this ride out in Firefox 153.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXH8Rd6EcWo/">You can try it out on this Instagram reel</a> in Nightly</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Firefox context menu video controls like Pause, Unmute, Speed and Loop." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2081" height="431" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image2-2.png" width="480"></p>
<ul>
<li>A note to WebExtension authors – as part of a <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/04/23/webextensions-api-changes-firefox-149-152/">planned deprecation announced last month</a>, executeScript and insertCSS are now restricted from moz-extension pages starting in Firefox 152 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015559"> Bug 2015559</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> added support and debugging for modern attr()(which is <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038939">enabled on Nightly</a>) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014751">#2014751</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Tooltip in Firefox DevTools for mismatched syntax with attr()" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2082" height="164" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1-2.png" width="872"></p>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h4><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=1717176%2C2031328%2C2038948%2C2011485%2C1455294%2C2035084%2C2039455%2C2036767%2C2039878%2C2013176%2C2022414%2C2036237%2C2036578%2C2041612%2C1262773&amp;list_id=17986996">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
<li>Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Immaculate Atim: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2022414">Switch to using an array instead of an object string for browser.backup.enabled_on.profiles</a></li>
<li>liz: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2011485">Screenshots overlay visible on both splitview browsers</a></li>
<li>🌟 Rahman Mahmutović [:r_m]: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1717176">Can’t change content in box model in inspector for box-sizing:border-box elements</a></li>
<li>Takeru Mitsumori: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038948">Fix typo in ID name about-translations-swap-langauges-icon in about-translations.html</a></li>
<li>🌟 Freya Arbjerg [:freyacodes]: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036767">Blackboxed columns are ignored</a></li>
<li> tom.passarelli: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031328">tab-preview-panel emits unpaired popupshown/popuphidden events, breaking sidebar autohide</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>As part of the work for the Project Nova about:addons page restyling, the about:addons sidebar has been migrated to the moz-page-nav and moz-page-nav-button reusable components, improving accessibility and visual consistency with the Firefox Desktop about:settings page –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1881767"> Bug 1881767</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Implemented WebExtensions negative permissions infrastructure, providing the foundations for enterprise policy “blocked host permissions” features –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1745823"> Bug 1745823</a></li>
<li>Restricted host permission changes for MV3 extensions force-installed via enterprise policy (matching similar behaviors provided by Chrome enterprise policy behaviors) –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1904054"> Bug 1904054</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Mike Kaply for the implementation of this enterprise policy enforcement feature.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed handling of &lt;all_urls&gt; as an API permission in Manifest V3, ensuring the permission is correctly initialized on extension install –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758306"> Bug 1758306</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=789324">Rahman Mahmutović [:r_m]</a> made it possible to edit width/height in the box model section of the Layout panel (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1717176">#1717176</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=446518">Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]</a> improved toggling tools driving in-page highlighters (e.g. the Measuring) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1262773">#1262773</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=446518">Sebastian Zartner [:sebo]</a> added a setting to control visibility of HTML comments in the markup view (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455294">#1455294</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=789044">Freya Arbjerg [:freyacodes]</a> fixed an issue in script blackboxing (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036767">#2036767</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=283262">Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]</a> replaced custom preference to log RDP messages with MOZ_LOG (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1622857">#1622857</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=283262">Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]</a> fixed retrieval of garbage collected script text content (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1758454">#1758454</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WebDriver</h4>
<ul>
<li>Sameem updated the “Take Element Screenshot” command from WebDriver Classic to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2013176">crop screenshots of elements which exceed the viewport</a>. This aligns with the specification and avoids errors when attempting to capture huge elements.</li>
<li>Alexandra Borovova updated the events for new top-level browsing contexts: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1930594">we will not send anymore “browsingContext.domContentLoaded” and “browsingContext.load” events for them, instead the “browsingContext.contextCreated” event will be sent when a tab is ready to be used</a>. This is required to align with the expected per-spec behavior.</li>
<li>Henrik Skupin landed a patch <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430064">allowing geckodriver to gracefully shut down Firefox</a> when geckodriver itself is terminated.</li>
<li>Hiroyuki Ikezoe <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040252">disabled Firefox’s “scroll axis lock” feature</a> so WebDriver actions for wheel input devices can scroll in arbitrary directions when using pan gestures.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Lint, Docs and Workflow</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added a rule to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1790711">prevent new uses of Preferences.sys.mjs</a>.</li>
<li>The browser environment globals within ESLint have <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793814">now been updated</a>. These include Sanitizer, VideoFrame and a few other new ones.</li>
<li>Temporal, and some other definitions have been <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1999036">added to TypeScript</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>New Tab Page</h4>
<ul>
<li>Much has happened in the last 2 weeks! <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED%2CVERIFIED%2CCLOSED&amp;resolution=FIXED&amp;chfieldfrom=2026-05-12T14%3A40%3A16.019Z&amp;chfieldto=Now&amp;bug_id=2015530%2C2024720%2C2028377%2C2028534%2C2033592%2C2035176%2C2036902%2C2037143%2C2037301%2C2037541%2C2037646%2C2037947%2C2038048%2C2038392%2C2038790%2C2038823%2C2038881%2C2038981%2C2038984%2C2039103%2C2039107%2C2039333%2C2039346%2C2039358%2C2039477%2C2039587%2C2039752%2C2039765%2C2039770%2C2039775%2C2039956%2C2039963%2C2040027%2C2040033%2C2040254%2C2040269%2C2040370%2C2040376%2C2040480%2C2040481%2C2040503%2C2040552%2C2040645%2C2040674%2C2040677%2C2041033%2C2041163%2C2041196%2C2041204%2C2041205%2C2041207%2C2041244%2C2041532%2C2041651%2C2041682%2C2041708%2C2041711%2C2041730%2C2041757%2C2041765%2C2041814%2C2042054&amp;product=Firefox&amp;component=New+Tab+Page">Here’s a full bug list</a>, and here are some highlights.</li>
<li>Dre fixed the List widget that was creating a new list too eagerly on the New Tab Page (<a href="https://bugzil.la/2033592">2033592</a>) — prevents accidental list creation and improves the Lists UI reliability.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2035176"> fixed Weather widget small card layout issues with opt-in location options and an error message displayed</a>, resolving card overflow and removing the spurious opt-in error so users see a compact Weather card and correct location prompts on New Tab.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2037301"> added key dates state to the Sports widget</a>, enabling the Sports card to surface event deadlines/key-date highlights on New Tab so sports users see timely date info.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2037541"> added a manage widgets option to the New Tab nova widgets context menu</a>, giving users a direct context-menu entry to open the widget management flow from any widget with Nova enabled.</li>
<li>Scott Downe added a reusable Newtab widget base component to centralize lifecycle, focus/keyboard handling, DOM templates, and telemetry hooks, reducing duplication and making widget behavior more consistent; see<a href="https://bugzil.la/2037947"> Newtab widget base component</a>.</li>
<li>Dre converted per-widget expansion handling to a shared widget expansion handler to unify expand/collapse state management and prevent widgets from incorrectly retaining or losing expanded state; see<a href="https://bugzil.la/2038048"> Convert widget expansion handling to shared widget expansion</a>.</li>
<li>Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py]<a href="https://bugzil.la/2038881"> updated the Sports widget to populate the “follow teams” state from the /teams endpoint</a>, so follow/unfollow toggles now reflect server-side subscriptions and reduce incorrect follow states.</li>
<li>Scott Downe<a href="https://bugzil.la/2038981"> moved widget menu items</a> within New Tab widgets to standardize menu ordering and action grouping, so users find Add/Remove/Configure entries in expected positions across platforms.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2039346"> fixed a World Clock city search bug </a>for the word clocks widget, restoring expected search filtering/matching so city lookups return correct results.</li>
<li>Scott Downe fixed an issue where the New Tab small weather widget size change didn’t always apply by correcting the widget size update path (JS/CSS layout interactions), improving consistent rendering for small-tile weather across responsive breakpoints and platforms; see<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040033"> Newtab small weather widget size change doesn’t always work</a>.</li>
<li>Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py]<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040269"> added a group stage section to match highlights</a> in the sports widget on New Tab so users now see stage-aware grouping and stage labels on match highlight cards, making tournament context (group vs knockout) visible while browsing highlights.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040376"> fixed the small world clock widget not expanding to large while editing clocks</a> so users can enter edit mode and expand the widget as expected; the change wires the edit-mode resize handler to update widget size/class during edits.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040480"> added WCW OMC message strings</a> so World Cup widget messaging flows on New Tab now display the correct copy (localized where available) instead of falling back to missing-text behavior.</li>
<li>Reem Hamoui<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040552"> added a “View all” button and a list view for the results tab at medium widget size</a> so Sports widget users on medium New Tab tiles can expand results and scroll full lists without resizing the widget.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040674"> added WCW “Watch Live” stream strings to the Sports widget strings bundle</a> so the widget can surface a localized “Watch Live” CTA for applicable events.</li>
<li>Dre<a href="https://bugzil.la/2040677"> restored VoiceOver reachability for Edit/Remove in World Clock on macOS</a> so macOS VoiceOver users can now focus and activate clock Edit/Remove controls thanks to accessibility role/label and focus-order fixes.</li>
<li>Maxx Crawford removed the persistent browser logo when all new-tab features (Top Sites, widgets, content feed) are disabled by adding a conditional render guard in the New Tab component, preventing an orphaned logo (<a href="https://bugzil.la/2041033">2041033</a>).</li>
<li>Mike Conley added New Tab jest tests to the node tests Tier 1 CI job<a href="https://bugzil.la/2041757"> Run newtab jest tests as part of node tests Tier 1 job</a> to catch regressions earlier in CI</li>
<li>Irene Ni shipped multiple visual fixes for the Sports widget<a href="https://bugzil.la/2041765"> Sports widget – various visual fixes</a> (spacing, truncation, icon alignment, clipping) to improve readability and layout on constrained viewports.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Picture-in-Picture</h4>
<ul>
<li>kpatenio <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041113">adjusted our YouTube site specific wrapper so that the URL bar toggle appears more reliably</a>, especially when selecting videos from the YouTube search page.</li>
<li>Thanks to Sylvestre for patching <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037420">some</a> <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042141">bugs</a> to prevent some spurious console errors!</li>
<li>Niklas <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2013735">fixed captions on autopip videos failing to sync with the origin videos</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance Tools (aka <a href="https://profiler.firefox.com/">Firefox Profiler</a>)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Firefox Profiler now has a CLI! We also added a profiler-analysis skill to the Firefox codebase. Once you capture a performance profile, you can ask Claude or an AI to analyze it by providing a link or local path. You can use it to analyze a performance regression or debug an issue if you have a profile at hand.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@firefox-devtools/profiler-cli">https://www.npmjs.com/package/@firefox-devtools/profiler-cli</a></li>
<li>You can install it with npm install -g @firefox-devtools/profiler-cli@latest</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<h6>Nova UI refresh</h6>
<ul>
<li>Drew and Daisuke continued working on reorganizing styles and updating the urlbar for Nova.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019154">2019154</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019152">2019152</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041501">2041501</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040532">2040532</a></li>
</ul>
<h6>Suggest</h6>
<ul>
<li>Drew landed several Suggest improvements: realtime suggestions colors, sports suggestions received World Cup tweaks, and online Suggest via OHTTP was enabled for eligible users in Firefox 153.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040561">2040561</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039753">2039753</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035614">2035614</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038843">2038843</a></li>
</ul>
<h6>Adaptive autofill</h6>
<ul>
<li>James fixed soft-block counting to track autofill dismisses, rather than consecutive backspaces on the same autofill, and added telemetry to measure URLs reintegration after blocking.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040819">2040819</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037177">2037177</a></li>
</ul>
<h6>Quick actions</h6>
<ul>
<li>Dharma created a new Firefox Labs quick action, fixed the Update action button, and re-enabled ScotchBonnet in some tests that were not updated yet.</li>
<li>Caleb added Calculator support for certain unicode operators.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023169">2023169</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1928635">1928635</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1923383">1923383</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033861">2033861</a></li>
</ul>
<h6>Multi Context Address Bar</h6>
<ul>
<li>Moritz continued refactoring the urlbar code: converted some of the js modules to not be system modules, fixed dynamic results templates, incorrect reuse of result rows, and keyboard shortcuts on the unified search button panel.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039297">2039297</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036095">2036095</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039844">2039844</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037933">2037933</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030050">2030050</a></li>
</ul>
<h6><i>Other</i></h6>
<ul>
<li>Marco, Drew and Daisuke fixed several intermittent test failures.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2038510">2038510</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2023908">2023908</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2011584">2011584</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938142">1938142</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1971091">1971091</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Search</h5>
<ul>
<li>Mark removed old WebExtension-based search engines from the source tree, removed loading of search add-ons from <i>resource://search-extensions/</i>.</li>
<li>Caleb fixed multiple documentation issues and added a test covering searches from a private window.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1904613">1904613</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035878">2035878</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2037942">2037942</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033545">2033545</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2005724">2005724</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Places</h5>
<ul>
<li>Marco removed some unnecessary database transactions, fixed the bookmarks panel folder dropdown on Windows, and resolved several intermittent test failures.</li>
<li>Thanks to Sam Johnson who fixed the bookmark edit panel showing “mobile” instead of “Mobile Bookmarks”.</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039534">2039534</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505800">1505800</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2008829">2008829</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2029541">2029541</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035084">2035084</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Firefox Nightly: Eyedropper Quick Action, geckodriver 0.37, and Tighter File Permissions – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 205]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Highlights

Dao added a new Eyedropper quick action! Check it out by typing “color” or “eyedropper” in the URL bar (Bug 1803575) on Nightly.



Henrik Skupin released geckodriver 0.37.0, which includes support for several new APIs and various bug fixes. See the release page for details.
Starting ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:37:28 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dao added a new Eyedropper quick action! Check it out by typing “color” or “eyedropper” in the URL bar (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1803575">Bug 1803575</a>) on Nightly.</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Firefox URL bar dropdown with "col" typed in, showing an eyedropper button labeled "Pick a color" below search suggestions.' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2084" height="358" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image1-3.png" width="724"></p>
<ul>
<li>Henrik Skupin <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1938333">released geckodriver 0.37.0</a>, which includes support for several new APIs and various bug fixes. See the <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/tag/v0.37.0">release page for details</a>.</li>
<li>Starting from Firefox 153, access to local file: URLs is being restricted by default.
<ul>
<li>Extensions now require an explicit “Access local files on your computer” permission, separate from broad host permissions, that users must grant.</li>
<li>Extensions can call the extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess() API to determine whether they have been granted access to file: URLs (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2034168">Bug 2034168</a>).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Friends of the Firefox team</h3>
<h4><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?title=Resolved%20bugs%20(excluding%20employees)&amp;quicksearch=1941404%2C2039281%2C2024187%2C1674047%2C1986161%2C2043187%2C2019260%2C2027580%2C2027582%2C2041640%2C2039294%2C2042309%2C1830551%2C2031735%2C2043952%2C1972065%2C2043958%2C2042419%2C2042820%2C2022661%2C1994826%2C2041802%2C1315558%2C1930776%2C2042921%2C2043938">Resolved bugs (excluding employees)</a></h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/niklasbaumgardner/NewContributorScraper">Script to find new contributors from bug list</a></p>
<h4>Volunteers that fixed more than one bug</h4>
<ul>
<li>:Vincent</li>
<li>Chris Vander Linden</li>
<li>DrSeed</li>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad</li>
<li>Sam Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h4>New contributors (🌟 = first patch)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Francis :mckenfra: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1315558">tld service for webextensions</a></li>
<li>any1here: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042309">about:preferences#privacy is broken with MOZ_DATA_REPORTING false</a></li>
<li>pullmana8: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031735">Fix protocol/Actor.js to throw an Error instead of an Actor</a></li>
<li>RAN1: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1830551">Firefox Crashes on Quit When Running Two Browsers With Separate Profiles</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Project Updates</h3>
<h4>Accessibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>Morgan added a new accessibility-specific, front-end review skill to mozilla central! 🎉 You can read about it, and learn how to use it <a href="https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/bug-mgmt/processes/accessibility-review.html#automated-accessibility-review-skill">in the accessibility review source docs</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Add-ons / Web Extensions</h4>
<h5>Addon Manager &amp; about:addons</h5>
<ul>
<li>Migrated addon-page-header and addon-card action buttons to the reusable moz-button web component as part of the ongoing Nova restyling of about:addons –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042200"> Bug 2042200</a> /<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042204"> Bug 2042204</a></li>
<li>Extended moz-page-nav-button with a forwarded title property to fix an accessibility issue where the component lacked a label in collapsed state; Landed in Firefox 153, and uplifted to Firefox 152 for about:settings which was already riding the 152 release train –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2040971"> Bug 2040971</a></li>
<li>Fixed a shutdown-timing bug where a pending GMP update-check timer could fire after XPCOMShutdownThreads started, causing a pref write assertion; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2043803"> Bug 2043803</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtensions Framework</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed MV2 content scripts incorrectly injecting into guarded hosts because MozDocumentMatcher::MatchesURI was not consulting CheckGuarded when mCheckPermissions was false; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041393"> Bug 2041393</a></li>
<li>Added support for accessing ObservableArray attributes (such as adoptedStyleSheets) from XrayWrappers and extension content scripts, unblocking extensions that rely on this Web API; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1751346"> Bug 1751346</a></li>
<li>Wired runtime_blocked_hosts and runtime_allowed_hosts enterprise policy settings through ExtensionSettings to allow administrators to restrict extension host permissions on managed devices, starting in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1805205"> Bug 1805205</a>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Mike Kaply for implementing this enterprise policy enhancement.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h5>WebExtension APIs</h5>
<ul>
<li>Fixed promiseTabWhenReady blocking indefinitely on discarded tabs, preventing cleanup of associated resources and potentially causing memory leaks; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1653876"> Bug 1653876</a></li>
<li>Fixed webNavigation.onCommitted being dispatched twice for cross-origin iframes loaded under Fission, caused by a redundant OnStateChange trigger firing in addition to OnLocationChange; Fixed in Firefox 153 –<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1750196"> Bug 1750196</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>DevTools</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=766005">Chris Vander Linden</a> made the Search input component shared as we plan to use it in the Netmonitor as well (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019260">#2019260</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027580">#2027580</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2027582">#2027582</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=631103">pullmana8</a> improved error management in the DevTools protocol (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031735">#2031735</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=553004">Chris H-C :chutten</a> removed Legacy Telemetry devtools instrumentation (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039650">#2039650</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=13647">:glob ✱</a> fixed an issue in the Inspector where the swatch color for variable in @starting-style rule could have the wrong color (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016778">#2016778</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> exposed heading level more clearly in the accessibility tree (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1588784">#1588784</a>) and in the accessibility highlighter (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2044904">#2044904</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><img alt='Accessibility panel in Firefox DevTools showing a selected "heading (level 3)" node named "Backwards compatibility."' class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2083" height="375" src="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/files/2026/06/image2-3.png" width="727"></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=559949">Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]</a> migrated the markup view to HTML (from XHTML) to fix an issue when editing the markup (CodeMirror 6 does not support XHTML) (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2028058">#2028058</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=557153">Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]</a> fixed an issue in Netmonitor search where it could appear the the search stalled (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042405">#2042405</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/user_profile?user_id=656417">Hubert Boma Manilla (:bomsy)</a> added more connection information (ECH, Delegated Credentials, OCSP, Private DNS, …) in Netmonitor Security tab (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2036404">#2036404</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WebDriver</h4>
<ul>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad improved the window manipulation commands in Marionette and WebDriver BiDi to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1941404">allow individual window geometry properties, such as x, y, width, and height, to be adjusted independently</a>.</li>
<li>Khalid AlHaddad updated our codebase to <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1972065">use constants instead of hardcoded strings</a> for all our session data types.</li>
<li>Alexandra Borovova updated <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2015655">the “emulation.setLocaleOverride” command to also apply a locale emulation in dedicated and shared workers</a>.</li>
<li>Alexandra Borovova fixed <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042385">a regression when there would be no “script.realmCreated” events after the cross-origin navigation</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search and Urlbar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dharma updated context search actions to trigger search instead of entering search mode @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1945080">1945080</a></li>
<li>Daisuke and Drew worked on a lot of Nova updates, including ensuring Nova is tested @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041255">2041255</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2030183">2030183</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2019168">2019168</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2044849">2044849</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2033583">2033583</a></li>
<li>Moritz has worked on several refactorings to allow the urlbar to be used in content @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039828">2039828</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039298">2039298</a>, <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2041280">2041280</a></li>
<li>Middle click paste replaces content was fixed by Moritz @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2042893">2042893</a></li>
<li>Michel added feature to show registrable domain on desktop after its implementation on mobile @ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1986161">1986161</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Hacks.Mozilla.Org: PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, “Keeping the web open and private in the bot era.” Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we’re proposing, and the problems still left to solve. 
Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome 
Browse a news site...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:37:27 +0200</pubDate>
<category>💾  Tools</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="c43"><em><span class="c11 c1">This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, </span><span class="c11 c1 c17"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/keeping-the-web-open-and-private-in-the-bot-era/">“Keeping the web open and private in the bot era.”</a></span><span class="c11 c1"> Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we’re proposing, and the problems still left to </span><span class="c1 c11">solve</span></em><span class="c13 c11 c1"><em>.</em> </span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome </span></h3>
<p class="c40"><span class="c0">Browse a news site in a private window. Shop at a major retailer with a VPN. Visit a video streaming platform with anti-fingerprinting defenses tuned up. You’ll see the same responses: registration walls, block pages, and endless CAPTCHAs. The message is clear: </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">if we think you might be a bot, you’re not welcome</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c53"><span class="c0">Websites have valid reasons for wanting to block bots. Bots enable volumetric abuse</span><span class="c1">, abuse that wouldn’t otherwise be feasible if they had to be carried out by humans</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0"> For example</span><span class="c1">: SEO comment spam, credential stuffing and DDoSing</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> Consequently many sites employ dedicated anti-abuse tooling which aims to keep the bots out whilst minimizing friction for human visitors. </span></p>
<p class="c21"><span class="c0">Unfortunately, that tooling is increasingly failing at both tasks. Browser privacy protections are </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/fingerprinting-protections/">dismantling</a></span><span class="c0"> the passive signals that anti-abuse systems depended on to identify and distinguish </span><span class="c0">visitors</span><span class="c0">. Meanwhile advances in generative AI have rendered CAPTCHAs ineffective: bots now solve them </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity23-searles.pdf">faster and more reliably</a></span><span class="c0"> than </span><span class="c0">humans</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c33"><span class="c0">Many sites are switching to more invasive mechanisms and now ask visitors to disclose </span><span class="c1">identifying information</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> e.g. an email address, a federated login or </span><span class="c1">disabling their VPN</span><span class="c0">. This means greater friction for users, since providing these details on a first visit takes time. It also compromises their privacy, since these details enable the same kinds of cross-site tracking that browser privacy protections were intended to mitigate. </span></p>
<p class="c38"><span class="c0">This </span><span class="c1">leaves</span><span class="c0"> users </span><span class="c1">with a</span><span class="c0"> dilemma. The more effectively they protect their privacy, the harder it is for websites to distinguish them from bots and the worse the treatment they receive. Website operators are also suffering. The additional friction they inflict upon well-behaved visitors harms their site, but many are willing to pay the costs if it mitigates volumetric abuse. </span></p>
<p class="c44"><span class="c1">Browser-based AI agents make this tension more acute. Sites may want to allow agents which are acting on behalf of individual users while blocking agents engaged in volumetric abuse. However, with no effective mechanisms to distinguish the two, websites are opting to block </span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3730567.3732913">both</a></span><span class="c0">. That hurts users, who should be free to choose the user agent they use to access the web; it hurts new browsers and agents, which struggle to interoperate; and it hurts sites, which lose legitimate visitors.</span></p>
<p class="c30"><span class="c0">The consequence is that the web gets worse for everyone. Users get more friction or less privacy or both. Website operators see more volumetric abuse and the friction they add drives away users </span><span class="c1">who</span><span class="c0"> would otherwise want to consume their content or services. New user</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">agents struggle to access the same content as conventional browsers. </span></p>
<h3 class="c12"><span class="c20 c1">The</span><span class="c20 c1"> Costs of </span><span class="c2 c1">Convenient</span><span class="c2 c1"> Solutions</span></h3>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Some large ecosystem players have put forward solutions that leverage their control of the dominant operating systems and their deep integration with consumer hardware. These rely on device attestation: identifiers and privileged code baked into devices at the hardware level, which let manufacturers prove what software is running on a user’s device. Exposing this functionality to the web means attesting to sites that the user is running approved software with trusted hardware and therefore isn’t a bot. There have been two substantive proposals.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Google’s Web Environment Integrity, <a href="https://www.theregister.com/software/2023/11/02/google-abandons-web-environment-integrity-api-proposal/335969">abandoned in 2023</a>, was the blunt version. It attested to the user agent itself, as well as the operating system and device in use. Users would have lost control in two ways: once to the attester, which would decide which operating systems and devices could be blessed, and again to the website, which would decide which software to accept. If sites had adopted allow-lists of approved user agents, building a new browser would have become virtually impossible, and sites could have withdrawn access from any user agent they chose.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c0">Apple’s Private Access Tokens, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=huqjyh7k">deployed</a> across their ecosystem in 2022, have more subtle issues. Built on the Privacy Pass protocol standardized at the IETF, they get a lot right: a user receives a renewed, limited batch of one-time tokens that can be presented to websites without linking their visits together. This provides privacy for users and has shown rate limits to be an effective tool for sites – both points we’ll return to later in this post.</span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c1">However, Private Access Tokens rely on device attestation, requiring that the hardware manufacturer be in overall control of the user’s device. Presenting a PAT tells a website you are locked into Apple’s rules for what counts as acceptable software. </span><span class="c1">Due to PAT’s technical design</span><sup class="c1"><a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/?p=48374#:~:text=PAT%20requires">[1]</a></sup><span class="c1">, there’s no way to open the system to other sources of scarcity without compromising the system’s privacy properties, meaning that if more widely deployed, access to the web would</span><span class="c1"> become tied to having bought expensive hardware from a small, hard to change set of vendors</span><span class="c1">. </span></p>
<p class="c9"><span class="c1">Both approaches are ultimately hostile to users and to the openness of the web. Both are premised on parts of a user’s device that sit within the manufacturer’s control and beyond the user’s own. Were they widely deployed, the web would become just another walled garden with centralized gatekeepers controlling acceptable hardware, operating systems and software. As convenient as these solutions are for the players who already dominate the ecosystem, we think there’s a better path.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">A Better Path Forward </span></h3>
<p class="c24"><span class="c1">Bots’ harms arise from their ability to operate beyond human scale. For sites to prevent volumetric abuse they</span><span class="c0"> don’t actually need to know </span><span class="c1">the user’s</span><span class="c0"> identity or </span><span class="c1">receive cryptographic</span><span class="c0"> proof that they’re running approved softwar</span><span class="c1">e. If sites knew their visitors were restricted to a rate </span><span class="c1">limit</span><span class="c1"> set by a site, that would be enough.  </span></p>
<p class="c34"><span class="c1">Rate limits</span><span class="c0"> only make sense if </span><span class="c1">they’re</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">tied to</span><span class="c0"> something scarce; something an attacker can’t cheaply replicate to evade the limit. </span><span class="c0">Without anchoring to a scarce resource, like the trusted hardware used in Private Access Tokens, attackers can generate as many fresh identities as they need to bypass the rate limit. </span></p>
<p class="c56"><span class="c1">However, </span><span class="c0">hardware is just one option for </span><span class="c1">scarcity</span><span class="c0">. Anything a user already has that an attacker can’t trivially spin up at scale will work</span><span class="c1">: e</span><span class="c0">mail addresses and phone numbers are naturally scarce</span><span class="c1">. A paid subscription costs an attacker the same as a real user.  </span><span class="c0">Even maintaining an account on a free service requires </span><span class="c1">some</span><span class="c0"> non-trivial work. </span></p>
<p class="c39"><span class="c0">What if we could use these scarce signals across the web? We</span><span class="c1"> could build </span><span class="c0">an open ecosystem with many parties offering scarcity signals, each site choosing which to accept. By </span><span class="c0">opening up who can provide a signal, and letting sites choose which to accept, we can avoid transferring control to device manufacturers and the resulting harms. </span></p>
<p class="c39"><span class="c1">As a concrete example of who might be well positioned to provide such a signal, we can consider VPN providers acting as a subscription service. Sites routinely block VPN users indiscriminately, whether through a deliberate policy choice or through an indirect consequence of rate limiting visitors per IP address. But a VPN subscription is a perfect source of scarcity. If the VPN provider could vouch for its users so that sites could rate limit each user individually – then users would be able to browse the web with less friction and without giving up their VPN usage. </span></p>
<p class="c35"><span class="c0">The catch is that building </span><span class="c1">a system that can enable this</span><span class="c0"> on the open web whilst </span><span class="c1">maintaining user’s privacy</span><span class="c0"> is genuinely difficult. </span><span class="c1">It requires that we take information from one site — that this user holds some scarce thing — and expose it to other sites so that they can use that as the basis for their rate limiting. </span><span class="c0">Letting one site verify a signal from another is </span><span class="c1">the sort of </span><span class="c0">information flow</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">that privacy-pr</span><span class="c1">eserving </span><span class="c0">browsers have spent the last decade locking down to </span><span class="c1">prevent cross-site tracking</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c35"><span class="c1">Our goal would be that no more than the minimum information gets through: a single bit communicating whether the user is below the rate limit set by the site. Leaking anything more – like the source of the scarcity that the rate limit is anchored to – would be unacceptable. Enabling a new cross-site information flow might feel like compromising privacy to gain better access, but reality is more nuanced. If a new system moves sites away from demanding that visitors be identifiable (whether through fingerprinting or login forms), </span><span class="c1">it can be a win for both privacy and access.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">The Foundations </span></h3>
<p class="c50"><span class="c0">The good news is that the cryptographic foundations for a privacy preserving approach already exist. The </span><span class="c1 c3"><a class="c5" href="https://privacypass.github.io/">Privacy Pass protocol</a></span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://privacypass.github.io/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1782228494401139&amp;usg=AOvVaw3uoXdqARBZKjQF5H8uwYKY">,</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.petsymposium.org/2018/files/papers/issue3/popets-2018-0026.pdf">originally developed in 2018</a></span><span class="c0"> to reduce the friction of Cloudflare CAPTCHAs for Tor users, introduced the core primitive: a token that is </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">unlinkable </span><span class="c0">between issuance and redemption. You prove something to an issuer (e.g. by </span><span class="c1">solving a CAPTCHA</span><span class="c0">), receive some tokens, and later present a token to a website. The website can verify the token is legitimate, but can’t link it to the user it was issued to. </span></p>
<p><img alt="A diagram showing the protocol flow for Privacy Pass." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48375" height="1639" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-1.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c27"><img alt="" title=""><span class="c20 c1 c57"><strong>Figure 1</strong>: </span><span class="c0"><em>In Privacy Pass, a CAPTCHA provider can issue tokens to a client which can then be used to bypass challenges for future site visits. Even if the CAPTCHA provider and sites collude, they can’t use the tokens to identify the user or their browsing history.</em> </span></p>
<p class="c52"><span class="c0">Privacy Pass has gone on to be successfully deployed in systems where the issuer and verifier have a prior trust relationship: </span><span class="c0">Apple</span><span class="c0"> uses it to authenticate users of </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/feed/">Private Cloud Compute</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">and</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF">Private Rel</a></span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Overview_Dec2021.PDF&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1782228494402463&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KGoiSPg-8NLvNvIiSSbPt">ay</a></span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">without linking their activity to their identity, </span><span class="c0">Chrome</span><span class="c0"> uses it for </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/ip-protection">two-hop IP protection</a></span><span class="c0">, and </span><span class="c0">Kagi</span><span class="c0"> uses it to provide </span><span class="c17 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html">private search</a></span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">These deployments work in part because a small number of parties have agreed in advance on who issues tokens and who accepts them. </span></p>
<p class="c18"><span class="c0">Applying this approach to an open system where any site can act as</span><span class="c0"> an issuer</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k3QJG2D_Sq4zJiJRn9DfY80hEHuz9UWrJdTt8LbRsMM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.r8jxzjcoeumo">brings real challenges</a></span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> Firstly, even though tokens are unlinkable, knowing a user has access to a specific issuer is a privacy leak on its own, because you can infer that the user meets the relevant issuance criteria. </span><span class="c1">If one site can learn that you have a token from another site, that reveals that you have been to that site, which can be a major privacy problem. </span><span class="c0">This compounds if </span><span class="c1">sites </span><span class="c0">can learn the set of issuers </span><span class="c1">you have visited</span><span class="c0">, since it becomes a fingerprint which can be used to identify </span><span class="c1">you</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c8"><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/11/27/zero-knowledge-proofs-illustrated-primer/">Generic techniques</a></span><span class="c0"> exist for proving a statement in zero knowledge: we can prove that </span><span class="c1">a client</span><span class="c0"> ha</span><span class="c1">s</span><span class="c0"> a token from a set of acceptable issuers without revealing which specific issuer it is. We’ll call this issuer blinding. </span><span class="c0">The generic approach is often slow, but </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-orru-zkproof-sigma-protocols-01.html">bespoke approaches</a></span><span class="c0"> tailored to the underlying cryptography can improve this considerably. </span></p>
<p class="c54"><span class="c0">Another challenge is how sites using rate limits decide who to trust to issue tokens. If an issuer misbehaves then the site’s rate limits become ineffective, enabling volumetric abuse. However, if we need to prevent the site from learning which issuers a user has access to, the site is only going to know that one of its trusted issuers was used, not which one. This makes mistakes or misbehaviour by an issuer difficult to detect, and makes it hard for sites to evaluate new issuers. Solving this challenge is essential for openness. Without adequate information, </span><span class="c0">sites are likely to lean towards conservative issuer selection. </span><span class="c1">That could lead to less choice between Anchors, which in turn could lead to a new form of gatekeeper being created.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c32"><span class="c0">To solve this, sites at least need a way to calculate an aggregate score for each issuer they use. This should roughly correspond to how much of the traffic it considers abusive to have come from users using that particular issuer. Mozilla has long invested in systems like </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/partnership-ohttp-prio/">Prio</a></span><span class="c0"> which use multiparty computation (MPC) to protect user privacy whilst enabling aggregate measurements of system behaviour. </span></p>
<p class="c59"><span class="c0">Privacy Pass also struggles to handle dynamic adjustments to rate limits. Once tokens have been issued, they’re difficult to invalidate without either revoking all active tokens or risking attacks which can compromise the privacy of users. It’s also beneficial if sites can adjust rate limits on a per </span><span class="c1">client</span><span class="c0"> basis, for example by increasing rate limits where they become more confident the </span><span class="c1">client</span><span class="c0"> is benign and withdrawing access </span><span class="c1">when abuse is detected</span><span class="c0">. </span></p>
<p class="c47"><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-schlesinger-cfrg-act-00.html">Anonymous Credit Tokens</a></span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">offer a useful building block to solve this problem. Conventional Privacy Pass schemes rely on issuing a bucket of tokens but ACT works differently by enabling the use of a credential with state. For example, an ACT credential can hold an internal counter. When the credential is presented, the site can check the counter is over some threshold and mutate it, increasing or decreasing </span><span class="c1">the counter whenever</span><span class="c0"> the site’s perception of the holder has improved or worsened. Critically, the exact value is never leaked to the site, preventing the site from tracking the holder and ensuring successive presentations of the same credential can’t be linked. </span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Putting it together </span></h3>
<p class="c19"><span class="c1">So how can we combine these techniques to build a system which can enable privacy-preserving rate limiting on the open web? In May 2026, we participated in a </span><a href="https://pactworkshop.com/"><span class="c17 c1">W3C CG Meeting</span></a><span class="c0"> in collaboration with Cloudflare, Chrome and other web stakeholders in which we started sketching out a design we’re calling PACT – Private Access Control Tokens. </span></p>
<p class="c19"><span class="c0">Rate limits need a starting point, a source of scarcity to anchor on. We’ll call an entity that provides such a source an </span><span class="c2 c1">Anchor</span><span class="c0">. To a user who meets the Anchor’s criteria, like having a subscription,</span><span class="c0"> an account in good standing</span><span class="c0">, or a verified phone number, an Anchor issues a batch of </span><span class="c2 c1">Endorsement </span><span class="c0">tokens, following the Privacy Pass model. In practice, Anchors could be any website which has access to this kind of signal. An Endorsement conveys</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c0">scarcity to other sites. </span></p>
<p class="c51"><span class="c0">That’s enough for a simple system where access is </span><span class="c1">either granted or denied</span><span class="c0">. But as we discussed earlier, we also want the ability to increase access where a visitor behaves benignly and decrease it where they don’t. </span><span class="c1">The state needed to enforce a rate limit</span><span class="c0"> can’t live in the Endorsement, because Endorsements cross trust boundaries between unrelated sites. We need a second object that can hold that state, scoped to the party that maintains it. </span></p>
<p class="c48"><span class="c0">We’ll call that the party that handles rate limiting for a site a </span><span class="c2 c1">Moderator </span><span class="c0">and the stateful object a </span><span class="c2 c1">Credential</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c1">A Credential is specific to a Moderator and, unlike endorsements, we limit each site to nominating a single Moderator. In the common case the site itself plays the Moderator role, so there’s no new entity or trust boundary. </span><span class="c1">A Moderator can also be a third-party service shared across many sites, allowing those sites to cooperatively share a rate limit.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c48"><span class="c0">In the terminology of the previous section, the Anchor is the issuer of Endorsements, and the Moderator both verifies Endorsements and issues Credentials. A Moderator manages rate-limit policy: it decides which Anchors it trusts, accepts their Endorsements, and issues a Credential in return.</span></p>
<p class="c14"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing an overview of the PACT system" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48381" height="1655" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-5.excalidraw21-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c14"><strong><span class="c1 c20">Figure 2: </span></strong><span class="c1"><em>(1) Clients acquire Endorsements from Anchors in the course of normal browsing to sites they have relationships with. (2) Clients can exchange Endorsements for a stateful Credential from a Moderator. (3) Credentials can be used to access sites which use that Moderator. Credentials can be updated over time.</em> </span></p>
<p class="c41"><span class="c0">Directly revealing which Anchor backed an Endorsement would leak a lot of information about the user. The issuer blinding techniques from the previous section solve this: when an Endorsement is redeemed, the Moderator only learns that it came from one of </span><span class="c1">the </span><span class="c0">Anchors it trusts, but not which one. </span></p>
<p class="c28"><span class="c0">When a Moderator covers more than one site, we let Credentials be presented across all of them but partition cookies and storage as</span><span class="c1"> we would for any other third party site</span><span class="c0">. The unlinkability of </span><span class="c1">Credential</span><span class="c0"> presentations keeps this from creating a new cross-site identifier. The benefit is that good behaviour on one site improves access on every site the Moderator covers, and bad behaviour cuts it everywhere. Websites can already build the same capability with a shared account system, so this doesn’t create a new way to lock users out, but it </span><span class="c1">does provide a</span><span class="c0"> new way to grant access without requiring users to give up their privacy. </span></p>
<p class="c28"><span class="c0">Enabling Moderators that cover many sites carries a centralisation risk, simila</span><span class="c1">r </span><span class="c0">to the concentration we see today in anti-abuse providers. The mitigation is that the choice of Moderator stays with each site, and the choice of trusted Anchors stays with each Moderator. Th</span><span class="c1">is</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">can’t</span><span class="c0"> reverse the centralisation pressure the web already faces, but it </span><span class="c1">ensures this system won’t lead to additional lock-in</span><span class="c0">: a new Anchor or a new Moderator can be adopted without coordinating with a dominant vendor. </span></p>
<p class="c46"><span class="c0">The </span><span class="c1">system then has three flows</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> First, the user </span><span class="c1">receives</span><span class="c0"> Endorsements from an Anchor in the course of normal interaction</span><span class="c1">, based on the Anchor’s positive view of the user</span><span class="c0">. This is </span><span class="c0">a relatively rare operation for any given user and Anchor. After all, as our source of scarcity, Endorsements should not be too easy to accumulate.</span></p>
<p class="c10"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the PACT Anchor Flow" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48377" height="1789" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-3.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c10"><strong><span class="c20 c1">Figure 3</span></strong><span class="c1">: <em>In the course of normal browsing, clients browse to websites they have a relationship with. These sites can act as Anchors by issuing Endorsements to clients.</em></span></p>
<p class="c26"><span class="c0">Second, when the user arrives at a site that works with a Moderator, the browser spends an Endorsement from an Anchor the Moderator trusts and receives a Credential in return. The presentation hides </span><span class="c13 c11 c1">which </span><span class="c0">Anchor was used, and </span><span class="c1">neither the Anchor nor the Moderator can trace the Endorsement back to where it was issued</span><span class="c0">. The Moderator decides what initial balance the Credential starts with. If the user has no Endorsements from suitable Anchors at all, existing mechanisms (CAPTCHAs, account creation, federated login) </span><span class="c1">could be used to</span><span class="c0"> bootstrap a Credential the same way, so the system degrades to today’s experience rather than locking the user out.</span></p>
<p class="c7"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the protocol flow between Anchors and Moderators" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48378" height="1789" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-4.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c7"><span class="c20 c1"><strong>Figure 4</strong></span><span class="c1"><strong>:</strong><em> When the client browses to a site, it can prompt the client for a Credential from the Moderator it uses. If the Client doesn’t have a suitable Credential, but does have a suitable Endorsement, it can exchange it for a Credential with the Moderator. In practice, the Moderator and the Site might be the same server. </em></span><em><span class="c0"> </span></em></p>
<p class="c25"><span class="c0">Third, as the user browses, the browser presents the Credential and the Moderator updates </span><span class="c1">the internal state of the Credential</span><span class="c0">. The </span><span class="c1">Moderator can reward </span><span class="c0">behaviour that looks benign and </span><span class="c1">penalize suspicious activity</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c1">but can’t track the use of the Credential or identify it if it’s used on other sites the Moderator covers</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">Revocation falls out of the same mechanism: a Moderator </span><span class="c1">can refuse to return an updated Credential</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> </span></p>
<p class="c7"><img alt="" title=""><img alt="A diagram showing the PACT Moderator Flow" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48379" height="1618" src="https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pact-drawings-5.excalidraw1-scaled.png" width="2560"></p>
<p class="c7"><strong><span class="c20 c1">Figure 5</span></strong><span class="c0"><strong>:</strong> <em>The Client can present the Credential on sites which use the matching Moderator. Sites can check if the Credential is in good standing. The sites can then adjust the access the Credential has in response to behaviour. E.g. increasing it when they gain confidence in the client or reducing it in response to malicious behaviour.</em></span></p>
<p class="c23"><span class="c0">In practice, all of this would happen transparently to the user through a WebAPI that sites acting as Anchors or Moderators would call from JavaScript. In an ideal ecosystem, users would accumulate Endorsements through normal browsing, just by virtue of the sites they already visit, and the rest of the flow would happen in the background as they move around the web, leaving </span><span class="c1">users</span><span class="c0"> with meaningfully less friction. </span></p>
<p class="c16"><span class="c0">AI agents acting on behalf of a user slot into the same flow. An agent can carry its user’s Credentials, in which case the user remains accountable for how the agent </span><span class="c1">behaves.</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c1">S</span><span class="c0">ites would not need to grant any more access than they would to the user themselves. Alternatively, the operator of an agent can run its own Anchor and vouch for its agents the way other Anchors vouch for human users. </span><span class="c0">Sites retain control over which Anchors they accept, so they can choose how to treat agent traffic without needing a separate detection mechanism. </span></p>
<p class="c6"><span class="c0">Several mechanisms combine to keep the information about a user that flows out close to a single bit. Cryptographic unlinkability ensures successive Credential presentations cannot be tied to each other or to the original issuance, so a user’s visits cannot be </span><span class="c1">joined</span><span class="c0"> into a history. Each site is bound to a single Moderator, so the set of Moderators a user has Credentials with never becomes a cross-site fingerprint. The Anchor-to-Credential exchange happens in an isolated browsing context, so during ordinary browsing the only thing the site or its Moderator ever observes is a Credential presentation: </span><span class="c1">the site only learns if </span><span class="c0">the user has a valid Credential below the rate limit, or </span><span class="c1">nothing</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c1">W</span><span class="c0">hen the Moderator updates a </span><span class="c1">Credential</span><span class="c0">, it</span><span class="c0"> adjusts the credentials state without learning what it is.</span></p>
<p class="c6"><span class="c1">The additional privacy given to users from </span><span class="c0">Issuer blinding</span><span class="c1"> makes participating in the system more challenging for Moderators</span><span class="c0">. Because the Moderator can’t see which Anchor backed a Credential at issuance, it can’t give a Credential from a strong Anchor </span><span class="c1">more access</span><span class="c0"> than one from a weak Anchor: doing so would itself leak which Anchor was used. The initial </span><span class="c1">access</span><span class="c0"> has to be uniform across the Moderator’s whole pool of Anchors, which in practice means setting it at the strength of the weakest. </span><span class="c1">However, this is only relevant for that initial access, the Moderator can update credentials according to the holder’s behavior, enabling Credential’s to accrue access over time.</span></p>
<p class="c42"><span class="c0">Building an open ecosystem also requires that sites can make effective decisions about the Anchors they choose to trust</span><span class="c1">. M</span><span class="c0">ultiparty computation systems like </span><span class="c0">Prio</span><span class="c0"> enable aggregate scoring without compromising pr</span><span class="c1">ivacy</span><span class="c0">. When users present Credentials, they can provide an encrypted share which identifies the anchor they use</span><span class="c1">d and can be privately aggregated to compute the quality of an issuer.</span></p>
<h3 class="c24"><span class="c2 c1">Next Steps </span></h3>
<p class="c49"><span class="c1">We think the</span><span class="c0"> architecture we</span><span class="c1">’ve </span><span class="c0">sketched </span><span class="c1">for PACT </span><span class="c0">has the right shape, but many of the details still need to be worked out</span><span class="c1"> and the entire system needs rigorous privacy and security analysis.</span></p>
<p class="c45"><span class="c0">We want to do that work in the open. The IETF is the natural venue for the cryptographic protocols underneath, and the W3C for the WebAPI surface that sits on top. </span><span class="c0">We’ll be </span><span class="c1">bringing</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c3 c1"><a class="c5" href="https://github.com/Moderation-of-unLinkable-Endorsements">draft specifications</a></span><span class="c1"> to these bodies as soon as they’re ready</span><span class="c0">, and we welcome collaborators from across the ecosystem: browser vendors, site operators, anti-abuse providers, and the cryptography community. </span></p>
<p class="c29"><span class="c0">If successful, we think we can provide a system which will keep the web open and </span><span class="c1">private</span><span class="c0">, while still giving sites the rate-limiting signal they need. </span></p>
<h3 class="c29"><span class="c2 c1">Acknowledgements</span></h3>
<p class="c4"><em><span class="c11 c1">The ideas described here are the result of collaboration and conversations with many people, including: Watson Ladd, Thibault Meunier, Michele Orrù, Trevor Perrin, Eric Rescorla, Samuel Schlesinger, Martin Thomson, Eric Trouton, Benjamin Vandersloot &amp; Cathie Yun.</span></em><span class="c11 c1"><em> </em> </span></p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This is another post in our series covering what we learned through the Vision Doc process. We previously <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/lessons-learned-from-the-rust-vision-doc-process/" rel="external">described the overall approach and what we learned about doing user research</a>, we <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/19/what-do-people-love-about-rust/" rel="external">explored what people love about Rust</a>, <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/14/what-does-it-take-to-ship-rust-in-safety-critical/" rel="external">dug into what it takes to ship safety-crticial Rust</a>, and <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/03/20/rust-challenges/" rel="external">described some of the major challenges that people face when using Rust</a>.</em></p>
<p>In this post we walk through what folks have found on their journey to learn the Rust programming language with ups and downs covered.</p>
<p>As a disclaimer, LLMs (Large Language Models) come up in this post because our interviewees brought them up. We're scoping discussion to their use as a learning tool, covering research and example generation, not broader questions about AI (Artificial Intelligence) in software development.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#many-paths-to-needing-rust"></a>
Many paths to needing Rust</h3>
<p>The interviews surfaced several different paths into Rust: curiosity, embedded work, job-market pressure, organizational adoption, and reassignment after a team or company chose Rust. That last path matters because many learners are not evaluating Rust from a blank slate; they are trying to become productive after Rust has already arrived in their work.</p>
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<p>"Funny enough, I've advocated for more niche languages than Rust in the past. Rust has pretty much stopped being as much of a niche language as it was, but it's not Java." -- Fractional CTO</p>
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<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#rust-learning-resources"></a>
Rust learning resources</h3>
<p>Likely as expected, the folks that we talked to reach for a range of resources to learn Rust. Some reach for official documentation, such as <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/" rel="external">The Rust Programming Language Book</a> and find that sufficient to build on what the compiler was already showing them.</p>
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<p>"I started with the official Rust documentation because there are a lot of great examples of how features like the borrow checker work." -- Software engineer at an Automotive supplier</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Others needed more passes and more formats, sometimes reaching for resources the community maintains, such as <a href="https://rustlings.rust-lang.org/" rel="external">Rustlings</a>, <a href="https://danielkeep.github.io/tlborm/book/index.html" rel="external">The Little Book of Rust Macros</a>, and <a href="https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/" rel="external">Learn Rust With Entirely Too Many Linked Lists</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"The first time I went through the chapter in [The Rust Programming Language] on borrow checking, I was like, what is this? I read it again, then I watched a YouTube video of someone explaining the chapter." -- Rust freelance consultant</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Rust book, Rustlings, Zero to Production in Rust, Jon Gjengset tutorials. A bunch of books. It's not a one-pass reading. Can't say how many times I've gone through it." -- Software engineer working on video streaming and storage</p>
</blockquote>
<p>These resources have brought up an entire generation of Rust programmers. But, to some, there is a perception that these resources have trouble keeping pace with the language.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"We'd like to use [The Rust Programming Language/'the book'], but we've found that it's out of date, unfortunately. We've looked at the GitHub repo and found it's got a lot of unresolved issues and unmerged PRs" -- Principal Software Engineering work on Rust adoption in a regulated industry</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Whether or not this is factually true, Rust's growth has nonetheless put more scrutiny on these materials. Companies evaluating adoption and engineers getting reassigned to Rust teams are looking at them with fresh eyes and finding the gaps that affect their own evaluation.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#beginner-stumblings-and-unlearning-habits"></a>
Beginner stumblings and unlearning habits</h3>
<p>It's pretty typical for Rust to be the 2nd, 3rd or Nth programming language that someone picks up. They'd end up writing their most familiar language in Rust, whether C++ patterns, Java patterns, or whatever they knew, for months or even years. Eventually they got comfortable enough to start writing idiomatic Rust.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"There's a bit of a drop in productivity compared to C if you're already familiar with it just because you're learning new rules, new syntax."  -- Principal Firmware Engineer (mobile robotics)</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"In the beginning it was more poking around the code and adding and removing some ampersands and asterisks to try to make sense of <code>mut</code> and not <code>mut</code> and whatever." -- Senior engineer with 20 years of Java experience in cloud and IoT</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We also spoke with someone who found that not having much of a programming background seemed to benefit people picking up Rust. Not having worn-in grooves from other languages may play a role here, and it's worth investigating further.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I had someone who had never programmed much before start working on the internals of [our Rust project]. She was just fine with getting into Rust. It's more of the senior people that struggle as they need to unlearn practices which may work in other languages, but it's not the 'Rust' way." -- Researcher, Automotive OEM R&amp;D Lab</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-to-work-with-the-borrow-checker"></a>
Learning to work with the borrow checker</h3>
<p>We heard a lot about learning to work with the borrow checker instead of against it. People get there through different paths, but a few patterns came up repeatedly.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#the-compiler-as-teacher"></a>
The compiler as teacher</h4>
<p>Rust's diagnostics did the teaching on their own, especially around lifetimes.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"If you mess up the lifetimes in a piece of code that you've written by hand, I usually find that Rust's diagnostics are very helpful" -- Researcher working on static analysis of Rust programs</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Whatever's missing, the compiler usually fills in: it tells me 'you need to declare the lifetime of this reference', so I know and can figure it out. That all generally works pretty well." -- Senior Software Engineer</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-by-doing"></a>
Learning by doing</h4>
<p>Others felt like they only really internalized the borrow checker after writing a lot of Rust. It took projects, coding challenges, prototyping and so on until at some point it clicked.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I actually did not understand the borrow checker until I spent a lot of time writing Rust" -- Founder of a startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"Besides the prototyping work, I also did coding-challenge-type stuff to get familiar with Rust for Advent of Code. [..] It eventually clicked to the point where I wasn't fighting with Rust, it was working for me. I had that experience other people describe: when I managed to get my program to fit with Rust, it worked. I didn't spend time debugging." -- Principal Software Engineer, large SaaS provider</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#letting-go-of-clone-guilt"></a>
Letting go of "clone guilt"</h4>
<p>Some learners arrive with the assumption that good Rust means zero clones, zero copies, lifetimes threaded through everything. They set the bar at optimal before they've learned how to write idiomatic Rust, and it makes the borrow checker feel harder than it needs to be at the outset.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"On one of my first projects, I was like, 'I don't ever want to copy or clone anything,' so I carefully wove through all the lifetimes and got myself into a bit of a bind. Then I saw someone else just cloning the struct I was working with, and it was super cheap. Sometimes you can just clone and it's going to be okay." -- Researcher at a university</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The experienced Rust developers we spoke with consistently said the same thing: clone freely while you're learning, then optimize when you understand the problem. Rust's reputation for performance and correctness feeds this. Newcomers assume anything less than optimal is wrong before they've written a first working program, and clone guilt is how that shows up.</p>
<p>We think it could be an interesting area of future study to check into the patterns Rust programmers employ at different levels of experience and under which circumstances. One member of the Rust Vision doc team that's very experienced with Rust noted that there's kind of an "expected shape" they understand as passing the compiler. This knowledge influences how they approach writing code which wouldn't take that shape and they naturally find themselves understanding when to use so-called workarounds, such as passing around indices into arrays or <code>Vec</code>s.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#multi-paradigm-but-not-the-oop-some-are-used-to"></a>
Multi-paradigm, but not the OOP some are used to</h3>
<p>The Rust programming language is multi-paradigm, and how that lands depends on what you're coming from. We heard some that came from a functional background were delighted with digging into learning how much Rust inherits from that lineage. Some others noted that they and others on their teams struggled to unlearn the object-oriented style they'd come to use heavily in other languages like C++ and Java.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Developers coming from C++ tend to think object-oriented. I think that's a difference between C++ and Rust." -- Architect at Automotive OEM</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"I had exactly that thing, where I would apply all my years of Java and JS thinking, where I could just create some object, not care about it, return it, have it sloshing around between various functions. Found myself reaching for these patterns and then being told 'no, you cannot do that'." -- Principal Engineer at a SaaS company</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Developers coming from functional programming had less to unlearn: strong typing, pattern matching, and an expression-oriented style were already familiar.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"My background has been more functional programming, strong typing. That originated for me as a Lisper: once a Lisper, always a Lisper." -- Principal Software Engineer working on Rust tooling for safety-regulated industries</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"The languages I primarily used before Rust were things like OCaml. Way back, I came from C and C++, the classic languages, and then I spent quite a long time doing primarily pure functional stuff. These days I've ended up back in what I like to think of as a pragmatic center ground [with Rust]." -- Fractional CTO</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#teaching-rust-in-academia"></a>
Teaching Rust in academia</h3>
<p>We spoke with a university professor that's been teaching Rust generally. In the academic environment, they were able to use proxies for some things such as "traits are like interfaces in Java" because the students had already gone through a set of courses in their first and second years that taught them Java. They introduced concepts slowly throughout the course, choosing to deal with some more complex topics like generics later. The outcome generally was that students had no problem picking up Rust in this setting.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I couldn't see any big difference on the embedded side. We also teach an embedded class, and we did an experiment. Half of the students' feedback was worse on the Rust class, mostly because they needed to build the project themselves. The C students just got one from [an LLM], absolutely no problem." -- University Professor, on teaching Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The C cohort leaned on LLMs for the project in ways the Rust cohort couldn't. We don't yet have a clear answer for why.</p>
<p>What did come through clearly was the Rust cohort's experience with the community. Some students needed to figure out which drivers to use for the embedded project and how to use them. Their professor encouraged them to open issues and ask questions directly on GitHub, and the maintainers responded. Students who had never contributed to open source before were getting answers from the people who wrote the code.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#learning-using-llms"></a>
Learning using LLMs</h3>
<p>Some experienced folks shared that they saw LLMs as a tool that can help someone come up to speed quickly, either as a research tool or for generating example Rust code to understand concepts.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I'm optimistic that there's a way to work [LLMs] in that will cut down that learning curve. One of the big things these tools bring is reducing the learning curve in general; these are very good tools to help you navigate a space that you don't know yet." -- Maintainer of large open source Rust crate</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"I try [LLMs] out once a month, usually for generating an example or something like this. Just like with Stack Overflow: when you read an example, you should read it carefully and try to understand it. Not copy and paste it, but type it in your own words in code and then check it, because that's where the teeny tiny little mistakes are." -- Founder of startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For some learners, an LLM is just another way to find answers, no different than a search engine.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"So for the most part, picking up Rust - how do I learn? I'll [use web search for] things, I'll ask [an LLM], I'll just poke around and read the code." -- Senior Software Engineer working in a regulated space</p>
</blockquote>
<p>One founder went further and claimed that LLMs change who can become a Rust developer. One consulting company founder described hiring high school graduates with no systems programming background and training them as Rust developers, with LLMs filling in the learning gaps that would previously have required years of experience.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"At the beginning, I was worried, but now that we have [LLMs] supporting development, the difficulty of the language doesn't matter. I'm seeing a huge opportunity behind strong runtime languages like Rust. [..] In [Developing Country] we hire 20-25 high school graduates, train them to be Rust programmers, then they enhance our workforce worldwide." -- Founder of a consulting company</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We heard this from one organization. This is a claim that the combination of Rust's compiler and LLM tooling can dramatically shorten the path from beginner to working developer. Whether it generalizes depends on questions we can't answer from a single interview: how long these developers stay, what kind of code they can maintain independently, and whether this training/learning model works outside this company's particular structure. If it holds up, the pool of people who can become Rust developers is much larger than the usual hiring profile suggests.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#organizational-considerations-for-rust-learners"></a>
Organizational considerations for Rust learners</h3>
<p>We spoke with a number of folks on teams that are using Rust in larger organizations. Teams wanted to know that everyone would end up at roughly the same level of competence, which led a good number to invest in training courses to get there. Some leaders found that staff was able to ramp well enough by reading The Rust Programming Language, going through Rustlings, and then picking up lower risk and priority tickets to work on. Having a sense of community was also important within companies; it helps people know they are not alone when they are asked to work on Rust after, say, a reorganization happens.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"[..] the idea with the class as opposed to 'just read the Rust book on your own' was that this gives everyone kind of the same baseline going in."  -- Principal Firmware Engineer (mobile robotics)</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"So typically we're going to have people work through Rustlings, work through The Rust Programming Language. We have them then start to pick up lower risk tickets to work on." -- Principal Engineer at a large SaaS provider</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>"We've got an internal Slack channel for Rust learning where people can drop questions and others will come in and answer them. That helps build up understanding and community." -- Software Engineer at a large corporation</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Some organizations found that while the person they'd hire would need to learn Rust, it was still preferable to the alternative of hiring someone for a critical piece of software written in another language.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"They needed to grow and maintain this C++ codebase. They had a C++ wizard, and they tried for about two years to find someone with the same level of expertise. They ended up hiring people that didn't know Rust and ramping them up, creating FFI bindings from the C++ side so they could work in Rust. And you can feel it: the borrow checker is teaching these people the right way to handle their systems." -- Principal Engineer at an Automotive OEM</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The community and helping each other aspect seems to grow bonds as organizations mature.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Our team is [all about] mentorship. I've mentored people coming up to speed on Rust, and people help each other hugely." -- Principal Software Engineer at a large SaaS company</p>
</blockquote>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#silent-attrition"></a>
Silent attrition</h3>
<p>We identified some cases where people have approached Rust and bounced off of it, for one reason or another. In the below case, someone with a background in a language with fewer guardrails found themselves frustrated enough with Rust to walk away.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"All of that means that that embedded ecosystem is very frustrating to somebody who comes from C and is like, why can't I just get a pointer to this peripheral and then write into the registers. What are you doing to me? [..] My friend never got over that. He looked at it and said, I'm not going to deal with this and walked away." -– A second University Professor</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There may be language features that for a particular domain are not seen as comfortable or usable yet, such as async Rust usage in a safety domain. We'd like to map which language features feel off-limits in which domains; async in safety-critical work probably isn't the only case.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"We're not fully sure how async [Rust] will work out in the long run in our domain. [..] People don't feel comfortable yet since C++14 doesn't provide such concepts. [..] It's the chicken-and-egg problem again: we probably need to gain some experience to see whether we can actually benefit from these new concepts in the automotive and safety domains." -- Team Lead at Automotive Supplier (ASIL D target)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>We heard in at least one case, that while the language was challenging and there was a near bounce, the tooling helped keep them coming back and trying.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Well, I think my early impressions of Rust - one is I find C++ so intimidating, and I think a big part of why I was able to succeed at [..] learning Rust is the tooling. I mean, all this makes sense [..] but it's like, for me, getting started with Rust, the language was challenging, but the tooling was incredibly easy." -- Founder of another startup built on Rust</p>
</blockquote>
<p>While it might be considered more of a community concern, if there are interactions online and in spaces that point to learners having
so-called "skill issues" this feeds into the narrative that Rust must be hard to learn. We may be unintentionally turning away Rust Project contributors and maintainers due to the vibes being put out when new learners show up in certain spaces.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"People are very helpful, but generally the attitude is: if your program is very complicated, it's mostly a skill issue. There's not that much empathy when people get stuck learning, and a lot of people are just pushed away by it. There's probably a huge number of people who silently stop wanting to write Rust, because at some point it gets complicated and the feedback they get is 'you just need to be a better programmer, obviously'." -- Software Engineer at a SaaS Provider</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#feedback-on-near-bounces-from-survey"></a>
Feedback on near-bounces from survey</h4>
<p>We found a few interesting perspectives collected in the Rust Vision doc survey which we administered with examples of bouncing and coming back:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"I started before 1.0, got stuck very soon when trying to translate patterns from C++ to Rust (due to borrow checking). I tried again after 1.0 and it stuck. [..]" -- Survey Respondent A</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Survey Respondent A went on to share in a more detailed response about a perceived weakness in Rust learning materials related to lifetimes and the borrow checker are explained. There was an observation that it's fairly easy to run into more complex situations with lifetimes and the borrow checker. They felt that the current state of this sort of material and tutorials is fairly superficial and can leave learners stuck when they run into those more complex situations.</p>
<p>One respondent that bounced once and came back shared challenges around usage of async. In concert with Rust's memory-safety and the borrow checker, they found some of the nitty-gritty details of async were difficult to learn. While we're aware of the Rust Project's continuous efforts to improve Rust's async story, this is another data point of a user that faced challenges.</p>
<p>Another survey respondent shared how they had multiple times bounced in trying to learn Rust. They returned after a year or so and found Rustlings to be highly motivating. We note that having multiple pathways for folks to learn Rust opens up more possibilities for those that nearly bounced, just like this person.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#need-more-focused-work-on-silent-attritrion"></a>
Need more focused work on silent attritrion</h4>
<p>The thing that stood out most to us was the lack of real, first-hand knowledge of having bounced when learning Rust. While this is an obvious effect of soliciting answers to our survey and opportunities to interview through Rust channels and our networks, this cohort is good future candidate where interviews could start.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#conclusions"></a>
Conclusions</h3>
<p>Across these conversations, the experience of learning Rust depended heavily on context. Why someone was learning and what support they had mattered as much as the borrow checker. The same kinds of examples kept coming up: a training course that got a team to a shared baseline, a maintainer answering a student's first GitHub issue, and a colleague whose code showed that cloning was okay.</p>
<p>That context is largely something the community has a hand in. With that in mind, here is what we take away from what we heard, and what we still don't know.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#what-seems-worth-trying"></a>
What seems worth trying</h4>
<p><strong>Learning materials aimed at unlearning.</strong> Syntax barely came up when people described their struggles. People struggled with unlearning habits from previous languages, whether OOP structuring from C++ and Java or the instinct to grab a raw pointer to a peripheral. Most of our learning materials teach Rust from first principles, and that works. What we didn't come across is much written for, say, the engineer with ten years of Java who lands on a Rust team after a reorg: material that names the patterns they'll reach for that won't transfer, and shows what to do instead. The professor we spoke with did a version of this in the classroom, leaning on "traits are like interfaces in Java" and saving generics for later in the course, and the students did fine. Something similar could work outside the classroom too.</p>
<p><strong>Put the "clone freely while you're learning" advice somewhere official.</strong> Every experienced developer we spoke with gave the same advice, but learners seem to mostly pick it up by accident, like the researcher who happened to see someone else cloning the struct they had been carefully threading lifetimes through. Saying it early in official materials would take some of the steepness out of the curve. The broader version belongs there too: idiomatic Rust doesn't have to mean optimal Rust, especially on a first project.</p>
<p><strong>Diagnostics are already a primary learning resource: several people told us the compiler taught them lifetimes before any documentation did.</strong> Diagnostics reach learners right at the moment they're stuck. When writing new ones, it seems worth keeping the confused newcomer in mind alongside the expert, because for a lot of people this is where the learning happens.</p>
<p><strong>Is "the book" actually out of date?</strong> Whether or not The Rust Programming Language or other materials are actually behind, a team evaluating Rust looked at its repository, saw unresolved issues and unmerged PRs, and moved on. As more companies evaluate adoption, more people will look at these materials with the same fresh eyes. Visible issue triage and some communication about what's current and what's planned would address the perception, separately from whatever content work may or may not be needed.</p>
<p><strong>How stuck learners get treated is shaping who stays.</strong> We heard about students getting answers on GitHub from the maintainers who wrote the code, and we heard about learners being told their struggles were a skill issue. The first group came away with a lasting good impression of Rust. Some of the second group walked away entirely, and because they leave quietly, it's easy to underestimate how many of them there are. The welcoming side of the community came up unprompted as a reason people stayed, so we know it makes a difference when we get this right.</p>
<p><strong>Every organization we spoke with described essentially the same ramp-up for bringing a team to Rust.</strong> Teams that brought groups of developers to Rust described roughly the same approach: get everyone to a shared baseline with a training course or with The Rust Programming Language and Rustlings, start people on lower-risk tickets, and give them somewhere internal to ask questions. Several organizations also found that hiring developers without Rust experience and ramping them up worked out better than continuing to search for rare expertise in another language. None of this is complicated, and teams weighing adoption don't need to invent a training program from scratch.</p>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/06/25/vision-doc-journeys-to-learning-rust/#what-we-still-don-t-know"></a>
What we still don't know</h4>
<p>The biggest gap is the people we didn't reach. Nearly everyone we spoke with stuck with Rust long enough to be reachable through Rust channels, so the stories of bouncing off came to us second-hand: a friend who walked away from embedded Rust, colleagues who quietly stopped after the responses they got. As we wrote in <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/03/lessons-learned-from-the-rust-vision-doc-process/" rel="external">our first post</a>, finding people who decided against Rust takes targeted outreach. If the proposed User Research team comes together, talking with learners who bounced would make a good early project, and learning is probably the area where that research would teach us the most.</p>
<p>We also don't know what to make of LLMs as a learning tool yet. They came up as a search engine, as an example generator, and in one organization's case as something that makes training high school graduates into working Rust developers possible. We saw a classroom where the C cohort leaned on LLMs in ways the Rust cohort couldn't, and we don't have an explanation for it. All of this comes from a handful of conversations, so we treat it as a set of leads to follow up on. Given how quickly the tools are changing, it seems better to study this deliberately than to wait and see what folklore develops.</p>
<p>The folks we spoke with showed that people do get there: with enough passes through the materials and enough code written, it eventually clicks. The opportunities above are mostly about making it work for the people who didn't pick Rust on purpose, and for the ones who would have stuck around if their early experience had gone a little differently.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another six months have passed since our <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/21/crates-io-development-update/" rel="external">last development update</a>, and the crates.io team has been busy. Here's a summary of the most notable changes and improvements made to <a href="https://crates.io/" rel="external">crates.io</a> since then.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/#source-code-viewer"></a>
Source Code Viewer</h3>
<p>Crate pages now have a "Code" tab that lets you browse the contents of published crate versions directly on crates.io. This shows you the exact files that <code>cargo</code> downloads when you add a crate as a dependency, which might differ from the linked repository. This makes it much easier to audit your dependencies, including files that never appear in the repository, like the normalized <code>Cargo.toml</code> files that <code>cargo</code> generates.</p>
<p><img alt='Source code viewer showing the "Code" tab of the serde crate' src="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/code-tab.png"></p>
<p>The viewer comes with a file tree sidebar with search functionality, syntax highlighting, and GitHub-style line selection, where clicking or dragging line numbers produces shareable <code>#L10-L20</code> URLs.</p>
<p>Under the hood, the server now builds a zip file for every published version. Since the <code>.crate</code> files that <code>cargo</code> consumes are gzipped tarballs without random access support, a background job re-packs each of them into a seekable zip archive plus a JSON manifest describing the contained files. Both are served from our static CDN. The frontend then fetches only the manifest and loads each file on demand with an HTTP range request. Because of this architecture, browsing crate sources essentially adds no load on the crates.io API servers. Existing crate versions have been backfilled, so this works for old releases too.</p>
<p>The rendering library behind the code viewer is a diff renderer at heart, and that's no accident: a version-to-version diff viewer built on the same infrastructure is currently in the works. This will allow you to review exactly what changed between two published versions, right on crates.io. Stay tuned!</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/#untangling-crates-io-accounts-from-github"></a>
Untangling crates.io Accounts from GitHub</h3>
<p>At the end of May, the crates.io team accepted <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3946" rel="external">RFC #3946</a>. Crates.io accounts always have been tightly coupled to GitHub: signing in means "Log in with GitHub", and your crates.io identity is your GitHub username. The RFC changes that. It introduces usernames that are native to crates.io and independent of linked GitHub accounts, as a prerequisite for eventually supporting login via other identity providers.</p>
<p>The implementation of crates.io usernames has started, but there is still a lot left to do, most visibly the ability to change your crates.io username. After that is complete, there will be future RFCs and implementation for signing in with identity providers other than GitHub. Since all of this touches authentication and account security, we are deliberately taking it slow and rolling these changes out in small, carefully reviewed steps.</p>
<h3><a class="anchor" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/#advisories-and-suggestions"></a>
Advisories and Suggestions</h3>
<p>In our <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/21/crates-io-development-update/" rel="external">January update</a> we introduced the "Security" tab, which shows security advisories from the <a href="https://rustsec.org/" rel="external">RustSec</a> database. We have since taken this integration one step further: crates that RustSec has flagged as unmaintained now show a warning banner directly on their crate pages, linking to the corresponding advisory for details and possible alternatives. Thanks to <a href="https://github.com/djc" rel="external">Dirkjan Ochtman</a> for implementing this feature!</p>
<p><img alt="Unmaintained warning banner on the ansi_term crate page" src="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/unmaintained-banner.png"></p>
<p>Related to this, some popular crates have been largely absorbed into the Rust standard library over the years, like <code>lazy_static</code>, which has been superseded by <code>std::sync::LazyLock</code> since Rust 1.80. Crate pages of such crates now show a friendly "You might not need this dependency" banner describing the standard library replacement, and superseded crates in dependency lists get a small light bulb icon with a similar hint.</p>
<p><img alt='"You might not need this dependency" banner on the lazy_static crate page' src="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/std-replacement-banner.png"></p>
<p>The dataset behind this feature lives in the new <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/std-replacement-data" rel="external">rust-lang/std-replacement-data</a> repository, together with a documented inclusion policy: standard library replacements only, every entry must cite the stable <code>std</code>, <code>core</code>, or <code>alloc</code> API and Rust version, and crate maintainers get a notice-and-comment window before an entry is added. New entries can be proposed upstream and can benefit other tools too.</p>
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Ferris</h3>
<p>The most delightful change of this cycle: the Ferris on our error pages now follows your mouse cursor with its eyes:</p>
<p><img alt="Ferris' eyes following the mouse cursor on the error page" src="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/13/crates-io-development-update/ferris.gif"></p>
<p>Getting a 404 error on crates.io is now slightly less sad.</p>
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Svelte Frontend Migration Completed</h3>
<p>In our <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/01/21/crates-io-development-update/" rel="external">January update</a>, we announced that we were experimenting with porting the crates.io frontend from Ember.js to <a href="https://svelte.dev/" rel="external">Svelte</a>. This experiment has concluded successfully: the new frontend reached feature parity, went through a <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2026/04/17/crates-io-svelte-public-testing/" rel="external">public testing phase</a> in April, became the default at the beginning of May, and the Ember.js app has been removed from our repository.</p>
<p>We designed this change to be invisible for our users, since the new frontend is a 1:1 port of the previous design and functionality. For the team and our contributors, however, it is a big deal: the frontend is now built on a more modern framework, which should make it easier for new contributors to get started. It also allows us to iterate faster, as the source code viewer above demonstrates.</p>
<p>We want to thank the <a href="https://emberjs.com/teams/" rel="external">Ember.js team</a> for a framework that served crates.io well for many years, and the Svelte team for making the transition so enjoyable.</p>
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Miscellaneous</h3>
<p>These were some of the more visible changes to crates.io over the past six months, but a lot has happened "under the hood" as well:</p>
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<p><strong>Search performance</strong>: Relevance-sorted search queries previously ranked every crate matching the query, which could take 1-2 seconds for short or common search terms. Ranking is now bounded to the 1,000 matching crates with the highest recent download counts.</p>
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<p><strong>Reverse dependencies performance</strong>: The reverse dependencies endpoint no longer recomputes the full dependent set on every request. It is now served from a precomputed table kept in sync by database triggers, turning an expensive join into a bounded index scan and greatly reducing the chance of getting a timeout error.</p>
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<p><strong>New ARCHITECTURE.md</strong>: If you've ever wondered how crates.io actually works, our <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/blob/main/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md" rel="external"><code>ARCHITECTURE.md</code></a> document got a complete rewrite. It is now organized around the high-level systems that make up crates.io and how they fit together, and includes walkthroughs of what happens when you run <code>cargo publish</code>, why a typical crate download never touches our API servers, and how download counts are derived from CDN access logs.</p>
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<p><strong>Definition lists</strong>: READMEs now render Markdown <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/pull/13950" rel="external">definition lists</a>, a widely used Markdown extension. Our markdown renderer <a href="https://crates.io/crates/comrak" rel="external">comrak</a> already supported them, the extension just wasn't enabled yet. Thanks to <a href="https://github.com/mistaste" rel="external">@mistaste</a> for this contribution!</p>
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<p><strong>CDN cache tags</strong>: Files uploaded to our static CDN now carry cache-tag metadata, allowing us to invalidate all cached files of a crate or a specific release in a single operation, instead of issuing one invalidation per file URL.</p>
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<p><strong>Caching improvements</strong>: We removed a global <code>Vary: Cookie</code> response header that was preventing our CDNs from caching public API responses and frontend assets effectively. Per-user responses now use <code>Cache-Control: no-store</code> instead, resulting in better cache hit rates at the CDN edge.</p>
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<p><strong>Accessibility</strong>: We have made crates.io friendlier to screen readers: decorative icons are now hidden from the accessibility tree, heading hierarchies have been fixed, and lists are marked up as proper lists. ARIA snapshot tests now ensure that regressions can't slip in unnoticed. We plan to continue to improve crates.io accessibility over the coming months.</p>
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<p><strong>Git index performance</strong>: The background worker's local clone of the git index is now a bare and shallow repository, eliminating roughly 250,000 checked-out files and the full commit history from its disk, improving its performance as we see increased rates of crate publication. The periodic index squashing now goes through the GitHub API instead of generating large git packs locally, which had previously caused out-of-memory failures on the production worker.</p>
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Feedback</h3>
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<title><![CDATA[3 cybersecurity issues that should keep every CEO awake at night]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.



Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a constant stream of new regulations, organization...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a constant stream of new regulations, organizations continue to suffer major cyber incidents with alarming regularity. Every week seems to bring news of another ransomware attack, supply chain compromise or data breach affecting organizations that many would have assumed were well protected.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The obvious conclusion is that we are asking the wrong questions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Too many executive teams remain preoccupied with the latest threat actor, the newest security product the CISO wants to buy or the latest vulnerability making headlines. Those issues matter, but they are not what should be keeping CEOs awake at night.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my view, there are three far more fundamental issues that deserve the attention of every chief executive.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. Corporate complexity, and the widening gap between business leadership and cybersecurity reality</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Perhaps the biggest cybersecurity risk facing large organizations today is not technical at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is the growing disconnect between executive perception and operational reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many boards genuinely believe their organizations are reasonably well protected. They receive regular dashboards showing improving maturity scores, increasing compliance levels, falling vulnerability counts and reassuring traffic-light reports.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Unfortunately, cyber attackers do not read dashboards.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Behind those executive reports often lies an increasingly complex technology landscape, thousands of unmanaged digital assets, ageing infrastructure, rampant shadow IT, fragmented ownership, inconsistent governance and security teams struggling to keep pace with relentless business change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is rarely a lack of effort.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is that corporate complexity has reached a level where traditional governance mechanisms are no longer capable of providing an accurate picture of organizational resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executives believe they understand the level of cyber risk they face because they receive regular reports. Those reports often measure activity rather than resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Governance committees end up debating around another percentage point of phishing awareness or vulnerability remediation, while fundamental issues remain unaddressed in the background.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Organizational inertia, and the need for executive structure to evolve faster</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber criminals continue to evolve rapidly. Large organizations generally do not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is the second issue that should concern every CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout my career, I have observed organizations repeatedly responding to new cyber threats by adding another technology platform, another monitoring capability, another compliance framework or another governance committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Very rarely do they stop to redesign how cybersecurity operates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The result is what I described several years ago as the “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Spiral-Failure-How-Break/dp/1637353057/">Cybersecurity Spiral of Failure</a>”.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>As complexity and regulation increase, organizations invest in more security products.</li>



<li>More products create more complexity.</li>



<li>More products and greater complexity generate more alerts.</li>



<li>More alerts require more analysts.</li>



<li>More analysts produce more reports.</li>



<li>More reports continue to build up executive confidence.</li>



<li>Meanwhile, the underlying structural weaknesses remain largely unchanged, technical debt piles up and costs escalate.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And when the inevitable breach eventually happens, reality reveals itself, but distrust also sets in between senior executives and security teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a funding problem. Nor is it a skills problem. It is fundamentally an operating model problem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many organizations continue trying to solve twenty-first century challenges using governance, accountability, organizational and reporting structures designed twenty-five years ago.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cybersecurity function itself has evolved dramatically. Many executive structures have not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This organizational inertia extends beyond technology: It affects budgeting cycles, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4193990/reallocating-cybersecurity-capital-in-the-mythos-era.html">investment priorities</a>, procurement processes, accountability models and decision-making speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber attackers innovate every day. Organizational change often takes years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That imbalance should worry every CEO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Accelerating technological disruption, and how it challenges organizations in areas where they are intrinsically weak</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The third issue is potentially the most significant over the coming decade.</p>



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<li>Artificial intelligence, autonomous agents and machine identities</li>



<li>Software supply chain complexity.</li>



<li>Quantum computing, and post-quantum cryptography</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Each of these developments represents far more than another technical trend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Together, they fundamentally change the dynamics of cybersecurity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artificial intelligence is transforming countless business processes. At the same time, it is also increasing both the speed and sophistication of cyber-attacks while simultaneously transforming defensive capabilities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations have become increasingly dependent on software ecosystems that extend far beyond their own direct control. Engaging with the supply chain in ways that lead to a genuine appreciation of the risks involved has become a key challenge for most cybersecurity practices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Quantum computing may eventually invalidate much of today’s cryptographic algorithms, forcing organizations into one of the largest technology efforts since Y2K — but without the benefit of a fixed deadline and faced by a problem that is considerably more complex and hyperconnected IT estates that have little to do with those of the late 90s.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these challenges can be solved overnight: They require clear governance, sustained investment over a few years and cross-functional organizational coordination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most large organizations are weak on those three fronts: This is precisely why CEOs should be focusing on them now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Waiting until some of those risks become obvious will almost certainly be too late.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Businesses naturally prioritise immediate commercial pressures. Cybersecurity often involves preparing for risks whose timing remains uncertain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But one of the greatest leadership failures I keep seeing remains the inability of organizations to act decisively on known unknowns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That tension explains why many organizations delay action until external events force them to respond. Unfortunately, cybersecurity rarely rewards late action.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leadership will determine who succeeds</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybersecurity discussions still frequently focus on technology. I believe they should focus far more on leadership.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology will continue evolving. Threat actors will continue adapting. Regulations will continue expanding. Those developments are inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What remains within the control of every CEO is how their organization responds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does cybersecurity remain an IT issue? Or is it recognised as an integral part of business resilience?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How is cybersecurity accountability assigned at executive level? Or does it still rest largely with a CISO hidden in the organization?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does the board spend sufficient time discussing resilience? Or does cybersecurity appear only when approving budgets or reviewing incidents?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These questions will increasingly determine organizational success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The companies that navigate the next decade successfully will not necessarily be those spending the most on cybersecurity. Nor will they be those deploying the latest security technologies first.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They will be the organizations whose leadership recognises that cybersecurity has become a permanent business capability — embedded into governance, strategy, operational decision-making and organizational culture.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That transformation cannot be delegated. It begins with the CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And perhaps that is the single biggest issue that should keep every chief executive awake at night: Not when the next cyber-attack will happen, but whether their organization is evolving quickly enough on those matters to meet a threat landscape that is changing much faster than the business itself.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Instagram Is Now Banning Pickup Artists, Pranksters Who Use Meta Glasses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Instagram is banning videos filmed with Meta smart glasses that harass strangers in public, including prank videos targeting service workers and pickup-artist clips of women who may not realize they are being recorded. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing th...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Instagram is banning videos filmed with Meta smart glasses that harass strangers in public, including prank videos targeting service workers and pickup-artist clips of women who may not realize they are being recorded. "If you're posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line kind of videos that we've heard of and seen, then we're going to take the content down," said Instagram head Adam Mosseri in response to a question on his Instagram stories last week. "We don't want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people and harassing them and then posting them on our platform. So we're trying to fight that every way we can." Business Insider reports: It's unclear how many videos have been removed under this new policy. Business Insider found that two large accounts of pickup artists who filmed themselves approaching women in public while wearing the glasses had been deactivated. (Both previously had more than a million followers.)
 
A Meta spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that these accounts were booted for violating the policy about posting harassing content that had been filmed with the glasses. Meta did not directly respond to questions about how this new policy is being enforced or what exactly constitutes a violation.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Framework Passes Rising Memory and Processor Costs to Buyers, With a Twist]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Preordered laptops might not get a price change, but they could have less RAM.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:32:53 +0200</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:11:34 +0200</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[130 posts were published in the last hour 21:34 : Google Fined €890M Under EU Digital Markets Act Over Search and Play Store Practices 21:34 : Friday Squid Blogging: Illex Squid Catch in the Falklands 21:34 : The Department of…
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:08:10 +0200</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known cas...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:08:09 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a so-called "duress" password built into a phone's software. According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this week following the court's first hearing on Monday, Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick is fighting the charges. Tunick's attorneys said that it was unlawful for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize his phone as he arrived back in the U.S. last year, and that any evidence -- including the alleged wiping of his phone -- should be thrown out.
 
The case centers on a feature included in GrapheneOS, a custom Android operating system that runs in place of the software on most modern Google Pixel devices. Tunick's attorneys confirmed GrapheneOS was running on his phone. The software feature allows the device owner to set a passcode that deliberately wipes the contents of that device if entered instead of the user's unlock passcode. Tunick's case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border, which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter. Bill Budington, a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Runa Sandvik, a digital security expert who works to protect at-risk people as the founder of security consultancy firm Granitt, told TechCrunch that they had not seen similar cases involving the use of duress passwords.
 
"I have not seen this before, though I've discussed the potential scenario with activists and journalists over the years," said Sandvik. "I think this case serves as a reminder that authorities may argue you knowingly destroyed data, so it's better to not have that data on you when you cross certain borders."
 
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<description><![CDATA[Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could "stifle competition or drive innovation overseas." CNBC reports: They wrote that open...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:11:29 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose "premature restrictions" on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could "stifle competition or drive innovation overseas." CNBC reports: They wrote that open-weight models strengthen competition and ensure that the benefits of the technology are "broadly shared rather than concentrated in a few hands." "Relying solely on closed models is not inherently safe: they can be breached, misused, or fail in ways that outsiders cannot detect," the letter said. "And concentrating advanced AI capabilities behind a small number of closed models compounds that risk."
 
Elon Musk, who runs an AI business under his rocket company SpaceX, also applified the letter on social media, writing that it has his "full support" in a post on X. SpaceX did not officially sign the letter. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president, said Thursday that the company believes in broad access, and that he has not been involved in any conversations with the Trump administration about potentially banning Chinese open-weight models in the U.S.
 
"I think that, that fundamentally, AI and AI usage is something that is actually very important to democratize," Brockman told reporters during a briefing in New York City. "And so, for me, at a sort of deep level, I think that having more models, more usage, that is a good thing." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the letter in a post on X on Friday, writing that he wants the U.S. to win with both open-weight and proprietary models, and that he is "glad to see this."
 
[...] In the letter on Friday, the U.S. tech companies said that concerns about unlawful distillation should be addressed through "targeted legal and commercial frameworks" instead of with "sweeping restrictions on techniques that play an important role in AI innovation." "Our AI leadership will be judged not by one frontier AI model, but by whether the United States builds a strong, open ecosystem that diffuses into every sector," the letter said. "This is essential for creating opportunities for innovation and prosperity across the country." The letter follows a separate appeal signed by nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, warning that restricting U.S. access to Chinese open-weight AI models could cripple the next generation of American startups. "American leadership requires two things: world-leading American open-weight models and continued access for U.S. builders to open models already available worldwide," the startup founders wrote. Instead of broad prohibitions, they argue the government should adopt targeted safeguards.
 
Of course, these signees "have an obvious economic stake in seeing open AI models flourish," notes TechCrunch. "Companies like Nvidia, Microsoft Azure, and other infrastructure providers have a vested interest in pushing for commoditized models: If models are interchangeable, people will buy more GPUs, rent more cloud capacity, and build more applications."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Trump promises investigation into EU fines on US big tech]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is escalating the fight over European Union antitrust penalties against Apple, Google, and other U.S. tech companies by opening a trade investigation that could lead to new tariffs.Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald TrumpTrump announced the investigation in a social me...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is escalating the fight over European Union antitrust penalties against Apple, Google, and other U.S. tech companies by opening a trade investigation that could lead to new tariffs.<br><br><div><img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/64642-134691-Cook-Trump-shake-o.jpg" alt="Two men in suits shake hands in an official setting, with flags and a painting in the background." height="738"><span>Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump</span></div><br>Trump announced the investigation in a social media post after the European Commission <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/23/eu-slaps-google-with-a-1-billion-antitrust-fine" data-kpt="1">fined Google</a> 890 million euros on July 23 for violating the Digital Markets Act.<br><br>The fine included 460 million euros, or about $517 million, for favoring Google services in search results and 430 million euros, or about $483 million, for restricting how businesses direct Google Play users to alternative purchasing options.<br><br>"The United States of America is not a PIGGYBANK' for Europe, nor will we allow it to be," Trump wrote. He accused the EU of unfairly taking money from American companies and said its penalties should be reversed.<br><br><br> <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/24/trump-promises-investigation-into-eu-fines-on-us-big-tech?utm_source=rss">Continue Reading on AppleInsider</a> | <a href="https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/245058?urm_source=rss">Discuss on our Forums</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Framework Desktop: Version mit Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 & 192 GB RAM angekündigt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Framework hat sich als Hersteller dem Thema Modularität, Aufrüstbarkeit und Reparierbarkeit verschrieben. Anfang des vergangenen Jahres hat man mit dem Framework Desktop das Portfolio um einen...Zum Beitrag: Framework Desktop: Version mit Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 & 192 GB RAM angekündigt

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<title><![CDATA[‘Silo’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: Bernard’s Return Changes Everything]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Silo Season 3, Episode 4 takes Juliette deeper into Silo 18 as she escapes another attempt on her life and uncovers a secret that changes everything she thought she knew.



Warning: Major spoilers for Silo Season 3, Episode 4 follow.




Episode title: “Whatever You Do, Don’t Go Home”



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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Silo Season 3, Episode 4 takes Juliette deeper into Silo 18 as she escapes another attempt on her life and uncovers a secret that changes everything she thought she knew.



Warning: Major spoilers for Silo Season 3, Episode 4 follow.




Episode title: “Whatever You Do, Don’t Go Home”



Release date: July 24, 2026



Genre: Science fiction, drama and mystery



Season length: 10 episodes



Season 3 finale: September 4, 2026




Juliette escapes from Medical



The episode begins with Camille still determined to kill Juliette under the Algorithm’s instructions. Sims offers to handle the situation, although his true intentions remain difficult to understand.



Amy, the nurse caring for Juliette, turns against Camille’s plan. She sedates Emerson instead and helps Juliette escape from Medical. Amy also reveals that she had secretly replaced Juliette’s memory-suppressing medication before Juliette stopped taking the pills herself.



Amy allows the Raiders to capture her so Juliette can get away. Shirley later helps Juliette escape from Sims, believing that he plans to hurt her. However, his actions suggest that he may have been quietly helping Juliette all along.



Juliette discovers Bernard alive



Juliette asks Shirley to take her toward the sealed Digger Void. They discover that the entrance is not completely closed, allowing Juliette to continue down into a hidden section beneath the silo.



At the bottom, Juliette finds a small living area containing Bernard Holland. He is alive, heavily scarred and almost unrecognizable after the fire that supposedly killed him.



Sims previously claimed that Bernard had died and that his body had been destroyed. Bernard’s survival now raises major questions about Sims, Camille and the power struggle inside Silo 18. It also gives Juliette someone who understands the secrets behind the Algorithm and the larger silo system.



Billings investigates Orla’s murder



Elsewhere, Billings continues investigating Orla Kent’s death. He learns that rat poison did not kill her. Someone struck her with a piece of metal before hiding her body inside a closed tunnel.



Carla also disappears before she can meet Billings, while Mike and Glenda become possible suspects. The growing number of missing people suggests that someone is removing anyone connected to the silo’s hidden areas.



Daniel and Helen follow the conspiracy



In the earlier timeline, Daniel and Helen hide after discovering Steve’s damaged base and disappearance. Their only lead comes from a strange chess username that may contain a coded message.



Daniel contacts a Pentagon connection named Sam, while a government fixer pressures Helen to stop investigating. Sam eventually discovers something important, sending Daniel and Helen back into the conspiracy just before the episode ends.



Episode 4 leaves Juliette standing before one of the season’s biggest surprises. Bernard’s return can expose what Sims has been planning and reveal why Juliette’s memories were removed. What do you think Bernard will tell Juliette, and can she trust him after everything he did in previous seasons? Let us know in the comments.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[‘Lucky’ Season 1 Episode 3 Recap: Lucky Finally Tracks Down Cary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[“Lucky” Season 1, Episode 3 follows Lucky as she searches for Cary and the stolen money, using every trick she learned during her unusual childhood. The episode, titled “Read the Room,” also reveals that Agent Billie Rand’s pursuit of Priscilla has become deeply personal.



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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Lucky” Season 1, Episode 3 follows Lucky as she searches for Cary and the stolen money, using every trick she learned during her unusual childhood. The episode, titled “Read the Room,” also reveals that Agent Billie Rand’s pursuit of Priscilla has become deeply personal.



“Lucky” is a seven-episode Apple TV limited series based on Marissa Stapley’s novel. The first two episodes arrived on July 15, followed by weekly releases through August 19.




Episode title: Read the Room



Release date: July 22, 2026



Runtime: 45 minutes




Spoiler warning for “Lucky” Episode 3



After the failed multimillion-dollar robbery, Lucky remains separated from Cary, who disappeared with their money. She also continues running from Priscilla’s people and the FBI while relying on the criminal skills taught to her by her father, John.



Episode 3 begins with a flashback showing John completing a deal for Priscilla as Agent Rand watches nearby. Lucky warns John that the situation will end badly. In the present, Rand follows Lucky’s trail through gas-station security footage, although she remains several steps behind her.



Lucky reaches Priscilla’s farm and hides while Dutch questions Noah about fake identification documents. Dutch eventually kills him, allowing Lucky to steal Noah’s identification and search for the person making the fake documents.



Lucky crashes a child’s birthday party



Before continuing her search, Lucky enters a child’s birthday party to obtain clothes, money and transportation. A flashback shows John teaching young Lucky how to steal at such events, including taking cash envelopes and unattended purses.



Lucky leaves the party with a new outfit, enough money to tip a valet and someone else’s car. The scene shows how easily she can enter an unfamiliar environment, gain people’s trust and disappear before anyone notices what happened.



At Noah’s home, Lucky discovers that his neighbour creates fake IDs. While studying her previous work, Lucky finds evidence that Cary used her services and adopted the name Colson Smith.



Lucky finally finds Cary



Lucky manipulates a real-estate agent into giving her access to the property where Cary is staying. While Cary swims nearby, she searches the house and discovers a gun and a laptop protected by a 12-word seed phrase.



Cary returns to find the property destroyed and Lucky waiting inside. Meanwhile, Wayne tells Priscilla that he has also discovered Cary’s location, placing both Cary and Lucky in immediate danger.



Episode 3 ends with the former partners finally reunited, although their missing money and broken trust remain unresolved. What do you think Cary will tell Lucky, and will they work together against Priscilla? Let us know in the comments.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Autonomous Systems Need Their Own Cybersecurity Framework]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Autonomous systems are moving from pilots and prototypes into mission-critical operations. Drones inspect infrastructure. Robots support industrial workflows. Uncrewed platforms are becoming part of defense, public safety, logistics, energy, and...
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<title><![CDATA[US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government’s claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone’s data, opening up fresh questions about a person’s constitutional rights at the U.S. border.…
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<title><![CDATA[Nichts geht mehr beim PlayStation Network: Dienste massiv gestört]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Seit den frühen Nachmittagsstunden des 24. Juli kämpft das Play­Station Network mit massiven Ausfällen. Nutzer weltweit melden Ver­bindungsprobleme, während Sony an einer Lösung arbeitet. Der Vorfall weckt Erinnerungen an den letzten großen PSN-Ausfall.			(Weiter lesen)]]></description>
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			Seit den frühen Nachmittagsstunden des 24. Juli kämpft das Play­Station Network mit massiven Ausfällen. Nutzer weltweit melden Ver­bindungsprobleme, während Sony an einer Lösung arbeitet. Der Vorfall weckt Erinnerungen an den letzten großen PSN-Ausfall.			(<a href="https://winfuture.de/news,160191.html">Weiter lesen</a>)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper AI model for coding, agents and enterprise workflows]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude Fable 5 at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI race is shifting from raw capability to the economics of daily use.The model, available immediately o...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/">Anthropic</a> released Claude <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a> at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI race is shifting from raw capability to the economics of daily use.</p><p>The model, available immediately on all of Anthropic's platforms, is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, unchanged from its predecessor, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a>. It becomes the new default model on <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan">Claude Max</a>, Anthropic's premium consumer tier, and the strongest model available on <a href="https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan">Claude Pro</a>.</p><p>The positioning is deliberate. Anthropic is not claiming <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5 </a>is its smartest model — that distinction still belongs to <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, and rival systems retain an edge in certain domains. Instead, the company is making a subtler argument that may matter more to enterprise buyers: that the most economically important AI work happens in a middle band of difficulty, where near-frontier intelligence delivered efficiently and cheaply beats frontier intelligence delivered expensively.</p><p>"Opus 5 as your daily driver, the model you hand complex work to and review when it's done," an Anthropic spokesperson said in an interview with VentureBeat, describing how the company's lineup now stratifies. "Fable 5 for your most ambitious work, the days-long autonomous projects nothing could take on before... Sonnet 5 for work you run at scale, where speed and cost per call decide what ships. Haiku 4.5 for subagents and instant answers."</p><h2><b>How Claude Opus 5 benchmark results stack up against Fable 5 and rival AI models</b></h2><p>On paper, the results are striking. Anthropic says <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> sets new state-of-the-art marks on coding and knowledge-work evaluations including <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench</a> and <a href="https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aa">GDPval-AA</a>. On <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench v0.1</a>, an agentic terminal coding benchmark, Opus 5 scores 43.3 percent — more than double Opus 4.8's 18.7 percent and well ahead of Fable 5's 33.7 percent — at a lower cost per task, according to the company. On <a href="https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3">ARC-AGI 3</a>, an evaluation of novel problem-solving, Anthropic reports Opus 5 scored three times as high as the next best model. On <a href="https://github.com/xlang-ai/OSWorld-V2">OSWorld 2.0</a>, a computer-use benchmark, the company says the model surpasses Fable 5's best result at just over a third of the cost.</p><p>The numbers come with honest caveats that are themselves notable in an industry prone to superlatives. Anthropic acknowledges <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> remains behind <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/mythos">Mythos 5</a>, a competing model, on cybersecurity tasks and biology research, and an OpenAI-family model still leads on one agentic coding benchmark.</p><p>The more revealing caveat came from Anthropic itself, when asked where <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> still falls short of <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>. The spokesperson's answer amounted to a candid admission about what benchmarks do and don't capture.</p><p>"The evals where Opus 5 wins are bounded tasks with a specific outcome, which is where it's strongest. What those evals don't measure is duration," the spokesperson told VentureBeat. "One way to put it: Opus 5 is the best tool for the jobs benchmarks can see, and Fable 5 is what you reach for when the job outruns the benchmark."</p><p><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, by contrast, "is for the longest, most autonomous jobs, where the model has to stay coherent across many connected steps over hours or days with dense source material," the spokesperson said, advising customers to "run both on a representative workload, one bounded task and one long-horizon job." That framing — bounded tasks versus long-horizon autonomy — may become the defining axis of model differentiation in 2026, as benchmarks saturate and the hardest remaining problems involve sustained, multi-day agentic work rather than discrete puzzles.</p><h2><b>Why token efficiency is becoming the real battleground for enterprise AI spending</b></h2><p>Threaded through the launch is a theme Anthropic clearly wants buyers to absorb: <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> doesn't just score well, it scores well per dollar. The model ships with an adjustable "effort" setting that lets customers trade intelligence for speed and token savings, and Anthropic's charts emphasize performance at a given cost rather than peak performance alone.</p><p>Early customers echoed the point with unusual specificity. Harvey, the legal AI company, said Opus 5 achieved similar performance to Opus 4.8's maximum-reasoning mode "while generating 26% fewer tokens on average," according to Niko Grupen, its head of applied research. Richard Pham of Fundamental Research Lab said that on hard financial-modeling tasks, the model averaged nine percentage points higher accuracy "while using roughly one-third fewer turns and tool calls and 60% less time."</p><p>Wade Foster, chief executive of Zapier, said Opus 5 topped his company's AutomationBench leaderboard "without spending more tokens than prior Claude models," running a full churn-prevention workflow from start to finish. "Previous models didn't pass; Opus 5 hit 100%," he said. Scott Wu, chief executive of Cognition, the company behind the Devin coding agent, said that on FrontierCode 1.1, "Claude Opus 5 approaches Fable-level performance at half the cost," with particular strength in debugging and root-cause analysis.</p><p>The efficiency emphasis reflects commercial reality. Enterprise AI spending is no longer experimental, and inference costs — the price of actually running these models at scale — have become a board-level line item. </p><p>Anthropic's business skews heavily toward API and enterprise usage; according to a February 2026 analysis by <a href="https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic">Contrary Research</a>, Claude held roughly 40 percent of the enterprise large language model market by usage as of late 2025, and Claude Code alone had reached about $1 billion in annualized revenue. For a company whose customers pay by the token, a model that does more with fewer tokens is not a nice-to-have. It is the product.</p><h2><b>Self-verifying AI agents and what they mean for the hidden costs of automation</b></h2><p>Beyond the numbers, Anthropic is selling a behavioral story: that <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> verifies its work and iterates until it succeeds. The company offered several examples from testing that read like small parables of machine stubbornness.</p><p>In one <a href="https://www.frontierbench.ai/announcement">Frontier-Bench</a> task, the model was asked to reconstruct a machine part as a 3D CAD model from a drawing it was intentionally given no way to view. Rather than fail, Anthropic says, Opus 5 wrote its own computer vision pipeline to extract the geometry from raw pixels — and did so repeatedly, while no competing model solved the task in five attempts. In another case, given a real bug in a popular open-source package manager, the model found the root cause and fixed an edge case the community's own patch had missed; a competing model patched only the symptom and declared victory. An engineer at a trading firm, the company says, used Opus 5 to build a market data feed for a new exchange in a single session and, finding no live feed to validate against, watched the model build its own test harness to check its parsing code.</p><p>Customers described similar behavior in the wild. Cristian Rivera, a staff software engineer at Stripe, said he gave the model "a chief-of-staff role over my dev environments" for a weekend: "it built its own monitor, drove each box, and pulled me in only for the judgment calls."</p><p>This is the capability enterprises actually care about, and it is worth dwelling on why. The gap between a model that produces plausible output and one that verifies its output is the gap between a demo and a deployable system. Most of the hidden cost of enterprise AI today is human review — engineers checking the machine's work. A model that reliably checks its own work compresses that cost, which is precisely why customers keep citing fewer turns, fewer passes, and less time rather than higher raw scores.</p><h2><b>Inside Anthropic's safety strategy: capability gaps, classifiers, and model fallbacks</b></h2><p>The launch also showcases Anthropic's increasingly intricate approach to safety — one that now involves deliberately not teaching its models certain skills. The company says its automated behavioral audit found Opus 5 to be its most aligned model to date, scoring 2.3 on overall misaligned behavior, lower than <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a>, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-5">Sonnet 5</a>, or <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable">Fable 5</a>, with the lowest rates of deceptive behavior and the least susceptibility to being tricked into misuse.</p><p>On the capability side, Anthropic says it intentionally avoided training <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5</a> on cyber tasks, as it did with Opus 4.8. The model improved on them anyway — a side effect of general capability gains — and now nearly matches Mythos 5 at finding software vulnerabilities. But it remains far behind at exploiting them: on Anthropic's OSS-Fuzz evaluation, Opus 5 identified vulnerabilities at a 79.4 percent rate, close to Mythos 5's 80 percent, but succeeded at developing exploits in only 4 challenges versus Mythos 5's 13. That asymmetry — strong at defense-relevant discovery, weak at offense-relevant exploitation — appears to be by design, and the safeguards follow the same logic. Anthropic expects Opus 5's cyber classifiers to intervene about 85 percent less often than Fable 5's.</p><p>When a classifier does trigger, requests in <a href="http://claude.ai/">Claude.ai</a>, <a href="https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview">Claude Code</a>, and <a href="https://claude.com/product/cowork">Claude Cowork</a> fall back to <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Opus 4.8</a> by default — raising an obvious question: if a request is too risky for one model, why is it acceptable for another? "The model it falls back to has lower capability levels making the risk of harmful use lower as well," the spokesperson said, adding that "there is a message that lets the user know when this occurs and is visible in the chat."</p><p>The logic is defensible, but it reveals how AI safety actually works in 2026: risk is not a property of the question alone, but of the question multiplied by the capability of the system answering it. On biology, the calculus runs the other way. Opus 5 is now Anthropic's most capable generally available model for scientific research — scoring 10.2 percentage points higher than Opus 4.8 on the company's internal chemistry benchmark — though the spokesperson acknowledged that "Mythos 5 remains the stronger model for long-horizon, open-ended work like autonomous drug design campaigns."</p><h2><b>The business stakes behind the launch: a $380 billion valuation and massive compute bets</b></h2><p>The launch lands at a moment of extraordinary commercial momentum — and extraordinary obligations — for Anthropic. Reuters reported in February that the company was valued at <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-valued-380-billion-latest-funding-round-2026-02-12/">roughly $380 billion</a> in its latest funding round, following a period in which, per Contrary Research's analysis, its annualized revenue climbed from about $1 billion at the end of 2024 to a projected $9 billion by the end of 2025, with internal targets reportedly <a href="https://research.contrary.com/company/anthropic">reaching $20 to $26 billion for 2026</a>. Those targets are underwritten by enormous infrastructure commitments, including a <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/microsoft-nvidia-anthropic-announce-strategic-partnerships">reported $30 billion Azure compute deal</a> alongside arrangements with Google Cloud and Nvidia — spending that only pencils out if enterprises keep expanding usage.</p><p>That is the context in which Opus 5's pricing strategy makes sense. Holding the price at Opus 4.8 levels while roughly doubling performance on key agentic benchmarks is effectively a steep price cut per unit of capability, designed to widen the funnel of workloads that are economical to automate. Every task that was marginal at Opus 4.8's cost-per-success becomes viable at Opus 5's — and every viable task is recurring token revenue.</p><p>The regulatory backdrop has grown more complex as well. A U.S. judge gave final approval this week to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-approves-anthropics-15-billion-settlement-copyright-lawsuit-2026-07-20/">Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with book authors</a>, Reuters reported, closing a chapter of litigation over the company's early training data. And in June, Reuters, citing Axios, reported that the U.S. government had moved to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-blocks-foreign-access-anthropics-most-advanced-ai-models-axios-reports-2026-06-13/">block foreign access </a>to Anthropic's most advanced models — a reminder that frontier AI is now entangled with export policy in ways that shape which customers can buy what.</p><p>Also shipping Friday: a Fast mode running at roughly 2.5 times default speed at twice the base price, automatic fallback routing on the API, and mid-conversation tool changes that no longer invalidate the prompt cache — a small feature that agent developers may appreciate more than any benchmark. Consistent with prior Opus models, Opus 5 carries no data retention requirements for general access, a point the spokesperson flagged unprompted for customers with "a hard zero data retention requirement." Developers can access the model as claude-opus-5 on the <a href="https://platform.claude.com/login?returnTo=%2F%3F">Claude API</a> starting today.</p><p>Two questions will determine whether the bet pays off: whether <a href="http://anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Opus 5's efficiency claims </a>survive contact with production workloads at scale, and whether enterprises embrace a world where safety classifiers, not users, sometimes decide which model answers. But the deeper message of Friday's launch is that the AI industry's center of gravity has moved. For three years, the labs competed on what their best model could do on its best day. With Opus 5, Anthropic is competing on something less glamorous and far more lucrative: what a very good model can do every day, for half the price. In a market where the frontier keeps moving, Anthropic is wagering that the real fortune lies just behind it.</p><p>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, along with Meta, Nvidia, and more than 20 other companies, is pushing for open-weight AI models in an open letter. The strategic logic is simple: the more models running on Azure, the less Microsoft depends on expensive OpenAI and Anthropic models. The company is also swapping external...]]></description>
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<p>        Microsoft, along with Meta, Nvidia, and more than 20 other companies, is pushing for open-weight AI models in an open letter. The strategic logic is simple: the more models running on Azure, the less Microsoft depends on expensive OpenAI and Anthropic models. The company is also swapping external models in products like Copilot for its in-house MAI family, which performs significantly worse in independent benchmarks.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Model Context Protocol is going stateless to make scaling simpler]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Model Context Protocol (<a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4029634/what-is-model-context-protocol-how-mcp-bridges-ai-and-external-services.html">MCP</a>), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The latest <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/changelog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">release candidate</a>, scheduled for release on July 28, removes protocol-level sessions in favor of a stateless architecture, a change which industry experts say is intended to make MCP easier to deploy across standard cloud infrastructure as enterprises move AI pilots into production.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The session-based model made sense when MCP servers were local processes on a developer’s laptop. In production, it became an operational tax,” said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/muskan-bandta2004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Muskan Bandta</a>, cloud associate at ZopDev.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When your infrastructure team asks whether MCP services can scale like other cloud applications, the answer used to be ‘not quite.’ With the move to a stateless architecture, the answer is now yes,” Bandta added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier versions of the protocol maintained information about every client connection, meaning servers had to keep track of each session throughout an interaction. While that approach worked well for local development, it complicated deployments across multiple servers because requests often had to be routed back to the same machine, limiting scalability and making MCP a less natural fit for modern cloud architectures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Under the new stateless design, every request contains the information needed for any available server to process it independently. Applications that need to maintain context across multiple requests can still do so, but developers must now manage that state explicitly rather than relying on the protocol itself,” she said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This transition to a stateless design goes beyond simplifying infrastructure by fundamentally changing how AI applications manage and share context across tools, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/znamit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amit Jena</a>, AI development manager at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of keeping application state hidden inside protocol sessions, the new design makes it explicit, allowing AI models to access, reason over, and pass that information between tools, giving developers greater control over how context is preserved and shared across tools, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It should also make AI workflows more portable, resilient, and easier to orchestrate across distributed environments, he said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">MCP’s new features</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other changes to MCP include the addition of a Multi Round-Trip Requests (MRTR) mechanism that changes how AI agents request additional information they need to complete a task.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of relying on a persistent connection between the client and server throughout the interaction, the new mechanism lets the server request additional input through a standard request-response exchange before continuing the task, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Routable transport headers, another addition, enable API gateways and other networking infrastructure to identify and route MCP requests without inspecting their contents.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They reduce processing overhead, lower latency, and let enterprise teams enforce routing, rate-limiting and security policies more efficiently using existing API management infrastructure, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">MCP is also getting an updated authorization framework built around OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect; interactive MCP Apps; and deterministic caching of tool and resource listings to improve LLM prompt-cache hit rates, potentially saving on token costs.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Rebuilding the trust boundary</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MCP release steering committee also decided to deprecate some legacy features, including Roots, Sampling, Logging, the older HTTP+SSE transport and Dynamic Client Registration, although these will continue to work in this version and any other released over the next year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The deprecation of Sampling is likely to have the biggest impact because it changes who is responsible for interacting with foundation models, said Jena.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Sampling let MCP servers invoke the <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2335213/large-language-models-the-foundations-of-generative-ai.html" target="_blank">LLM</a> through the client, which meant the server had a callback path into the model without owning that connection. Deprecating it means rebuilding that trust boundary,” Jena said. “Your server now calls the model provider directly. That changes your network architecture, your auth model, and depending on how you’ve built cost attribution, your billing flow.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The year-long transition period will be enough for teams to audit their sampling dependencies now, said Jena: “The risk is that teams who haven’t implemented sampling themselves won’t know if a third-party MCP server they’re depending on uses it.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Updated MCP SDKs</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To accompany the protocol update, there are updated <a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MCP SDKs</a> for <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253770/what-is-python-powerful-intuitive-programming.html" target="_blank">Python</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2257305/what-is-typescript-strongly-typed-javascript.html" target="_blank">Typescript</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253031/whats-the-go-language-really-good-for-3.html">Go</a>, and <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4131649/the-best-new-features-of-c-14.html">C#</a>. These support both the old and new protocol versions, so new clients can continue communicating with older servers, while updated servers will also support older clients, reducing the risk of immediate disruptions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That backward compatibility should make the transition largely incremental, except for enterprises that built custom infrastructure around MCP’s earlier session-based architecture, Bandta said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Identifying and auditing those session dependencies may not be easy, Jena warned.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Session management complexity tends to be hidden across multiple layers — the gateway config, the deployment scripts, the monitoring dashboards. The code change is small; finding everywhere the assumption lives is what takes time,” he said.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.



The latest release candidate, scheduled for release on July 28, removes protocol-level sessions in favor of a stateless arch...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Model Context Protocol (<a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4029634/what-is-model-context-protocol-how-mcp-bridges-ai-and-external-services.html">MCP</a>), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The latest <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/draft/changelog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">release candidate</a>, scheduled for release on July 28, removes protocol-level sessions in favor of a stateless architecture, a change which industry experts say is intended to make MCP easier to deploy across standard cloud infrastructure as enterprises move AI pilots into production.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The session-based model made sense when MCP servers were local processes on a developer’s laptop. In production, it became an operational tax,” said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/muskan-bandta2004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Muskan Bandta</a>, cloud associate at ZopDev.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“When your infrastructure team asks whether MCP services can scale like other cloud applications, the answer used to be ‘not quite.’ With the move to a stateless architecture, the answer is now yes,” Bandta added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier versions of the protocol maintained information about every client connection, meaning servers had to keep track of each session throughout an interaction. While that approach worked well for local development, it complicated deployments across multiple servers because requests often had to be routed back to the same machine, limiting scalability and making MCP a less natural fit for modern cloud architectures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Under the new stateless design, every request contains the information needed for any available server to process it independently. Applications that need to maintain context across multiple requests can still do so, but developers must now manage that state explicitly rather than relying on the protocol itself,” she said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This transition to a stateless design goes beyond simplifying infrastructure by fundamentally changing how AI applications manage and share context across tools, according to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/znamit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amit Jena</a>, AI development manager at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of keeping application state hidden inside protocol sessions, the new design makes it explicit, allowing AI models to access, reason over, and pass that information between tools, giving developers greater control over how context is preserved and shared across tools, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It should also make AI workflows more portable, resilient, and easier to orchestrate across distributed environments, he said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">MCP’s new features</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Other changes to MCP include the addition of a Multi Round-Trip Requests (MRTR) mechanism that changes how AI agents request additional information they need to complete a task.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of relying on a persistent connection between the client and server throughout the interaction, the new mechanism lets the server request additional input through a standard request-response exchange before continuing the task, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Routable transport headers, another addition, enable API gateways and other networking infrastructure to identify and route MCP requests without inspecting their contents.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They reduce processing overhead, lower latency, and let enterprise teams enforce routing, rate-limiting and security policies more efficiently using existing API management infrastructure, Jena said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">MCP is also getting an updated authorization framework built around OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect; interactive MCP Apps; and deterministic caching of tool and resource listings to improve LLM prompt-cache hit rates, potentially saving on token costs.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Rebuilding the trust boundary</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MCP release steering committee also decided to deprecate some legacy features, including Roots, Sampling, Logging, the older HTTP+SSE transport and Dynamic Client Registration, although these will continue to work in this version and any other released over the next year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The deprecation of Sampling is likely to have the biggest impact because it changes who is responsible for interacting with foundation models, said Jena.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Sampling let MCP servers invoke the <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2335213/large-language-models-the-foundations-of-generative-ai.html" target="_blank">LLM</a> through the client, which meant the server had a callback path into the model without owning that connection. Deprecating it means rebuilding that trust boundary,” Jena said. “Your server now calls the model provider directly. That changes your network architecture, your auth model, and depending on how you’ve built cost attribution, your billing flow.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The year-long transition period will be enough for teams to audit their sampling dependencies now, said Jena: “The risk is that teams who haven’t implemented sampling themselves won’t know if a third-party MCP server they’re depending on uses it.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Updated MCP SDKs</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To accompany the protocol update, there are updated <a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MCP SDKs</a> for <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253770/what-is-python-powerful-intuitive-programming.html" target="_blank">Python</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2257305/what-is-typescript-strongly-typed-javascript.html" target="_blank">Typescript</a>, <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2253031/whats-the-go-language-really-good-for-3.html">Go</a>, and <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4131649/the-best-new-features-of-c-14.html">C#</a>. These support both the old and new protocol versions, so new clients can continue communicating with older servers, while updated servers will also support older clients, reducing the risk of immediate disruptions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That backward compatibility should make the transition largely incremental, except for enterprises that built custom infrastructure around MCP’s earlier session-based architecture, Bandta said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Identifying and auditing those session dependencies may not be easy, Jena warned.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Session management complexity tends to be hidden across multiple layers — the gateway config, the deployment scripts, the monitoring dashboards. The code change is small; finding everywhere the assumption lives is what takes time,” he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4201254/model-context-protocol-is-going-stateless-to-make-scaling-simpler.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Users can now ask Attie questions about news, trends, and conversations on Bluesky and other apps on the AT Protocol.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691881/it-nachrichten/blueskys-ai-assistant-attie-expands-into-an-open-social-research-tool/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:19:44 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Meta Escaped a Landmark Social Media Lawsuit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Meta avoided a closely watched social media addiction trial after the plaintiff dropped the remaining claim, leaving broader questions over platform design unresolved.
The post Why Meta Escaped a Landmark Social Media Lawsuit appeared first on TechRepublic.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691827/it-nachrichten/why-meta-escaped-a-landmark-social-media-lawsuit/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:46:21 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meta avoided a closely watched social media addiction trial after the plaintiff dropped the remaining claim, leaving broader questions over platform design unresolved.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-meta-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-dismissed-2026/">Why Meta Escaped a Landmark Social Media Lawsuit</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/">TechRepublic</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Trump Media's planned Truth API is drawing regulatory scrutiny as lawmakers question whether premium access to market-moving Truth Social posts creates fairness concerns.
The post Why Trump Media’s New API Is Raising Questions on Capitol Hill appeared first on TechRepublic.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691824/it-nachrichten/why-trump-medias-new-api-is-raising-questions-on-capitol-hill/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trump Media's planned Truth API is drawing regulatory scrutiny as lawmakers question whether premium access to market-moving Truth Social posts creates fairness concerns.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-trump-media-truth-api-market-data-regulatory-scrutiny/">Why Trump Media’s New API Is Raising Questions on Capitol Hill</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/">TechRepublic</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Hit With €890M EU Fine as Regulators Crack Down Under Digital Markets Act]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[EU regulators fined Google €890 million for favoring its own Search services and restricting Play Store developers from promoting cheaper offers.
The post Google Hit With €890M EU Fine as Regulators Crack Down Under Digital Markets Act appeared first on TechRepublic.]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EU regulators fined Google €890 million for favoring its own Search services and restricting Play Store developers from promoting cheaper offers.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-emea-eu-google-dma-fine-search-play-store/">Google Hit With €890M EU Fine as Regulators Crack Down Under Digital Markets Act</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/">TechRepublic</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Nie installiert, trotzdem drauf: Diese versteckten Apps bremsen euer Android-Handy aus]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Oft sind es überflüssige Apps, die euer Android-Smartphone ausbremsen. Viele davon habt ihr nicht einmal selbst installiert. Diese sogenannten System-Apps und vorinstallierte Bloatware lassen sich aber nicht so einfach entfernen wie eine normale App aus dem Play Store. Wir zeigen euch, welche App...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691805/it-nachrichten/nie-installiert-trotzdem-drauf-diese-versteckten-apps-bremsen-euer-android-handy-aus/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:45:48 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Oft sind es überflüssige Apps, die euer Android-Smartphone ausbremsen. Viele davon habt ihr nicht einmal selbst installiert. Diese sogenannten System-Apps und vorinstallierte Bloatware lassen sich aber nicht so einfach entfernen wie eine normale App aus dem Play Store. Wir zeigen euch, welche Apps ihr gefahrlos löschen könnt und wie ihr auch die hartnäckigsten Speicherfresser endgültig loswerdet – von ganz einfach bis zur Experten-Methode.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Submit your questions: Has the market lost its mind over AI?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with Lex head John Foley and tech comment editor Elaine Moore on Thursday July 30 at 1pm (BST)]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691786/ai-nachrichten/submit-your-questions-has-the-market-lost-its-mind-over-ai/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:23:06 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Whether you’re on PC or a console, level up your setup with our gaming expert’s pick of the best chairs• The best games of 2026 so farComfort is crucial to the gaming experience. It’s hard to focus on blasting aliens or taking Stoke to the Champions League final if your bum has gone to sleep beca...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691779/it-nachrichten/ive-been-gaming-for-40-years-here-are-the-best-chairs-in-the-uk-for-comfort-support-and-serious-play/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:21:24 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether you’re on PC or a console, level up your setup with our gaming expert’s pick of the best chairs</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-interactive/2026/jun/11/the-best-games-of-2026-so-far"><strong>The best games of 2026 so far</strong></a></p><p>Comfort is crucial to the gaming experience. It’s hard to focus on blasting aliens or taking Stoke to the Champions League final if your bum has gone to sleep because you’ve been sitting on an old chair for three hours. We’re spending <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/upshot/video-games-boys-young-men.html">more time playing games than ever before</a>, so good posture matters. If you have set up a dedicated gaming space, then a rickety seat just won’t cut it.</p><p>From luxurious ergonomic thrones to cheap-and-cheerful bucket seats, the options available are bewildering. So I set out on an epic quest: to find the most comfortable, durable and stylish gaming chairs. Here’s what I discovered.</p><p><strong>Best gaming chair overall:</strong><br>
 Secretlab Titan Evo</p><p><strong>Best budget gaming chair:</strong><br>
 ThunderX3 Solo 360</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jul/24/best-gaming-chairs-tested-uk">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA['Young people today don’t have the opportunity to play games from 10 years ago' — Nintendo's Miyamoto defends remakes like Ocarina of Time]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has defended the company's recent remake releases, suggesting they'll lead to sequels.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691609/it-nachrichten/young-people-today-dont-have-the-opportunity-to-play-games-from-10-years-ago-nintendos-miyamoto-defends-remakes-like-ocarina-of-time/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:03:18 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Some threats never pass through the Play Store. Others arrive later in seemingly legitimate updates. Here’s how Malwarebytes detects both. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread
Read more →
The post Beyon...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:58:39 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some threats never pass through the Play Store. Others arrive later in seemingly legitimate updates. Here’s how Malwarebytes detects both. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread</p>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8604-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - Foo-over-UDP (FOU);
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic AP...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691501/unix-server/usn-8604-1-linux-kernel-azure-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:46 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - Foo-over-UDP (FOU);
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Drivers core;
  - Null block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - DPLL subsystem;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - Modular ISDN driver;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - UACCE accelerator framework;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Network drivers;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PHY drivers;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - TTY drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - W1 Dallas's 1-wire bus driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - EFI Variable file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) client;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - SMB network file system;
  - Memory Management;
  - Kernel thread helper (kthread);
  - Memory management;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - Netfilter;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Hibernation control;
  - Timer subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Floating proportions library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Networking core;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NET/ROM layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - Network traffic control;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - ALSA AC97 driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
(CVE-2025-71158, CVE-2025-71160, CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71162,
CVE-2025-71163, CVE-2025-71180, CVE-2025-71182, CVE-2025-71183,
CVE-2025-71184, CVE-2025-71185, CVE-2025-71186, CVE-2025-71187,
CVE-2025-71188, CVE-2025-71189, CVE-2025-71190, CVE-2025-71191,
CVE-2025-71192, CVE-2025-71193, CVE-2025-71194, CVE-2025-71195,
CVE-2025-71196, CVE-2025-71197, CVE-2025-71198, CVE-2025-71199,
CVE-2025-71200, CVE-2025-71201, CVE-2026-22976, CVE-2026-22977,
CVE-2026-22978, CVE-2026-22979, CVE-2026-22980, CVE-2026-22981,
CVE-2026-22982, CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22986,
CVE-2026-22987, CVE-2026-22989, CVE-2026-22990, CVE-2026-22991,
CVE-2026-22992, CVE-2026-22993, CVE-2026-22994, CVE-2026-22996,
CVE-2026-22997, CVE-2026-22998, CVE-2026-22999, CVE-2026-23000,
CVE-2026-23001, CVE-2026-23002, CVE-2026-23003, CVE-2026-23004,
CVE-2026-23005, CVE-2026-23006, CVE-2026-23007, CVE-2026-23008,
CVE-2026-23009, CVE-2026-23010, CVE-2026-23011, CVE-2026-23012,
CVE-2026-23013, CVE-2026-23014, CVE-2026-23015, CVE-2026-23017,
CVE-2026-23018, CVE-2026-23019, CVE-2026-23020, CVE-2026-23021,
CVE-2026-23022, CVE-2026-23023, CVE-2026-23024, CVE-2026-23025,
CVE-2026-23026, CVE-2026-23030, CVE-2026-23031, CVE-2026-23032,
CVE-2026-23033, CVE-2026-23034, CVE-2026-23035, CVE-2026-23036,
CVE-2026-23037, CVE-2026-23038, CVE-2026-23042, CVE-2026-23044,
CVE-2026-23045, CVE-2026-23046, CVE-2026-23047, CVE-2026-23049,
CVE-2026-23050, CVE-2026-23051, CVE-2026-23052, CVE-2026-23053,
CVE-2026-23054, CVE-2026-23055, CVE-2026-23056, CVE-2026-23057,
CVE-2026-23058, CVE-2026-23059, CVE-2026-23061, CVE-2026-23062,
CVE-2026-23063, CVE-2026-23064, CVE-2026-23065, CVE-2026-23066,
CVE-2026-23067, CVE-2026-23068, CVE-2026-23069, CVE-2026-23070,
CVE-2026-23071, CVE-2026-23072, CVE-2026-23073, CVE-2026-23075,
CVE-2026-23076, CVE-2026-23077, CVE-2026-23078, CVE-2026-23079,
CVE-2026-23080, CVE-2026-23081, CVE-2026-23083, CVE-2026-23084,
CVE-2026-23085, CVE-2026-23086, CVE-2026-23087, CVE-2026-23088,
CVE-2026-23089, CVE-2026-23090, CVE-2026-23092, CVE-2026-23093,
CVE-2026-23094, CVE-2026-23095, CVE-2026-23096, CVE-2026-23097,
CVE-2026-23098, CVE-2026-23099, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23101,
CVE-2026-23102, CVE-2026-23103, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23105,
CVE-2026-23106, CVE-2026-23107, CVE-2026-23108, CVE-2026-23109,
CVE-2026-23110, CVE-2026-23113, CVE-2026-23114, CVE-2026-23115,
CVE-2026-23116, CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23119, CVE-2026-23120,
CVE-2026-23121, CVE-2026-23122, CVE-2026-23123, CVE-2026-23124,
CVE-2026-23125, CVE-2026-23126, CVE-2026-23128, CVE-2026-23129,
CVE-2026-23130, CVE-2026-23131, CVE-2026-23133, CVE-2026-23135,
CVE-2026-23136, CVE-2026-23137, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23139,
CVE-2026-23140, CVE-2026-23141, CVE-2026-23142, CVE-2026-23143,
CVE-2026-23144, CVE-2026-23145, CVE-2026-23146, CVE-2026-23147,
CVE-2026-23148, CVE-2026-23150, CVE-2026-23151, CVE-2026-23152,
CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23156, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23158,
CVE-2026-23159, CVE-2026-23160, CVE-2026-23161, CVE-2026-23162,
CVE-2026-23163, CVE-2026-23164, CVE-2026-23165, CVE-2026-23166,
CVE-2026-23167, CVE-2026-23168, CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23170,
CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23172, CVE-2026-23173, CVE-2026-23212,
CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23427,
CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402,
CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31478,
CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31635, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649,
CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669,
CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-43011,
CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43083,
CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43125, CVE-2026-43185,
CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43197, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341,
CVE-2026-43376, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384,
CVE-2026-43402, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414,
CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-45898, CVE-2026-45988,
CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46115,
CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46195,
CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46289,
CVE-2026-46290, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46317, CVE-2026-46325,
CVE-2026-53277, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8605-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - Foo-over-UDP (FOU);
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic AP...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691500/unix-server/usn-8605-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://tsecurity.de/de/3691500/unix-server/usn-8605-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:44 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - Foo-over-UDP (FOU);
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Drivers core;
  - Null block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - DPLL subsystem;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - On-Chip Interconnect management framework;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - Modular ISDN driver;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - UACCE accelerator framework;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Network drivers;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PHY drivers;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - TTY drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - W1 Dallas's 1-wire bus driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - EFI Variable file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) client;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - SMB network file system;
  - Memory Management;
  - Kernel thread helper (kthread);
  - Memory management;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - Netfilter;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Hibernation control;
  - Timer subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Floating proportions library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Networking core;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NET/ROM layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - Network traffic control;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - ALSA AC97 driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
(CVE-2025-71158, CVE-2025-71160, CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71162,
CVE-2025-71163, CVE-2025-71180, CVE-2025-71182, CVE-2025-71183,
CVE-2025-71184, CVE-2025-71185, CVE-2025-71186, CVE-2025-71187,
CVE-2025-71188, CVE-2025-71189, CVE-2025-71190, CVE-2025-71191,
CVE-2025-71192, CVE-2025-71193, CVE-2025-71194, CVE-2025-71195,
CVE-2025-71196, CVE-2025-71197, CVE-2025-71198, CVE-2025-71199,
CVE-2025-71200, CVE-2025-71201, CVE-2026-22976, CVE-2026-22977,
CVE-2026-22978, CVE-2026-22979, CVE-2026-22980, CVE-2026-22981,
CVE-2026-22982, CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22986,
CVE-2026-22987, CVE-2026-22989, CVE-2026-22990, CVE-2026-22991,
CVE-2026-22992, CVE-2026-22993, CVE-2026-22994, CVE-2026-22996,
CVE-2026-22997, CVE-2026-22998, CVE-2026-22999, CVE-2026-23000,
CVE-2026-23001, CVE-2026-23002, CVE-2026-23003, CVE-2026-23004,
CVE-2026-23005, CVE-2026-23006, CVE-2026-23007, CVE-2026-23008,
CVE-2026-23009, CVE-2026-23010, CVE-2026-23011, CVE-2026-23012,
CVE-2026-23013, CVE-2026-23014, CVE-2026-23015, CVE-2026-23017,
CVE-2026-23018, CVE-2026-23019, CVE-2026-23020, CVE-2026-23021,
CVE-2026-23022, CVE-2026-23023, CVE-2026-23024, CVE-2026-23025,
CVE-2026-23026, CVE-2026-23030, CVE-2026-23031, CVE-2026-23032,
CVE-2026-23033, CVE-2026-23034, CVE-2026-23035, CVE-2026-23036,
CVE-2026-23037, CVE-2026-23038, CVE-2026-23042, CVE-2026-23044,
CVE-2026-23045, CVE-2026-23046, CVE-2026-23047, CVE-2026-23049,
CVE-2026-23050, CVE-2026-23051, CVE-2026-23052, CVE-2026-23053,
CVE-2026-23054, CVE-2026-23055, CVE-2026-23056, CVE-2026-23057,
CVE-2026-23058, CVE-2026-23059, CVE-2026-23061, CVE-2026-23062,
CVE-2026-23063, CVE-2026-23064, CVE-2026-23065, CVE-2026-23066,
CVE-2026-23067, CVE-2026-23068, CVE-2026-23069, CVE-2026-23070,
CVE-2026-23071, CVE-2026-23072, CVE-2026-23073, CVE-2026-23075,
CVE-2026-23076, CVE-2026-23077, CVE-2026-23078, CVE-2026-23080,
CVE-2026-23081, CVE-2026-23083, CVE-2026-23084, CVE-2026-23085,
CVE-2026-23086, CVE-2026-23087, CVE-2026-23088, CVE-2026-23089,
CVE-2026-23090, CVE-2026-23092, CVE-2026-23093, CVE-2026-23094,
CVE-2026-23095, CVE-2026-23096, CVE-2026-23097, CVE-2026-23098,
CVE-2026-23099, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23101, CVE-2026-23102,
CVE-2026-23103, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23105, CVE-2026-23106,
CVE-2026-23107, CVE-2026-23108, CVE-2026-23109, CVE-2026-23110,
CVE-2026-23113, CVE-2026-23114, CVE-2026-23115, CVE-2026-23116,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23119, CVE-2026-23120, CVE-2026-23121,
CVE-2026-23122, CVE-2026-23123, CVE-2026-23124, CVE-2026-23125,
CVE-2026-23126, CVE-2026-23128, CVE-2026-23129, CVE-2026-23130,
CVE-2026-23131, CVE-2026-23133, CVE-2026-23135, CVE-2026-23136,
CVE-2026-23137, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23139, CVE-2026-23140,
CVE-2026-23141, CVE-2026-23142, CVE-2026-23143, CVE-2026-23144,
CVE-2026-23145, CVE-2026-23146, CVE-2026-23147, CVE-2026-23148,
CVE-2026-23150, CVE-2026-23151, CVE-2026-23152, CVE-2026-23154,
CVE-2026-23156, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23158, CVE-2026-23159,
CVE-2026-23160, CVE-2026-23161, CVE-2026-23162, CVE-2026-23163,
CVE-2026-23164, CVE-2026-23165, CVE-2026-23166, CVE-2026-23167,
CVE-2026-23168, CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23170, CVE-2026-23171,
CVE-2026-23172, CVE-2026-23173, CVE-2026-23212, CVE-2026-23272,
CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23427, CVE-2026-23428,
CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418,
CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607,
CVE-2026-31635, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31657,
CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31682,
CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037,
CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43083, CVE-2026-43114,
CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43125, CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186,
CVE-2026-43197, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43376,
CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43402,
CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493,
CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-45898, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46039,
CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46119,
CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243,
CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46290,
CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46317, CVE-2026-46325, CVE-2026-53277,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8595-2: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691499/unix-server/usn-8595-2-linux-kernel-aws-vulnerabilities/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://tsecurity.de/de/3691499/unix-server/usn-8595-2-linux-kernel-aws-vulnerabilities/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:43 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - Landlock security;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68239,
CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71269, CVE-2025-71287,
CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23118,
CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23171,
CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285,
CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290,
CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296,
CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308,
CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315,
CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334,
CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340,
CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356,
CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412,
CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419,
CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408,
CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31413, CVE-2026-31414,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441,
CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450,
CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466,
CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473,
CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509,
CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512, CVE-2026-31515,
CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519, CVE-2026-31520,
CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524,
CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528, CVE-2026-31530,
CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542, CVE-2026-31545,
CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554, CVE-2026-31555,
CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563, CVE-2026-31565,
CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580, CVE-2026-31581,
CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584, CVE-2026-31585,
CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590,
CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596, CVE-2026-31597,
CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603,
CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31610,
CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615,
CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619,
CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625,
CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629,
CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642,
CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31660,
CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665,
CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31689,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43012,
CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015, CVE-2026-43016,
CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019, CVE-2026-43020,
CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025, CVE-2026-43026,
CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032,
CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041,
CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047,
CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052,
CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058,
CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062,
CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068,
CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43084, CVE-2026-43085,
CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091,
CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098,
CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105,
CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111,
CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43119, CVE-2026-43120,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43252,
CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343,
CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355, CVE-2026-43357,
CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361, CVE-2026-43362,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43371, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397,
CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419,
CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425,
CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429,
CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437,
CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448,
CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452,
CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457,
CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467,
CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472,
CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480,
CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490,
CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45920,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45956,
CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121,
CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125,
CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204,
CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208,
CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225,
CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230,
CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234,
CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64164)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8606-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691498/unix-server/usn-8606-1-linux-kernel-azure-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:41 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23220,
CVE-2026-23221, CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227,
CVE-2026-23228, CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233,
CVE-2026-23234, CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237,
CVE-2026-23238, CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243,
CVE-2026-23244, CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249,
CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276,
CVE-2026-23277, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281,
CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287,
CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292,
CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300,
CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306,
CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312,
CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318,
CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325,
CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336,
CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347,
CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359,
CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361, CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363,
CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365, CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368,
CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370, CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374,
CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378, CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381,
CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383, CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387,
CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389, CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392,
CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398,
CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413,
CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420,
CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454,
CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456, CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458,
CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461, CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463,
CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465, CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470,
CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475, CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391,
CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393, CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396,
CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403,
CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409,
CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415,
CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440,
CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31448,
CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452,
CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458,
CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469,
CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476,
CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480, CVE-2026-31482,
CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487, CVE-2026-31488,
CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494, CVE-2026-31495,
CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498, CVE-2026-31499,
CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503, CVE-2026-31505,
CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509,
CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512, CVE-2026-31515,
CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519, CVE-2026-31520,
CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524,
CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528, CVE-2026-31530,
CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542, CVE-2026-31545,
CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554, CVE-2026-31555,
CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563, CVE-2026-31565,
CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580, CVE-2026-31581,
CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584, CVE-2026-31585,
CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590,
CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596, CVE-2026-31597,
CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603,
CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31607,
CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613,
CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618,
CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31638,
CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646,
CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651, CVE-2026-31655,
CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31659,
CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664,
CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669,
CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673,
CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677, CVE-2026-31678,
CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681, CVE-2026-31682,
CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-31686,
CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693, CVE-2026-31694,
CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698,
CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702,
CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707,
CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712,
CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31720,
CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723, CVE-2026-31724,
CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728, CVE-2026-31729,
CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738,
CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747, CVE-2026-31748,
CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31754,
CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758, CVE-2026-31759,
CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763, CVE-2026-31767,
CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772, CVE-2026-31773,
CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780, CVE-2026-31781,
CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43012,
CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015, CVE-2026-43016,
CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019, CVE-2026-43020,
CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025, CVE-2026-43026,
CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032,
CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038,
CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044,
CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050,
CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056,
CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060,
CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065,
CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43071,
CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075,
CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43081,
CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088,
CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093,
CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103,
CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109,
CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113,
CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119, CVE-2026-43120,
CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128, CVE-2026-43129,
CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133, CVE-2026-43134,
CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137, CVE-2026-43139,
CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143, CVE-2026-43145,
CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149, CVE-2026-43150,
CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156, CVE-2026-43157,
CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43163,
CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169, CVE-2026-43170,
CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175, CVE-2026-43180,
CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184, CVE-2026-43185,
CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189, CVE-2026-43190,
CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199, CVE-2026-43200,
CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203, CVE-2026-43205,
CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209, CVE-2026-43211,
CVE-2026-43212, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43258,
CVE-2026-43261, CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265,
CVE-2026-43266, CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270,
CVE-2026-43271, CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277,
CVE-2026-43278, CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283,
CVE-2026-43287, CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291,
CVE-2026-43295, CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300,
CVE-2026-43302, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313,
CVE-2026-43314, CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317,
CVE-2026-43318, CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324,
CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330,
CVE-2026-43332, CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336,
CVE-2026-43338, CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341,
CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350,
CVE-2026-43355, CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360,
CVE-2026-43361, CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366,
CVE-2026-43368, CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381,
CVE-2026-43382, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386,
CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405,
CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409,
CVE-2026-43411, CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43414,
CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421,
CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427,
CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432,
CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441,
CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450,
CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455,
CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459,
CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467, CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469,
CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475,
CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484,
CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492,
CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497,
CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847,
CVE-2026-45848, CVE-2026-45849, CVE-2026-45851, CVE-2026-45852,
CVE-2026-45855, CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45858,
CVE-2026-45859, CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45861, CVE-2026-45862,
CVE-2026-45864, CVE-2026-45865, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867,
CVE-2026-45868, CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871,
CVE-2026-45872, CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45877,
CVE-2026-45878, CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45880, CVE-2026-45881,
CVE-2026-45882, CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45884, CVE-2026-45885,
CVE-2026-45886, CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45893,
CVE-2026-45895, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904,
CVE-2026-45905, CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912,
CVE-2026-45913, CVE-2026-45914, CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916,
CVE-2026-45917, CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45921,
CVE-2026-45923, CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45928, CVE-2026-45935,
CVE-2026-45936, CVE-2026-45938, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45942,
CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45947, CVE-2026-45948,
CVE-2026-45954, CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45957, CVE-2026-45958,
CVE-2026-45960, CVE-2026-45962, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965,
CVE-2026-45968, CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45972,
CVE-2026-45973, CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45976, CVE-2026-45978,
CVE-2026-45981, CVE-2026-45982, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984,
CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45988,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46043,
CVE-2026-46044, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049,
CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053,
CVE-2026-46056, CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062,
CVE-2026-46063, CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068,
CVE-2026-46069, CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073,
CVE-2026-46075, CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078,
CVE-2026-46079, CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083,
CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089,
CVE-2026-46090, CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094,
CVE-2026-46098, CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102,
CVE-2026-46103, CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108,
CVE-2026-46110, CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113,
CVE-2026-46114, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117,
CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122,
CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126,
CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46131,
CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186,
CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191,
CVE-2026-46193, CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196,
CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200,
CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206,
CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211,
CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219,
CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227,
CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232,
CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236,
CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244,
CVE-2026-46246, CVE-2026-46247, CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250,
CVE-2026-46251, CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46254, CVE-2026-46255,
CVE-2026-46259, CVE-2026-46260, CVE-2026-46261, CVE-2026-46265,
CVE-2026-46266, CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273,
CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46285,
CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920,
CVE-2026-52925, CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951,
CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958,
CVE-2026-52961, CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964,
CVE-2026-52967, CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970,
CVE-2026-52974, CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981,
CVE-2026-52982, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986,
CVE-2026-52989, CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993,
CVE-2026-52995, CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001,
CVE-2026-53002, CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006,
CVE-2026-53011, CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014,
CVE-2026-53015, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022,
CVE-2026-53023, CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034,
CVE-2026-53035, CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039,
CVE-2026-53040, CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045,
CVE-2026-53046, CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049,
CVE-2026-53050, CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058,
CVE-2026-53059, CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062,
CVE-2026-53063, CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066,
CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072,
CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076,
CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084,
CVE-2026-53085, CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093,
CVE-2026-53094, CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098,
CVE-2026-53110, CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115,
CVE-2026-53117, CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126,
CVE-2026-53128, CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287,
CVE-2026-53289, CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294,
CVE-2026-53295, CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304,
CVE-2026-53306, CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320,
CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376,
CVE-2026-53379, CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844,
CVE-2026-63845, CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848,
CVE-2026-63851, CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855,
CVE-2026-63856, CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862,
CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8607-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:40 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23220, CVE-2026-23221,
CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233, CVE-2026-23234,
CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238,
CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249, CVE-2026-23253,
CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284,
CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289,
CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302,
CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307,
CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313,
CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319,
CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330,
CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352,
CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396,
CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401,
CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418,
CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440,
CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442, CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446,
CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448, CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450,
CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407,
CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412,
CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417,
CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421, CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423,
CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425, CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427,
CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429, CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432,
CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439,
CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447,
CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451,
CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455,
CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474,
CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617,
CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623,
CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627,
CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637,
CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645,
CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662,
CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668,
CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685,
CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037,
CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043,
CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049,
CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054,
CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059,
CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064,
CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086,
CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092,
CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099,
CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107,
CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112,
CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133,
CVE-2026-43134, CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137,
CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143,
CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149,
CVE-2026-43150, CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156,
CVE-2026-43157, CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162,
CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169,
CVE-2026-43170, CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175,
CVE-2026-43180, CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184,
CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189,
CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199,
CVE-2026-43200, CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203,
CVE-2026-43205, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209,
CVE-2026-43211, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43261,
CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43266,
CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43271,
CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43278,
CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283, CVE-2026-43287,
CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291, CVE-2026-43295,
CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300, CVE-2026-43302,
CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313, CVE-2026-43314,
CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317, CVE-2026-43318,
CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373, CVE-2026-43377,
CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387,
CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43406,
CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43415,
CVE-2026-43419, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424,
CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428,
CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436,
CVE-2026-43437, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445,
CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451,
CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456,
CVE-2026-43457, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466,
CVE-2026-43467, CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471,
CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476,
CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488,
CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43493,
CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499,
CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835,
CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847, CVE-2026-45848,
CVE-2026-45849, CVE-2026-45851, CVE-2026-45852, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45859,
CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45861, CVE-2026-45862, CVE-2026-45864,
CVE-2026-45865, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867, CVE-2026-45868,
CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871, CVE-2026-45872,
CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45877, CVE-2026-45878,
CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45880, CVE-2026-45881, CVE-2026-45882,
CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45884, CVE-2026-45885, CVE-2026-45886,
CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45893, CVE-2026-45895,
CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904, CVE-2026-45905,
CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912, CVE-2026-45913,
CVE-2026-45914, CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916, CVE-2026-45917,
CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45921, CVE-2026-45923,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45928, CVE-2026-45935, CVE-2026-45936,
CVE-2026-45938, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943,
CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45947, CVE-2026-45948, CVE-2026-45954,
CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45957, CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45960,
CVE-2026-45962, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965, CVE-2026-45968,
CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45972, CVE-2026-45973,
CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45976, CVE-2026-45978, CVE-2026-45981,
CVE-2026-45982, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984, CVE-2026-45985,
CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-45989,
CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996, CVE-2026-45997,
CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003, CVE-2026-46004,
CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007, CVE-2026-46009,
CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015, CVE-2026-46016,
CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021, CVE-2026-46022,
CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026, CVE-2026-46027,
CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46038,
CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46119,
CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123,
CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127,
CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132,
CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136, CVE-2026-46137,
CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142, CVE-2026-46143,
CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146, CVE-2026-46149,
CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152, CVE-2026-46157,
CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46163,
CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46169,
CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-46176,
CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179, CVE-2026-46180,
CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197,
CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201,
CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207,
CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212,
CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220,
CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229,
CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233,
CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238,
CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46246,
CVE-2026-46247, CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250, CVE-2026-46251,
CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46254, CVE-2026-46255, CVE-2026-46259,
CVE-2026-46260, CVE-2026-46261, CVE-2026-46265, CVE-2026-46266,
CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274,
CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286,
CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46291, CVE-2026-46292,
CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296, CVE-2026-46299,
CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46306,
CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314, CVE-2026-46319,
CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8608-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:38 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - Landlock security;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68239,
CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71269, CVE-2025-71287,
CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23104, CVE-2026-23118,
CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23171,
CVE-2026-23207, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23255,
CVE-2026-23270, CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284, CVE-2026-23285,
CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290,
CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293, CVE-2026-23296,
CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23308,
CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313, CVE-2026-23315,
CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319, CVE-2026-23321,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330, CVE-2026-23334,
CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339, CVE-2026-23340,
CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356,
CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23360, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23412,
CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418, CVE-2026-23419,
CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438,
CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440, CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448,
CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408,
CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31412, CVE-2026-31413, CVE-2026-31414,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429,
CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31434,
CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439, CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441,
CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450,
CVE-2026-31451, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466,
CVE-2026-31467, CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473,
CVE-2026-31474, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612, CVE-2026-31613,
CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618,
CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639,
CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645, CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648,
CVE-2026-31651, CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664,
CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671,
CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675,
CVE-2026-31677, CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680,
CVE-2026-31681, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686,
CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696,
CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700,
CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705,
CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709,
CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715,
CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722,
CVE-2026-31723, CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726,
CVE-2026-31728, CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731,
CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741,
CVE-2026-31747, CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751,
CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756,
CVE-2026-31758, CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762,
CVE-2026-31763, CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770,
CVE-2026-31772, CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779,
CVE-2026-31780, CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43040,
CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046,
CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049, CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051,
CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057,
CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061,
CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064, CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066,
CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073,
CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079,
CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43084,
CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086, CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089,
CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092, CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094,
CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104,
CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107, CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110,
CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43162, CVE-2026-43245,
CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43324,
CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330,
CVE-2026-43332, CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336,
CVE-2026-43338, CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43371, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43377, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397,
CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43415, CVE-2026-43419,
CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424, CVE-2026-43425,
CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429,
CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436, CVE-2026-43437,
CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43448,
CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452,
CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456, CVE-2026-43457,
CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43467,
CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471, CVE-2026-43472,
CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480,
CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488, CVE-2026-43490,
CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45920,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943, CVE-2026-45956,
CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996,
CVE-2026-45997, CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021,
CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121,
CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125,
CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46136,
CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152,
CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179,
CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46204,
CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208,
CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46225,
CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230,
CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234,
CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46241,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46291,
CVE-2026-46292, CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314,
CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64164)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8609-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691495/unix-server/usn-8609-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:37 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 5 processors supporting RDSEED
instruction did not properly handle entropy, potentially resulting in the
consumption of insufficiently random values. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to influence the values returned by the RDSEED
instruction causing loss of confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2025-62626)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - Counter interface drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - IRQ chip drivers;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - Broadcom VK accelerator driver;
  - Fastrpc Driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Ethernet team driver;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Performance monitor drivers;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - i.MX PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - SLIMbus drivers;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - MediaTek SoC drivers;
  - Microchip PolarFire SoC system controller driver;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - ChipIdea USB driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - DesignWare USB3 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM TDX Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Memory Management;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - Networking core;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Perf events;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - Locking primitives;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - RCU subsystem;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 9P file system network protocol;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - KCM (Kernel Connection Multiplexor) sockets driver;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Landlock security;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - Samsung ASoC drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2025-21709, CVE-2025-22116, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-39764,
CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-68175,
CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68334, CVE-2025-68736, CVE-2025-71152,
CVE-2025-71161, CVE-2025-71203, CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71229,
CVE-2025-71231, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71269,
CVE-2025-71272, CVE-2025-71273, CVE-2025-71274, CVE-2025-71286,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71288, CVE-2025-71291, CVE-2025-71292,
CVE-2025-71294, CVE-2025-71295, CVE-2025-71297, CVE-2025-71304,
CVE-2025-71305, CVE-2026-22981, CVE-2026-22985, CVE-2026-22993,
CVE-2026-23004, CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23104,
CVE-2026-23118, CVE-2026-23138, CVE-2026-23154, CVE-2026-23157,
CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23171, CVE-2026-23220, CVE-2026-23221,
CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23226, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23230, CVE-2026-23233, CVE-2026-23234,
CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236, CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238,
CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242, CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23244,
CVE-2026-23245, CVE-2026-23246, CVE-2026-23249, CVE-2026-23253,
CVE-2026-23255, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23267, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23271, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23276, CVE-2026-23277,
CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23284,
CVE-2026-23285, CVE-2026-23286, CVE-2026-23287, CVE-2026-23289,
CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23292, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23302,
CVE-2026-23303, CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23306, CVE-2026-23307,
CVE-2026-23308, CVE-2026-23310, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23313,
CVE-2026-23315, CVE-2026-23317, CVE-2026-23318, CVE-2026-23319,
CVE-2026-23321, CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23325, CVE-2026-23330,
CVE-2026-23334, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23343, CVE-2026-23347, CVE-2026-23352,
CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357, CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23361,
CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23363, CVE-2026-23364, CVE-2026-23365,
CVE-2026-23367, CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23369, CVE-2026-23370,
CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23374, CVE-2026-23375, CVE-2026-23378,
CVE-2026-23379, CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23383,
CVE-2026-23386, CVE-2026-23387, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23389,
CVE-2026-23391, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396,
CVE-2026-23397, CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401,
CVE-2026-23412, CVE-2026-23413, CVE-2026-23414, CVE-2026-23418,
CVE-2026-23419, CVE-2026-23420, CVE-2026-23426, CVE-2026-23428,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23440,
CVE-2026-23441, CVE-2026-23442, CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446,
CVE-2026-23447, CVE-2026-23448, CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-23450,
CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-23456,
CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460, CVE-2026-23461,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23464, CVE-2026-23465,
CVE-2026-23468, CVE-2026-23470, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-23475,
CVE-2026-31389, CVE-2026-31391, CVE-2026-31392, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31394, CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400,
CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31403, CVE-2026-31405, CVE-2026-31407,
CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411, CVE-2026-31412,
CVE-2026-31414, CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417,
CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31421, CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423,
CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425, CVE-2026-31426, CVE-2026-31427,
CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31429, CVE-2026-31430, CVE-2026-31432,
CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31438, CVE-2026-31439,
CVE-2026-31440, CVE-2026-31441, CVE-2026-31446, CVE-2026-31447,
CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31449, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31451,
CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31453, CVE-2026-31454, CVE-2026-31455,
CVE-2026-31458, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31470, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31474,
CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31477, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31482, CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31487,
CVE-2026-31488, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31492, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31496, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498,
CVE-2026-31499, CVE-2026-31500, CVE-2026-31502, CVE-2026-31503,
CVE-2026-31505, CVE-2026-31506, CVE-2026-31507, CVE-2026-31508,
CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31511, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31516, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31519,
CVE-2026-31520, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522, CVE-2026-31523,
CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31525, CVE-2026-31527, CVE-2026-31528,
CVE-2026-31530, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540, CVE-2026-31542,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31548, CVE-2026-31549,
CVE-2026-31550, CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31554,
CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31556, CVE-2026-31557, CVE-2026-31563,
CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31566, CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31575,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606,
CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617,
CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623,
CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627,
CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31637,
CVE-2026-31638, CVE-2026-31639, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31645,
CVE-2026-31646, CVE-2026-31648, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31655, CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31658,
CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662,
CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31668,
CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672,
CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31675, CVE-2026-31677,
CVE-2026-31678, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31685,
CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-31693,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31704, CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706,
CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708, CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31711,
CVE-2026-31712, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31722, CVE-2026-31723,
CVE-2026-31724, CVE-2026-31725, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31729, CVE-2026-31730, CVE-2026-31731, CVE-2026-31737,
CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31740, CVE-2026-31741, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31767, CVE-2026-31768, CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31772,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31779, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43007, CVE-2026-43011,
CVE-2026-43012, CVE-2026-43013, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43016, CVE-2026-43017, CVE-2026-43018, CVE-2026-43019,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43023, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43025,
CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030,
CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43036, CVE-2026-43037,
CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043,
CVE-2026-43044, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43049,
CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054,
CVE-2026-43056, CVE-2026-43057, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43059,
CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43064,
CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43074,
CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080,
CVE-2026-43081, CVE-2026-43082, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43086,
CVE-2026-43088, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43091, CVE-2026-43092,
CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43094, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099,
CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43107,
CVE-2026-43109, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112,
CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43119,
CVE-2026-43120, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43128,
CVE-2026-43129, CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133,
CVE-2026-43134, CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43137,
CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43143,
CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149,
CVE-2026-43150, CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43153, CVE-2026-43156,
CVE-2026-43157, CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43162,
CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43167, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43169,
CVE-2026-43170, CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43173, CVE-2026-43175,
CVE-2026-43180, CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184,
CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43189,
CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43199,
CVE-2026-43200, CVE-2026-43201, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203,
CVE-2026-43205, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209,
CVE-2026-43211, CVE-2026-43214, CVE-2026-43215, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43221, CVE-2026-43222, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225,
CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231,
CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43238,
CVE-2026-43239, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43244,
CVE-2026-43245, CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43248, CVE-2026-43249,
CVE-2026-43250, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43252, CVE-2026-43253,
CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43256, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43261,
CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43265, CVE-2026-43266,
CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43271,
CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43278,
CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283, CVE-2026-43287,
CVE-2026-43288, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291, CVE-2026-43295,
CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43297, CVE-2026-43300, CVE-2026-43302,
CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313, CVE-2026-43314,
CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43317, CVE-2026-43318,
CVE-2026-43319, CVE-2026-43320, CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327,
CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43330, CVE-2026-43332,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43338,
CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43342,
CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43345, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43355,
CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43359, CVE-2026-43360, CVE-2026-43361,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43366, CVE-2026-43368,
CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43372, CVE-2026-43373, CVE-2026-43377,
CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382,
CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384, CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387,
CVE-2026-43395, CVE-2026-43397, CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43406,
CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43408, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43411,
CVE-2026-43412, CVE-2026-43413, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43415,
CVE-2026-43419, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43421, CVE-2026-43424,
CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428,
CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43436,
CVE-2026-43437, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43441, CVE-2026-43445,
CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451,
CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43455, CVE-2026-43456,
CVE-2026-43457, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466,
CVE-2026-43467, CVE-2026-43468, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43471,
CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476,
CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43483, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43488,
CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491, CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43493,
CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43499,
CVE-2026-43501, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835,
CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847, CVE-2026-45848,
CVE-2026-45849, CVE-2026-45851, CVE-2026-45852, CVE-2026-45855,
CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45858, CVE-2026-45859,
CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45861, CVE-2026-45862, CVE-2026-45864,
CVE-2026-45865, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867, CVE-2026-45868,
CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871, CVE-2026-45872,
CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45877, CVE-2026-45878,
CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45880, CVE-2026-45881, CVE-2026-45882,
CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45884, CVE-2026-45885, CVE-2026-45886,
CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45893, CVE-2026-45895,
CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904, CVE-2026-45905,
CVE-2026-45910, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912, CVE-2026-45913,
CVE-2026-45914, CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916, CVE-2026-45917,
CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45921, CVE-2026-45923,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45928, CVE-2026-45935, CVE-2026-45936,
CVE-2026-45938, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45942, CVE-2026-45943,
CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45947, CVE-2026-45948, CVE-2026-45954,
CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45957, CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45960,
CVE-2026-45962, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965, CVE-2026-45968,
CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45972, CVE-2026-45973,
CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45976, CVE-2026-45978, CVE-2026-45981,
CVE-2026-45982, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984, CVE-2026-45985,
CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-45989,
CVE-2026-45991, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45996, CVE-2026-45997,
CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003, CVE-2026-46004,
CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007, CVE-2026-46009,
CVE-2026-46011, CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46015, CVE-2026-46016,
CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46021, CVE-2026-46022,
CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46026, CVE-2026-46027,
CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46038,
CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050,
CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46056,
CVE-2026-46058, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46063,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069,
CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46075,
CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078, CVE-2026-46079,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084,
CVE-2026-46086, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46094, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46103,
CVE-2026-46106, CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46119,
CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123,
CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126, CVE-2026-46127,
CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132,
CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136, CVE-2026-46137,
CVE-2026-46138, CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46142, CVE-2026-46143,
CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146, CVE-2026-46149,
CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152, CVE-2026-46157,
CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46163,
CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46169,
CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-46176,
CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46179, CVE-2026-46180,
CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187,
CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190, CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46193,
CVE-2026-46194, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197,
CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201,
CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46207,
CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212,
CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220,
CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46229,
CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233,
CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238,
CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46246,
CVE-2026-46247, CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250, CVE-2026-46251,
CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46254, CVE-2026-46255, CVE-2026-46259,
CVE-2026-46260, CVE-2026-46261, CVE-2026-46265, CVE-2026-46266,
CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274,
CVE-2026-46280, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286,
CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46291, CVE-2026-46292,
CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46296, CVE-2026-46299,
CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46306,
CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46314, CVE-2026-46319,
CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52936, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52954,
CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52961,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964, CVE-2026-52967,
CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52989,
CVE-2026-52990, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014, CVE-2026-53015,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034, CVE-2026-53035,
CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53058, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53063,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066, CVE-2026-53068,
CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073,
CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077,
CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085,
CVE-2026-53086, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53117,
CVE-2026-53122, CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53126, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53279, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53289,
CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53303, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369,
CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844, CVE-2026-63845,
CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848, CVE-2026-63851,
CVE-2026-63852, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63865,
CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64164)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8575-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in certain
situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could
expose...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691494/unix-server/usn-8575-3-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://tsecurity.de/de/3691494/unix-server/usn-8575-3-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:35 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in certain
situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could
expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-45896)

It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM32 architecture;
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Memory Management;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Networking core;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Phonet protocol;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - AudioScience HPI driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
(CVE-2022-49803, CVE-2022-49961, CVE-2022-50073, CVE-2022-50116,
CVE-2022-50552, CVE-2023-52682, CVE-2023-52737, CVE-2023-53545,
CVE-2023-53596, CVE-2023-53629, CVE-2024-27389, CVE-2024-35865,
CVE-2024-36898, CVE-2024-36922, CVE-2024-41079, CVE-2024-46715,
CVE-2024-46770, CVE-2024-47809, CVE-2024-50012, CVE-2024-53221,
CVE-2024-56557, CVE-2024-56584, CVE-2024-56657, CVE-2024-56719,
CVE-2024-56727, CVE-2025-21712, CVE-2025-21739, CVE-2025-21863,
CVE-2025-22107, CVE-2025-23141, CVE-2025-37786, CVE-2025-38006,
CVE-2025-38105, CVE-2025-38192, CVE-2025-38250, CVE-2025-38562,
CVE-2025-38626, CVE-2025-38659, CVE-2025-38710, CVE-2025-39748,
CVE-2025-39764, CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40016, CVE-2025-40103,
CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68256,
CVE-2025-68307, CVE-2025-68358, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71274,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71292, CVE-2025-71304, CVE-2026-23031,
CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23113, CVE-2026-23141,
CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23204, CVE-2026-23220,
CVE-2026-23221, CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23234, CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236,
CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238, CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242,
CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23277, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23286,
CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23318,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357,
CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23365, CVE-2026-23367,
CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23370, CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23379,
CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23391,
CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23420,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454,
CVE-2026-23456, CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400, CVE-2026-31405,
CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31446,
CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498, CVE-2026-31507,
CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522,
CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31552, CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31565,
CVE-2026-31570, CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578,
CVE-2026-31580, CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31585,
CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594,
CVE-2026-31596, CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599,
CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31615,
CVE-2026-31616, CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619,
CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625,
CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629,
CVE-2026-31630, CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31651,
CVE-2026-31656, CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661,
CVE-2026-31662, CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667,
CVE-2026-31670, CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673,
CVE-2026-31674, CVE-2026-31676, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680,
CVE-2026-31681, CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686,
CVE-2026-31687, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696,
CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31701,
CVE-2026-31716, CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31726,
CVE-2026-31728, CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31747,
CVE-2026-31748, CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752,
CVE-2026-31754, CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758,
CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763,
CVE-2026-31770, CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31780,
CVE-2026-31781, CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015,
CVE-2026-43020, CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027,
CVE-2026-43028, CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035,
CVE-2026-43040, CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43046,
CVE-2026-43047, CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052,
CVE-2026-43054, CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061,
CVE-2026-43062, CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068,
CVE-2026-43069, CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076,
CVE-2026-43079, CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43089,
CVE-2026-43093, CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103,
CVE-2026-43104, CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111,
CVE-2026-43112, CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124,
CVE-2026-43130, CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133, CVE-2026-43134,
CVE-2026-43135, CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140,
CVE-2026-43141, CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148,
CVE-2026-43149, CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43156, CVE-2026-43158,
CVE-2026-43159, CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43171,
CVE-2026-43180, CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184,
CVE-2026-43187, CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196,
CVE-2026-43200, CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203, CVE-2026-43205,
CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209, CVE-2026-43211,
CVE-2026-43218, CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225, CVE-2026-43226,
CVE-2026-43227, CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231, CVE-2026-43232,
CVE-2026-43233, CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242,
CVE-2026-43246, CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43257,
CVE-2026-43261, CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43266,
CVE-2026-43268, CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43273,
CVE-2026-43275, CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281,
CVE-2026-43283, CVE-2026-43287, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291,
CVE-2026-43295, CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43302, CVE-2026-43312,
CVE-2026-43313, CVE-2026-43314, CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316,
CVE-2026-43324, CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329,
CVE-2026-43333, CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43339,
CVE-2026-43340, CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43357,
CVE-2026-43363, CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43373,
CVE-2026-43380, CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382, CVE-2026-43386,
CVE-2026-43387, CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43411, CVE-2026-43420,
CVE-2026-43425, CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428,
CVE-2026-43429, CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43439,
CVE-2026-43445, CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451,
CVE-2026-43452, CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459,
CVE-2026-43466, CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473,
CVE-2026-43475, CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43484,
CVE-2026-43496, CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834,
CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839,
CVE-2026-45840, CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843,
CVE-2026-45844, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847, CVE-2026-45848,
CVE-2026-45852, CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45860,
CVE-2026-45862, CVE-2026-45864, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867,
CVE-2026-45868, CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871,
CVE-2026-45873, CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45883,
CVE-2026-45885, CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45899,
CVE-2026-45902, CVE-2026-45904, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912,
CVE-2026-45915, CVE-2026-45916, CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920,
CVE-2026-45924, CVE-2026-45935, CVE-2026-45936, CVE-2026-45941,
CVE-2026-45946, CVE-2026-45948, CVE-2026-45954, CVE-2026-45956,
CVE-2026-45958, CVE-2026-45960, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965,
CVE-2026-45968, CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45974,
CVE-2026-45978, CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984, CVE-2026-45985,
CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-46002,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023,
CVE-2026-46024, CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037,
CVE-2026-46040, CVE-2026-46044, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047,
CVE-2026-46049, CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46053,
CVE-2026-46062, CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072,
CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46088,
CVE-2026-46098, CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102,
CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46120,
CVE-2026-46122, CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46127,
CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46137,
CVE-2026-46146, CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151,
CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168,
CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178,
CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46189,
CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206,
CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46219,
CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231,
CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238,
CVE-2026-46249, CVE-2026-46250, CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46259,
CVE-2026-46267, CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274,
CVE-2026-46275, CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46301,
CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46319,
CVE-2026-46328, CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52914,
CVE-2026-52915, CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52920,
CVE-2026-52921, CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52925, CVE-2026-52926,
CVE-2026-52931, CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957,
CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52969,
CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52982, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985,
CVE-2026-52986, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995,
CVE-2026-52998, CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011,
CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022,
CVE-2026-53023, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040,
CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53059, CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062,
CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069,
CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074,
CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53088,
CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53128,
CVE-2026-53130, CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53294,
CVE-2026-53295, CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306,
CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53379,
CVE-2026-63860, CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64032,
CVE-2026-64033, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64046,
CVE-2026-64047, CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056, CVE-2026-64083,
CVE-2026-64084, CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087,
CVE-2026-64088, CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64102,
CVE-2026-64103, CVE-2026-64113, CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115,
CVE-2026-64125, CVE-2026-64133, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64153,
CVE-2026-64155, CVE-2026-64164, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166,
CVE-2026-64168, CVE-2026-64173, CVE-2026-64174, CVE-2026-64177,
CVE-2026-64178, CVE-2026-64179, CVE-2026-64185)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[USN-8610-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in certain
situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could
expose...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691493/unix-server/usn-8610-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</link>
<guid isPermaLink="true">https://tsecurity.de/de/3691493/unix-server/usn-8610-1-linux-kernel-azure-cvm-vulnerabilities/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:17:33 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Maxim Suhanov discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate file name length in certain
situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious NTFS image that, when mounted and operated on, could
expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-45896)

It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - ARM32 architecture;
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - ATM drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - Power management core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - RNBD block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clocksource drivers;
  - Data acquisition framework and drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - CPU idle management framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - DMA engine subsystem;
  - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);
  - EFI core;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - MediaTek SMI driver;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - Multifunction device drivers;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MMC subsystem;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - Near Field Communication (NFC) drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) drivers;
  - NVME drivers;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - Broadcom BCM2835 power domain driver;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - RapidIO drivers;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - RPMSG subsystem;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - Freescale SoC drivers;
  - Texas Instruments SoC drivers;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - TTY drivers;
  - UFS subsystem;
  - Cadence USB3 driver;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - USB core drivers;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Host Controller drivers;
  - Mustek MDC800 USB digital camera driver;
  - USB YUREX driver;
  - Renesas USBHS Controller drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FAT file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - JFS file system;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Proc file system;
  - Pstore file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - SquashFS file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) subsystem;
  - Memory Management;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Memory management;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - Network traffic control;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Netfilter;
  - IP tunnels definitions;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - Kernel kexec() syscall;
  - Kernel module support;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Networking core;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NCSI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) driver;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Phonet protocol;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RF switch subsystem;
  - Rose network layer;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - Sun RPC protocol;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - X.25 network layer;
  - eXpress Data Path;
  - AppArmor security module;
  - Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel framework;
  - ALSA framework;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - AudioScience HPI driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;
  - SoC audio core drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
(CVE-2022-49803, CVE-2022-49961, CVE-2022-50073, CVE-2022-50116,
CVE-2022-50552, CVE-2023-52682, CVE-2023-52737, CVE-2023-53545,
CVE-2023-53596, CVE-2023-53629, CVE-2024-27389, CVE-2024-35865,
CVE-2024-36898, CVE-2024-36922, CVE-2024-41079, CVE-2024-46715,
CVE-2024-46770, CVE-2024-47809, CVE-2024-50012, CVE-2024-53221,
CVE-2024-56557, CVE-2024-56584, CVE-2024-56657, CVE-2024-56719,
CVE-2024-56727, CVE-2025-21712, CVE-2025-21739, CVE-2025-21863,
CVE-2025-22107, CVE-2025-23141, CVE-2025-37786, CVE-2025-38006,
CVE-2025-38105, CVE-2025-38192, CVE-2025-38250, CVE-2025-38562,
CVE-2025-38626, CVE-2025-38659, CVE-2025-38710, CVE-2025-39748,
CVE-2025-39764, CVE-2025-40005, CVE-2025-40016, CVE-2025-40103,
CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68256,
CVE-2025-68307, CVE-2025-68358, CVE-2025-71150, CVE-2025-71161,
CVE-2025-71221, CVE-2025-71232, CVE-2025-71233, CVE-2025-71235,
CVE-2025-71236, CVE-2025-71237, CVE-2025-71238, CVE-2025-71239,
CVE-2025-71265, CVE-2025-71266, CVE-2025-71267, CVE-2025-71274,
CVE-2025-71287, CVE-2025-71292, CVE-2025-71304, CVE-2026-23031,
CVE-2026-23066, CVE-2026-23100, CVE-2026-23113, CVE-2026-23141,
CVE-2026-23157, CVE-2026-23169, CVE-2026-23204, CVE-2026-23220,
CVE-2026-23221, CVE-2026-23222, CVE-2026-23227, CVE-2026-23228,
CVE-2026-23229, CVE-2026-23234, CVE-2026-23235, CVE-2026-23236,
CVE-2026-23237, CVE-2026-23238, CVE-2026-23241, CVE-2026-23242,
CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23253, CVE-2026-23266, CVE-2026-23270,
CVE-2026-23277, CVE-2026-23279, CVE-2026-23281, CVE-2026-23286,
CVE-2026-23289, CVE-2026-23290, CVE-2026-23291, CVE-2026-23293,
CVE-2026-23296, CVE-2026-23298, CVE-2026-23300, CVE-2026-23303,
CVE-2026-23304, CVE-2026-23307, CVE-2026-23312, CVE-2026-23318,
CVE-2026-23324, CVE-2026-23335, CVE-2026-23336, CVE-2026-23339,
CVE-2026-23340, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-23356, CVE-2026-23357,
CVE-2026-23359, CVE-2026-23362, CVE-2026-23365, CVE-2026-23367,
CVE-2026-23368, CVE-2026-23370, CVE-2026-23372, CVE-2026-23379,
CVE-2026-23381, CVE-2026-23382, CVE-2026-23388, CVE-2026-23391,
CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23395, CVE-2026-23396, CVE-2026-23397,
CVE-2026-23398, CVE-2026-23399, CVE-2026-23401, CVE-2026-23420,
CVE-2026-23434, CVE-2026-23438, CVE-2026-23439, CVE-2026-23442,
CVE-2026-23444, CVE-2026-23446, CVE-2026-23452, CVE-2026-23454,
CVE-2026-23456, CVE-2026-23457, CVE-2026-23458, CVE-2026-23460,
CVE-2026-23462, CVE-2026-23463, CVE-2026-23474, CVE-2026-31393,
CVE-2026-31396, CVE-2026-31399, CVE-2026-31400, CVE-2026-31405,
CVE-2026-31407, CVE-2026-31408, CVE-2026-31409, CVE-2026-31411,
CVE-2026-31415, CVE-2026-31416, CVE-2026-31417, CVE-2026-31421,
CVE-2026-31422, CVE-2026-31423, CVE-2026-31424, CVE-2026-31425,
CVE-2026-31427, CVE-2026-31428, CVE-2026-31433, CVE-2026-31446,
CVE-2026-31447, CVE-2026-31450, CVE-2026-31452, CVE-2026-31454,
CVE-2026-31455, CVE-2026-31464, CVE-2026-31466, CVE-2026-31467,
CVE-2026-31469, CVE-2026-31473, CVE-2026-31476, CVE-2026-31480,
CVE-2026-31483, CVE-2026-31485, CVE-2026-31489, CVE-2026-31494,
CVE-2026-31495, CVE-2026-31497, CVE-2026-31498, CVE-2026-31507,
CVE-2026-31508, CVE-2026-31509, CVE-2026-31510, CVE-2026-31512,
CVE-2026-31515, CVE-2026-31518, CVE-2026-31521, CVE-2026-31522,
CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31524, CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31540,
CVE-2026-31545, CVE-2026-31546, CVE-2026-31549, CVE-2026-31550,
CVE-2026-31551, CVE-2026-31555, CVE-2026-31565, CVE-2026-31570,
CVE-2026-31576, CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586,
CVE-2026-31588, CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31602,
CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616,
CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31622,
CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624, CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626,
CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31630,
CVE-2026-31634, CVE-2026-31642, CVE-2026-31651, CVE-2026-31656,
CVE-2026-31658, CVE-2026-31660, CVE-2026-31661, CVE-2026-31662,
CVE-2026-31664, CVE-2026-31665, CVE-2026-31667, CVE-2026-31670,
CVE-2026-31671, CVE-2026-31672, CVE-2026-31673, CVE-2026-31674,
CVE-2026-31676, CVE-2026-31679, CVE-2026-31680, CVE-2026-31681,
CVE-2026-31683, CVE-2026-31684, CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31687,
CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31695, CVE-2026-31696, CVE-2026-31697,
CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31720, CVE-2026-31721, CVE-2026-31726, CVE-2026-31728,
CVE-2026-31737, CVE-2026-31738, CVE-2026-31747, CVE-2026-31748,
CVE-2026-31749, CVE-2026-31751, CVE-2026-31752, CVE-2026-31754,
CVE-2026-31755, CVE-2026-31756, CVE-2026-31758, CVE-2026-31759,
CVE-2026-31761, CVE-2026-31762, CVE-2026-31763, CVE-2026-31770,
CVE-2026-31773, CVE-2026-31778, CVE-2026-31780, CVE-2026-31781,
CVE-2026-31788, CVE-2026-43014, CVE-2026-43015, CVE-2026-43020,
CVE-2026-43024, CVE-2026-43026, CVE-2026-43027, CVE-2026-43028,
CVE-2026-43030, CVE-2026-43032, CVE-2026-43035, CVE-2026-43040,
CVE-2026-43041, CVE-2026-43043, CVE-2026-43046, CVE-2026-43047,
CVE-2026-43050, CVE-2026-43051, CVE-2026-43052, CVE-2026-43054,
CVE-2026-43058, CVE-2026-43060, CVE-2026-43061, CVE-2026-43062,
CVE-2026-43065, CVE-2026-43066, CVE-2026-43068, CVE-2026-43069,
CVE-2026-43074, CVE-2026-43075, CVE-2026-43076, CVE-2026-43079,
CVE-2026-43080, CVE-2026-43085, CVE-2026-43089, CVE-2026-43093,
CVE-2026-43098, CVE-2026-43099, CVE-2026-43103, CVE-2026-43104,
CVE-2026-43105, CVE-2026-43110, CVE-2026-43111, CVE-2026-43112,
CVE-2026-43113, CVE-2026-43123, CVE-2026-43124, CVE-2026-43130,
CVE-2026-43132, CVE-2026-43133, CVE-2026-43134, CVE-2026-43135,
CVE-2026-43136, CVE-2026-43139, CVE-2026-43140, CVE-2026-43141,
CVE-2026-43145, CVE-2026-43147, CVE-2026-43148, CVE-2026-43149,
CVE-2026-43152, CVE-2026-43156, CVE-2026-43158, CVE-2026-43159,
CVE-2026-43163, CVE-2026-43168, CVE-2026-43171, CVE-2026-43180,
CVE-2026-43182, CVE-2026-43183, CVE-2026-43184, CVE-2026-43187,
CVE-2026-43190, CVE-2026-43194, CVE-2026-43196, CVE-2026-43200,
CVE-2026-43202, CVE-2026-43203, CVE-2026-43205, CVE-2026-43206,
CVE-2026-43207, CVE-2026-43209, CVE-2026-43211, CVE-2026-43218,
CVE-2026-43223, CVE-2026-43225, CVE-2026-43226, CVE-2026-43227,
CVE-2026-43230, CVE-2026-43231, CVE-2026-43232, CVE-2026-43233,
CVE-2026-43236, CVE-2026-43241, CVE-2026-43242, CVE-2026-43246,
CVE-2026-43251, CVE-2026-43255, CVE-2026-43257, CVE-2026-43261,
CVE-2026-43262, CVE-2026-43264, CVE-2026-43266, CVE-2026-43268,
CVE-2026-43269, CVE-2026-43270, CVE-2026-43273, CVE-2026-43275,
CVE-2026-43277, CVE-2026-43279, CVE-2026-43281, CVE-2026-43283,
CVE-2026-43287, CVE-2026-43289, CVE-2026-43291, CVE-2026-43295,
CVE-2026-43296, CVE-2026-43302, CVE-2026-43312, CVE-2026-43313,
CVE-2026-43314, CVE-2026-43315, CVE-2026-43316, CVE-2026-43324,
CVE-2026-43327, CVE-2026-43328, CVE-2026-43329, CVE-2026-43333,
CVE-2026-43334, CVE-2026-43336, CVE-2026-43339, CVE-2026-43340,
CVE-2026-43342, CVE-2026-43343, CVE-2026-43357, CVE-2026-43363,
CVE-2026-43365, CVE-2026-43370, CVE-2026-43373, CVE-2026-43380,
CVE-2026-43381, CVE-2026-43382, CVE-2026-43386, CVE-2026-43387,
CVE-2026-43405, CVE-2026-43411, CVE-2026-43420, CVE-2026-43425,
CVE-2026-43426, CVE-2026-43427, CVE-2026-43428, CVE-2026-43429,
CVE-2026-43430, CVE-2026-43432, CVE-2026-43439, CVE-2026-43445,
CVE-2026-43449, CVE-2026-43450, CVE-2026-43451, CVE-2026-43452,
CVE-2026-43453, CVE-2026-43458, CVE-2026-43459, CVE-2026-43466,
CVE-2026-43469, CVE-2026-43472, CVE-2026-43473, CVE-2026-43475,
CVE-2026-43476, CVE-2026-43480, CVE-2026-43484, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835,
CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45847, CVE-2026-45848, CVE-2026-45852,
CVE-2026-45856, CVE-2026-45857, CVE-2026-45860, CVE-2026-45862,
CVE-2026-45864, CVE-2026-45866, CVE-2026-45867, CVE-2026-45868,
CVE-2026-45869, CVE-2026-45870, CVE-2026-45871, CVE-2026-45873,
CVE-2026-45875, CVE-2026-45879, CVE-2026-45883, CVE-2026-45885,
CVE-2026-45890, CVE-2026-45891, CVE-2026-45899, CVE-2026-45902,
CVE-2026-45904, CVE-2026-45911, CVE-2026-45912, CVE-2026-45915,
CVE-2026-45916, CVE-2026-45919, CVE-2026-45920, CVE-2026-45924,
CVE-2026-45935, CVE-2026-45936, CVE-2026-45941, CVE-2026-45946,
CVE-2026-45948, CVE-2026-45954, CVE-2026-45956, CVE-2026-45958,
CVE-2026-45960, CVE-2026-45964, CVE-2026-45965, CVE-2026-45968,
CVE-2026-45969, CVE-2026-45970, CVE-2026-45974, CVE-2026-45978,
CVE-2026-45983, CVE-2026-45984, CVE-2026-45985, CVE-2026-45986,
CVE-2026-45987, CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46004,
CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46015, CVE-2026-46018,
CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024,
CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46040,
CVE-2026-46044, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049,
CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46053, CVE-2026-46062,
CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46070, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46077,
CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46082, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102, CVE-2026-46107,
CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46122,
CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128,
CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150, CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46161,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46172,
CVE-2026-46174, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178, CVE-2026-46184,
CVE-2026-46186, CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46197,
CVE-2026-46198, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206, CVE-2026-46209,
CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46214, CVE-2026-46219, CVE-2026-46220,
CVE-2026-46227, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231, CVE-2026-46233,
CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46249,
CVE-2026-46250, CVE-2026-46253, CVE-2026-46259, CVE-2026-46267,
CVE-2026-46270, CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46275,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46301, CVE-2026-46303,
CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-46328,
CVE-2026-52911, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52915,
CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52920, CVE-2026-52921,
CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52925, CVE-2026-52926, CVE-2026-52931,
CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958,
CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52969, CVE-2026-52970,
CVE-2026-52982, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986,
CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52995, CVE-2026-52998,
CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002, CVE-2026-53003,
CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53006, CVE-2026-53011, CVE-2026-53012,
CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022, CVE-2026-53023,
CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040, CVE-2026-53041,
CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046, CVE-2026-53047,
CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050, CVE-2026-53059,
CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062, CVE-2026-53064,
CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53071,
CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074, CVE-2026-53075,
CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53082, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53093,
CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53128, CVE-2026-53130,
CVE-2026-53287, CVE-2026-53291, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53306, CVE-2026-53309,
CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53379, CVE-2026-63860,
CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64032, CVE-2026-64033,
CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64046, CVE-2026-64047,
CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056, CVE-2026-64083, CVE-2026-64084,
CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087, CVE-2026-64088,
CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-64103,
CVE-2026-64113, CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115, CVE-2026-64125,
CVE-2026-64133, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64153, CVE-2026-64155,
CVE-2026-64164, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166, CVE-2026-64168,
CVE-2026-64173, CVE-2026-64174, CVE-2026-64177, CVE-2026-64178,
CVE-2026-64179, CVE-2026-64185)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond the Play Store: How Android threats really spread]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Some threats never pass through the Play Store. Others arrive later in seemingly legitimate updates. Here's how Malwarebytes detects both.]]></description>
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<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some threats never pass through the Play Store. Others arrive later in seemingly legitimate updates. Here's how Malwarebytes detects both.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Fujitsu joins £14.9B UK framework despite public sector bid freeze]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Supplier says the Horizon-era pause only stops it chasing work from new government customers]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691465/it-nachrichten/fujitsu-joins-149b-uk-framework-despite-public-sector-bid-freeze/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:05:19 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Supplier says the Horizon-era pause only stops it chasing work from new government customers]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Forensic Focus Digest, July 24 2026]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Explore the impact of cumulative trauma on digital forensic investigators, faster triage with ADF Pro, feature-phone recovery using MSAB XRY Pro, and Katelyn Rogers’ Chip ID Framework and SpecTacular.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why I changed how I pitch AI: It’s no longer about saving money, but managing tokens and adoption]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.



The initial hype has ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3691324/it-nachrichten/why-i-changed-how-i-pitch-ai-its-no-longer-about-saving-money-but-managing-tokens-and-adoption/</link>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have worked alongside enterprise technology for more than 30 years and watched AI evolve from a lab experiment into the modern boardroom’s core focus. However, the last few years of implementing AI alongside our customers have delivered our most profound reality checks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The initial hype has faded, leaving CIOs to drive real enterprise value. Based on my experience implementing Google, OpenAI and Anthropic technologies, here are the fundamental, technology-agnostic lessons every leader must anchor their strategy around.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a leadership multiplier</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most common tactical error we see is treating AI as an isolated technology project. What I have observed among our customers is that true success does not come from organizations that define a standalone “AI strategy,” but rather from those leaders that integrate AI into their business strategy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When our customers isolate AI and define an AI strategy, it inevitably treats it like a “technological toy” to experiment with. This approach yields fragmented, orphaned initiatives that fail to scale because they are fundamentally disconnected from their core corporate objectives. What I learned is that AI is not the ultimate destination; it is a powerful catalyst. We have replaced “What can AI do for our customers?” with a more strategic question, “How does AI accelerate their existing business goals?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Think of AI like electricity. No modern corporation designs a standalone “electricity strategy.” Instead, all companies route it invisibly across the entire organization to illuminate offices, power production lines and drive communication. AI must be woven into the enterprise fabric in the exact same way, acting as an underlying utility that supercharges your existing operational model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Integrating AI into the broader business strategy also dictates how we measure success. It forces a shift away from short-term tech vanity metrics and anchors the technology into a long-term roadmap.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When AI remains trapped within the IT department of our customers, we notice that it is relegated to a mere “software experiment.” To become a true competitive advantage, we observed that AI requires intense cross-functional orchestration. This perspective does not diminish the merit of the technical team; their expertise is fundamental for establishing the architecture, data governance and tools your enterprise requires. However, while IT builds the foundational infrastructure, it lacks the organizational authority to decide what should be built on top of it. Only the CEO or the owner of the company can step in to ensure AI leaves the “toy project” phase and integrates into the DNA of the organization.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The requirement for top-down, executive ownership stems from three critical realities observed in the field:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><strong>Silo-smashing and data collaboration:</strong> True enterprise AI is data-hungry and that data lives across disparate business lines, finance, operations, marketing and customer service. Only the CEO possesses the cross-functional authority to demand that data silos be dismantled.</li>



<li><strong>Cultural transformation and fear mitigation:</strong> AI triggers widespread anxiety over job displacement across all industries and hierarchies. When relegated to an “IT project,” resistance spikes as teams view it as a threat to their livelihoods. When I saw the CEO lead this cultural shift directly is when I noticed the best results.</li>



<li><strong>C-Suite education and strategic alignment:</strong> The mandate for AI capability cannot just be delegated downward; the transformation must begin at the very top. I have conducted more than 70 presentations for the Board of Directors and C-Level teams. These people need to be actively educated not on technical code, but on specific business use cases, return on investment (ROI) frameworks and how AI resolves core organizational bottlenecks.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/c-suite-insights/ceo-survey.html">PwC’s data found that only 12% of enterprises have achieved both cost and revenue benefits from AI</a>. Those elite 12% succeeded precisely because their CEOs embedded AI extensively across <em>strategic decision-making and cross-functional workflows</em>. AI is simply too disruptive and too critical to be left exclusively in the hands of technical experts. If AI is not on the CEO’s weekly agenda, it is fundamentally missing from the company’s true strategy.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a></a>AI as a new operational framework</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Traditional IT systems have operated on strict algorithmic certainty: if you input a specific set of data, the system executes an immutable line of code and guarantees the same, predictable output every single time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">AI completely breaks this paradigm. Because modern AI is built on probabilistic models, it does not execute static formulas; instead, it predicts the most likely correct response based on mathematical probabilities. This means that AI solutions carry an inherent, small percentage of uncertainty and variability. A prompt entered today might yield a slightly different, though contextually valid, output tomorrow.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executive leadership and organizational cultures must be actively educated to accept and navigate this fundamental shift. Traditional quality assurance frameworks for software are designed for a 100% success rate. Applying this rigid standard to AI will paralyze your initiatives, keeping 80% of your projects trapped eternally in the pilot phase. This happened to us in a food and beverage company in Latin America a couple of years ago. After this experience, we started to include conditions in our contracts that tolerate statistical margins of error and still define the project as a success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In terms of cost calculation, we had to teach CIOs and business managers to forget the monthly subscription model for AI and learn to manage the primary unit of exchange in modern AI: the token.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To understand AI costs, executives must understand how large language models process data. AI models do not read full words; instead, they break text, images or code down into “pieces” called tokens. As a baseline, every 100 words process as approximately 130 to 140 tokens. Because the major AI providers use the token as their currency, <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.22750">your business is billed dynamically based on the exact volume of tokens consumed</a> by every query submitted (input) and every response generated (output).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many leaders believe AI costs are fixed due to flat-rate enterprise tiers ($25–$30/user). This is a temporary illusion. These venture-capital-subsidized rates mask true operational costs and come with dynamic usage limits. Modeling long-term ROI on them guarantees a severe budget shock when true consumption pricing takes over.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The solution is not to halt AI adoption; doing so means losing your competitive edge. Instead, the cost per token must cease to be treated as a technical footnote relegated to the IT department. It must be elevated to a core business variable.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Risks in the AI adoption model</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Since the beginning of the AI boom, I have seen all our customers making a critical tactical error that could cost them heavily in the medium term: they are focusing only on operational efficiency (reducing costs with AI).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have observed that an alarmingly high percentage of companies remain trapped in pilot phases focused exclusively on short-term cost reduction. <a href="https://www.bain.com/insights/your-ai-budget-is-growing-your-returns-arent-heres-why/">Bain &amp; Company’s global Automation and AI Pathfinder Survey </a>found that the largest share of companies measuring their AI initiatives (exactly 40%) realized cost reductions of 10% or less, heavily missing their internal targets. Our customers are putting too many resources and effort into marginal financial gains and in doing so, they are jeopardizing their most valuable assets: service quality, resilience and customer trust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Utilizing AI solely to slash headcount or cut operational corners is a dangerous trap that introduces severe field liabilities. A financial service organization in Latin America announced that they saved $1 million in customer support by replacing humans with AI chatbots. However, the mid-term reality revealed a different story: a damaged brand reputation due to AI errors and an influx of frustrated clients fleeing because the automated system cannot handle special cases.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Putting a company on an extreme AI diet might make it look leaner on next quarter’s financial statement, but over-indexing on cost-cutting will ultimately leave the business too weak to compete when market dynamics shift. We are now inviting our customers to change the question from <em>“How much money will AI save us?”</em> to <em>“How will we leverage AI to exponentially increase the long-term value of our enterprise?”</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deploying enterprise AI is a marathon, not a sprint, and the terrain changes with every mile. The organizations that thrive in this next era will be those that transition from fascination to discipline, treating AI not as a magic bullet for immediate savings, but as a core capability that demands rigorous governance, architectural foresight and cultural maturity. Navigating this shift requires moving past the theoretical hype and anchoring decisions in raw, field-tested reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As we continue to deploy these technologies across industries, the blueprint for success is being rewritten in real time. Let’s keep this conversation going as we map out the future of business intelligence together.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This article is published as part of the Foundry Expert Contributor Network.</strong><br><a href="https://www.cio.com/expert-contributor-network/"><strong>Want to join?</strong></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:02:31 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🐧 Unix Server</category>
<source url="https://tsecurity.de">tsecurity.de</source>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was discovered that some AMD processors did not properly clear data in
the floating point divider unit during speculative execution. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2025-54505)

It was discovered that some AMD Zen 2 processors did not properly isolate
shared resources in the operation cache. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to corrupt instructions executed at a higher privilege
level, resulting in privilege escalation. (CVE-2025-54518)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
  - x86 platform drivers;
  - PSP security protocol;
  - ARM32 architecture;
  - ARM64 architecture;
  - MIPS architecture;
  - PowerPC architecture;
  - RISC-V architecture;
  - S390 architecture;
  - User-Mode Linux (UML);
  - x86 architecture;
  - Block layer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic API;
  - Intel NPU Driver;
  - Compute Acceleration Framework;
  - ACPI drivers;
  - Auxiliary display drivers;
  - Drivers core;
  - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;
  - Rados block device (RBD) driver;
  - Ublk userspace block driver;
  - Compressed RAM block device driver;
  - Bluetooth drivers;
  - Bus devices;
  - Character device driver;
  - TPM device driver;
  - Clock framework and drivers;
  - CPU frequency scaling framework;
  - Hardware crypto device drivers;
  - Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;
  - DPLL subsystem;
  - EDAC drivers;
  - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA);
  - EFI core;
  - FWCTL subsystem;
  - GPIO subsystem;
  - GPU drivers;
  - Greybus drivers;
  - HID subsystem;
  - Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
  - Hardware monitoring drivers;
  - I2C subsystem;
  - I3C subsystem;
  - IIO ADC drivers;
  - IIO subsystem;
  - InfiniBand drivers;
  - Input Device core drivers;
  - IOMMU subsystem;
  - LED subsystem;
  - Mailbox framework;
  - Multiple devices driver;
  - Media drivers;
  - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;
  - IBM Advanced System Management driver;
  - MTD block device drivers;
  - Network drivers;
  - Ethernet bonding driver;
  - Mellanox network drivers;
  - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
  - STMicroelectronics network drivers;
  - Texas Instruments network drivers;
  - MediaTek network drivers;
  - NTB driver;
  - NVME drivers;
  - Device tree and open firmware driver;
  - Parport drivers;
  - PCI subsystem;
  - Pin controllers subsystem;
  - Chrome hardware platform drivers;
  - ACPI WMI driver;
  - Generic PM domains;
  - MediaTek PM domains;
  - Power supply drivers;
  - Remote Processor subsystem;
  - MPAM driver;
  - Amlogic Meson reset controller drivers;
  - S/390 drivers;
  - SCSI subsystem;
  - NVIDIA Tegra Control Backbone (CBB) driver;
  - SPI subsystem;
  - Greybus lights staging drivers;
  - Media staging drivers;
  - Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO drivers;
  - SM750 framebuffer staging driver;
  - TCM subsystem;
  - Thermal drivers;
  - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;
  - TTY drivers;
  - Userspace I/O drivers;
  - USB Device Class drivers;
  - ULPI bus;
  - DesignWare USB2 driver;
  - USB Gadget drivers;
  - USB Dual Role (OTG-ready) Controller drivers;
  - USB Serial drivers;
  - USB Type-C support driver;
  - USB Type-C Port Controller Manager driver;
  - TI TPS6598x USB Power Delivery controller driver;
  - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;
  - USB over IP driver;
  - vDPA drivers;
  - VFIO drivers;
  - Framebuffer layer;
  - TSM AMD SEV Guest driver;
  - Xen hypervisor drivers;
  - 9P distributed file system;
  - File systems infrastructure;
  - AFS file system;
  - BTRFS file system;
  - Ceph distributed file system;
  - EROFS file system;
  - Ext4 file system;
  - F2FS file system;
  - FUSE (File system in Userspace);
  - GFS2 file system;
  - HFS+ file system;
  - HugeTLB file system;
  - Journaling layer for block devices (JBD2);
  - Network file systems library;
  - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
  - NILFS2 file system;
  - File system notification infrastructure;
  - NTFS3 file system;
  - OCFS2 file system;
  - Overlay file system;
  - Diskquota system;
  - SMB network file system;
  - Tracing file system;
  - UDF file system;
  - XFS file system;
  - DRM TTM subsystem;
  - Codetag library;
  - Control group (cgroup);
  - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;
  - Memory management;
  - Tracing infrastructure;
  - QorIQ DPAA2 FSL-MC bus driver;
  - Freescale ENETC Ethernet drivers;
  - Memory Management;
  - KVM subsystem;
  - Linked list library;
  - Netfilter;
  - padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - PPP protocol drivers and compressors;
  - Bluetooth subsystem;
  - Networking core;
  - Network shaper API;
  - Network traffic control;
  - TCP network protocol;
  - XFRM subsystem;
  - User-space API (UAPI);
  - io_uring subsystem;
  - IPC subsystem;
  - Audit subsystem;
  - BPF subsystem;
  - DMA mapping infrastructure;
  - Kernel exit() syscall;
  - Kernel fork() syscall;
  - Kernel futex primitives;
  - IRQ subsystem;
  - Kexec HandOver (KHO);
  - Locking primitives;
  - Padata parallel execution mechanism;
  - Scheduler infrastructure;
  - Timer subsystem;
  - Cryptographic library;
  - Scatterlist API;
  - Heterogeneous memory management;
  - KProbes tracing;
  - KASAN memory debugging framework;
  - 802.1Q VLAN protocol;
  - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
  - Ethernet bridge;
  - CAIF protocol;
  - CAN network layer;
  - Ceph Core library;
  - Distributed Switch Architecture;
  - Ethtool driver;
  - Handshake API;
  - HSR network protocol;
  - IPv4 networking;
  - IPv6 networking;
  - IUCV driver;
  - L2TP protocol;
  - MAC80211 subsystem;
  - Multipath TCP;
  - NFC subsystem;
  - Open vSwitch;
  - Packet sockets;
  - Phonet protocol;
  - Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR);
  - RDS protocol;
  - RxRPC session sockets;
  - SCTP protocol;
  - SMC sockets;
  - Stream parser;
  - TIPC protocol;
  - TLS protocol;
  - Unix domain sockets;
  - VMware vSockets driver;
  - Wireless networking;
  - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;
  - Key management;
  - Landlock security;
  - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;
  - SELinux security module;
  - ALSA framework;
  - Generic PCM loopback sound driver;
  - FireWire sound drivers;
  - HD-audio driver;
  - AudioScience HPI driver;
  - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;
  - FourSemi audio codecs;
  - Texas InstrumentS Audio (ASoC/HDA) drivers;
  - QCOM ASoC drivers;
  - Renesas ASoC drivers;
  - SOF drivers;
  - STI ASoC drivers;
  - USB sound devices;
  - Objtool;
(CVE-2026-31532, CVE-2026-31574, CVE-2026-31575, CVE-2026-31576,
CVE-2026-31577, CVE-2026-31578, CVE-2026-31579, CVE-2026-31580,
CVE-2026-31581, CVE-2026-31582, CVE-2026-31583, CVE-2026-31584,
CVE-2026-31585, CVE-2026-31586, CVE-2026-31587, CVE-2026-31588,
CVE-2026-31589, CVE-2026-31590, CVE-2026-31591, CVE-2026-31592,
CVE-2026-31593, CVE-2026-31594, CVE-2026-31595, CVE-2026-31596,
CVE-2026-31597, CVE-2026-31598, CVE-2026-31599, CVE-2026-31600,
CVE-2026-31601, CVE-2026-31602, CVE-2026-31603, CVE-2026-31604,
CVE-2026-31605, CVE-2026-31606, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31608,
CVE-2026-31609, CVE-2026-31610, CVE-2026-31611, CVE-2026-31612,
CVE-2026-31613, CVE-2026-31614, CVE-2026-31615, CVE-2026-31616,
CVE-2026-31617, CVE-2026-31618, CVE-2026-31619, CVE-2026-31620,
CVE-2026-31621, CVE-2026-31622, CVE-2026-31623, CVE-2026-31624,
CVE-2026-31625, CVE-2026-31626, CVE-2026-31627, CVE-2026-31628,
CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31686, CVE-2026-31694, CVE-2026-31696,
CVE-2026-31697, CVE-2026-31698, CVE-2026-31699, CVE-2026-31700,
CVE-2026-31701, CVE-2026-31702, CVE-2026-31703, CVE-2026-31704,
CVE-2026-31705, CVE-2026-31706, CVE-2026-31707, CVE-2026-31708,
CVE-2026-31709, CVE-2026-31710, CVE-2026-31711, CVE-2026-31712,
CVE-2026-31713, CVE-2026-31714, CVE-2026-31715, CVE-2026-31716,
CVE-2026-31717, CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-31719, CVE-2026-43058,
CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43072, CVE-2026-43073, CVE-2026-43348,
CVE-2026-43349, CVE-2026-43350, CVE-2026-43490, CVE-2026-43491,
CVE-2026-43492, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43495, CVE-2026-43496,
CVE-2026-43497, CVE-2026-43498, CVE-2026-43499, CVE-2026-43501,
CVE-2026-43502, CVE-2026-45834, CVE-2026-45835, CVE-2026-45836,
CVE-2026-45837, CVE-2026-45838, CVE-2026-45839, CVE-2026-45840,
CVE-2026-45841, CVE-2026-45842, CVE-2026-45843, CVE-2026-45844,
CVE-2026-45845, CVE-2026-45846, CVE-2026-45986, CVE-2026-45987,
CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-45989, CVE-2026-45990, CVE-2026-45991,
CVE-2026-45994, CVE-2026-45995, CVE-2026-45996, CVE-2026-45997,
CVE-2026-45999, CVE-2026-46001, CVE-2026-46002, CVE-2026-46003,
CVE-2026-46004, CVE-2026-46005, CVE-2026-46006, CVE-2026-46007,
CVE-2026-46008, CVE-2026-46009, CVE-2026-46010, CVE-2026-46011,
CVE-2026-46012, CVE-2026-46013, CVE-2026-46014, CVE-2026-46015,
CVE-2026-46016, CVE-2026-46018, CVE-2026-46019, CVE-2026-46020,
CVE-2026-46021, CVE-2026-46022, CVE-2026-46023, CVE-2026-46024,
CVE-2026-46025, CVE-2026-46026, CVE-2026-46027, CVE-2026-46028,
CVE-2026-46029, CVE-2026-46030, CVE-2026-46031, CVE-2026-46032,
CVE-2026-46033, CVE-2026-46034, CVE-2026-46035, CVE-2026-46036,
CVE-2026-46037, CVE-2026-46038, CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46040,
CVE-2026-46041, CVE-2026-46042, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46044,
CVE-2026-46045, CVE-2026-46046, CVE-2026-46047, CVE-2026-46049,
CVE-2026-46050, CVE-2026-46051, CVE-2026-46052, CVE-2026-46053,
CVE-2026-46054, CVE-2026-46056, CVE-2026-46057, CVE-2026-46058,
CVE-2026-46059, CVE-2026-46060, CVE-2026-46061, CVE-2026-46062,
CVE-2026-46063, CVE-2026-46064, CVE-2026-46065, CVE-2026-46066,
CVE-2026-46067, CVE-2026-46068, CVE-2026-46069, CVE-2026-46070,
CVE-2026-46071, CVE-2026-46072, CVE-2026-46073, CVE-2026-46074,
CVE-2026-46075, CVE-2026-46076, CVE-2026-46077, CVE-2026-46078,
CVE-2026-46079, CVE-2026-46080, CVE-2026-46081, CVE-2026-46082,
CVE-2026-46083, CVE-2026-46084, CVE-2026-46085, CVE-2026-46086,
CVE-2026-46087, CVE-2026-46088, CVE-2026-46089, CVE-2026-46090,
CVE-2026-46091, CVE-2026-46092, CVE-2026-46093, CVE-2026-46094,
CVE-2026-46095, CVE-2026-46096, CVE-2026-46097, CVE-2026-46098,
CVE-2026-46099, CVE-2026-46100, CVE-2026-46101, CVE-2026-46102,
CVE-2026-46103, CVE-2026-46104, CVE-2026-46105, CVE-2026-46106,
CVE-2026-46107, CVE-2026-46108, CVE-2026-46109, CVE-2026-46110,
CVE-2026-46111, CVE-2026-46112, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-46114,
CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46116, CVE-2026-46117, CVE-2026-46118,
CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46120, CVE-2026-46121, CVE-2026-46122,
CVE-2026-46123, CVE-2026-46124, CVE-2026-46125, CVE-2026-46126,
CVE-2026-46127, CVE-2026-46128, CVE-2026-46129, CVE-2026-46130,
CVE-2026-46131, CVE-2026-46132, CVE-2026-46133, CVE-2026-46134,
CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46136, CVE-2026-46137, CVE-2026-46138,
CVE-2026-46139, CVE-2026-46140, CVE-2026-46141, CVE-2026-46142,
CVE-2026-46143, CVE-2026-46144, CVE-2026-46145, CVE-2026-46146,
CVE-2026-46147, CVE-2026-46148, CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46150,
CVE-2026-46151, CVE-2026-46152, CVE-2026-46153, CVE-2026-46154,
CVE-2026-46155, CVE-2026-46156, CVE-2026-46157, CVE-2026-46158,
CVE-2026-46159, CVE-2026-46160, CVE-2026-46161, CVE-2026-46162,
CVE-2026-46163, CVE-2026-46164, CVE-2026-46165, CVE-2026-46166,
CVE-2026-46167, CVE-2026-46168, CVE-2026-46169, CVE-2026-46170,
CVE-2026-46171, CVE-2026-46172, CVE-2026-46173, CVE-2026-46174,
CVE-2026-46175, CVE-2026-46176, CVE-2026-46177, CVE-2026-46178,
CVE-2026-46179, CVE-2026-46180, CVE-2026-46181, CVE-2026-46182,
CVE-2026-46183, CVE-2026-46184, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46186,
CVE-2026-46187, CVE-2026-46188, CVE-2026-46189, CVE-2026-46190,
CVE-2026-46191, CVE-2026-46192, CVE-2026-46193, CVE-2026-46194,
CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46197, CVE-2026-46198,
CVE-2026-46199, CVE-2026-46200, CVE-2026-46201, CVE-2026-46202,
CVE-2026-46203, CVE-2026-46204, CVE-2026-46205, CVE-2026-46206,
CVE-2026-46207, CVE-2026-46208, CVE-2026-46209, CVE-2026-46210,
CVE-2026-46211, CVE-2026-46212, CVE-2026-46213, CVE-2026-46214,
CVE-2026-46215, CVE-2026-46216, CVE-2026-46218, CVE-2026-46219,
CVE-2026-46220, CVE-2026-46221, CVE-2026-46222, CVE-2026-46223,
CVE-2026-46224, CVE-2026-46225, CVE-2026-46226, CVE-2026-46227,
CVE-2026-46228, CVE-2026-46229, CVE-2026-46230, CVE-2026-46231,
CVE-2026-46232, CVE-2026-46233, CVE-2026-46234, CVE-2026-46235,
CVE-2026-46236, CVE-2026-46238, CVE-2026-46239, CVE-2026-46240,
CVE-2026-46241, CVE-2026-46242, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244,
CVE-2026-46273, CVE-2026-46274, CVE-2026-46275, CVE-2026-46276,
CVE-2026-46277, CVE-2026-46278, CVE-2026-46279, CVE-2026-46280,
CVE-2026-46281, CVE-2026-46282, CVE-2026-46283, CVE-2026-46284,
CVE-2026-46285, CVE-2026-46286, CVE-2026-46287, CVE-2026-46288,
CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46290, CVE-2026-46291, CVE-2026-46292,
CVE-2026-46293, CVE-2026-46294, CVE-2026-46295, CVE-2026-46296,
CVE-2026-46297, CVE-2026-46298, CVE-2026-46299, CVE-2026-46301,
CVE-2026-46302, CVE-2026-46303, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-46305,
CVE-2026-46306, CVE-2026-46307, CVE-2026-46308, CVE-2026-46309,
CVE-2026-46310, CVE-2026-46311, CVE-2026-46312, CVE-2026-46313,
CVE-2026-46314, CVE-2026-46315, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46317,
CVE-2026-46318, CVE-2026-46319, CVE-2026-46320, CVE-2026-46321,
CVE-2026-46322, CVE-2026-46324, CVE-2026-46332, CVE-2026-52904,
CVE-2026-52905, CVE-2026-52906, CVE-2026-52907, CVE-2026-52911,
CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-52913, CVE-2026-52914, CVE-2026-52915,
CVE-2026-52916, CVE-2026-52918, CVE-2026-52919, CVE-2026-52920,
CVE-2026-52921, CVE-2026-52922, CVE-2026-52923, CVE-2026-52925,
CVE-2026-52926, CVE-2026-52927, CVE-2026-52928, CVE-2026-52931,
CVE-2026-52932, CVE-2026-52933, CVE-2026-52934, CVE-2026-52936,
CVE-2026-52937, CVE-2026-52941, CVE-2026-52943, CVE-2026-52944,
CVE-2026-52949, CVE-2026-52950, CVE-2026-52951, CVE-2026-52952,
CVE-2026-52953, CVE-2026-52954, CVE-2026-52955, CVE-2026-52956,
CVE-2026-52957, CVE-2026-52958, CVE-2026-52959, CVE-2026-52960,
CVE-2026-52961, CVE-2026-52962, CVE-2026-52963, CVE-2026-52964,
CVE-2026-52965, CVE-2026-52967, CVE-2026-52968, CVE-2026-52969,
CVE-2026-52970, CVE-2026-52971, CVE-2026-52973, CVE-2026-52974,
CVE-2026-52975, CVE-2026-52976, CVE-2026-52977, CVE-2026-52978,
CVE-2026-52979, CVE-2026-52980, CVE-2026-52981, CVE-2026-52982,
CVE-2026-52983, CVE-2026-52984, CVE-2026-52985, CVE-2026-52986,
CVE-2026-52987, CVE-2026-52988, CVE-2026-52989, CVE-2026-52990,
CVE-2026-52991, CVE-2026-52992, CVE-2026-52993, CVE-2026-52994,
CVE-2026-52995, CVE-2026-52996, CVE-2026-52997, CVE-2026-52998,
CVE-2026-52999, CVE-2026-53000, CVE-2026-53001, CVE-2026-53002,
CVE-2026-53003, CVE-2026-53004, CVE-2026-53005, CVE-2026-53006,
CVE-2026-53007, CVE-2026-53008, CVE-2026-53009, CVE-2026-53010,
CVE-2026-53011, CVE-2026-53012, CVE-2026-53013, CVE-2026-53014,
CVE-2026-53015, CVE-2026-53016, CVE-2026-53017, CVE-2026-53018,
CVE-2026-53019, CVE-2026-53020, CVE-2026-53021, CVE-2026-53022,
CVE-2026-53023, CVE-2026-53024, CVE-2026-53025, CVE-2026-53026,
CVE-2026-53027, CVE-2026-53028, CVE-2026-53029, CVE-2026-53030,
CVE-2026-53031, CVE-2026-53032, CVE-2026-53033, CVE-2026-53034,
CVE-2026-53035, CVE-2026-53036, CVE-2026-53037, CVE-2026-53038,
CVE-2026-53039, CVE-2026-53040, CVE-2026-53041, CVE-2026-53042,
CVE-2026-53043, CVE-2026-53044, CVE-2026-53045, CVE-2026-53046,
CVE-2026-53047, CVE-2026-53048, CVE-2026-53049, CVE-2026-53050,
CVE-2026-53051, CVE-2026-53052, CVE-2026-53053, CVE-2026-53054,
CVE-2026-53055, CVE-2026-53056, CVE-2026-53057, CVE-2026-53058,
CVE-2026-53059, CVE-2026-53060, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53062,
CVE-2026-53063, CVE-2026-53064, CVE-2026-53065, CVE-2026-53066,
CVE-2026-53067, CVE-2026-53068, CVE-2026-53069, CVE-2026-53070,
CVE-2026-53071, CVE-2026-53072, CVE-2026-53073, CVE-2026-53074,
CVE-2026-53075, CVE-2026-53076, CVE-2026-53077, CVE-2026-53078,
CVE-2026-53079, CVE-2026-53080, CVE-2026-53081, CVE-2026-53082,
CVE-2026-53083, CVE-2026-53084, CVE-2026-53085, CVE-2026-53086,
CVE-2026-53087, CVE-2026-53088, CVE-2026-53089, CVE-2026-53090,
CVE-2026-53091, CVE-2026-53092, CVE-2026-53093, CVE-2026-53094,
CVE-2026-53095, CVE-2026-53096, CVE-2026-53097, CVE-2026-53098,
CVE-2026-53099, CVE-2026-53100, CVE-2026-53101, CVE-2026-53102,
CVE-2026-53103, CVE-2026-53104, CVE-2026-53105, CVE-2026-53106,
CVE-2026-53107, CVE-2026-53108, CVE-2026-53109, CVE-2026-53110,
CVE-2026-53111, CVE-2026-53112, CVE-2026-53113, CVE-2026-53114,
CVE-2026-53115, CVE-2026-53116, CVE-2026-53117, CVE-2026-53118,
CVE-2026-53119, CVE-2026-53120, CVE-2026-53121, CVE-2026-53122,
CVE-2026-53123, CVE-2026-53124, CVE-2026-53125, CVE-2026-53126,
CVE-2026-53127, CVE-2026-53128, CVE-2026-53129, CVE-2026-53130,
CVE-2026-53174, CVE-2026-53277, CVE-2026-53278, CVE-2026-53279,
CVE-2026-53280, CVE-2026-53281, CVE-2026-53282, CVE-2026-53283,
CVE-2026-53284, CVE-2026-53285, CVE-2026-53286, CVE-2026-53287,
CVE-2026-53288, CVE-2026-53289, CVE-2026-53290, CVE-2026-53291,
CVE-2026-53292, CVE-2026-53293, CVE-2026-53294, CVE-2026-53295,
CVE-2026-53296, CVE-2026-53297, CVE-2026-53298, CVE-2026-53299,
CVE-2026-53300, CVE-2026-53301, CVE-2026-53302, CVE-2026-53303,
CVE-2026-53304, CVE-2026-53305, CVE-2026-53306, CVE-2026-53307,
CVE-2026-53308, CVE-2026-53309, CVE-2026-53310, CVE-2026-53311,
CVE-2026-53312, CVE-2026-53313, CVE-2026-53314, CVE-2026-53315,
CVE-2026-53316, CVE-2026-53317, CVE-2026-53318, CVE-2026-53319,
CVE-2026-53320, CVE-2026-53321, CVE-2026-53322, CVE-2026-53323,
CVE-2026-53324, CVE-2026-53357, CVE-2026-53358, CVE-2026-53360,
CVE-2026-53364, CVE-2026-53365, CVE-2026-53367, CVE-2026-53368,
CVE-2026-53369, CVE-2026-53370, CVE-2026-53371, CVE-2026-53372,
CVE-2026-53373, CVE-2026-53374, CVE-2026-53375, CVE-2026-53376,
CVE-2026-53377, CVE-2026-53378, CVE-2026-53379, CVE-2026-53380,
CVE-2026-63837, CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63839, CVE-2026-63840,
CVE-2026-63841, CVE-2026-63842, CVE-2026-63843, CVE-2026-63844,
CVE-2026-63845, CVE-2026-63846, CVE-2026-63847, CVE-2026-63848,
CVE-2026-63849, CVE-2026-63850, CVE-2026-63851, CVE-2026-63852,
CVE-2026-63853, CVE-2026-63854, CVE-2026-63855, CVE-2026-63856,
CVE-2026-63857, CVE-2026-63858, CVE-2026-63859, CVE-2026-63860,
CVE-2026-63861, CVE-2026-63862, CVE-2026-63863, CVE-2026-63864,
CVE-2026-63865, CVE-2026-63866, CVE-2026-63875, CVE-2026-63876,
CVE-2026-63877, CVE-2026-63878, CVE-2026-63879, CVE-2026-63880,
CVE-2026-63881, CVE-2026-63882, CVE-2026-63883, CVE-2026-63884,
CVE-2026-63886, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-63888, CVE-2026-63889,
CVE-2026-63890, CVE-2026-63891, CVE-2026-63892, CVE-2026-63893,
CVE-2026-63894, CVE-2026-63895, CVE-2026-63896, CVE-2026-63897,
CVE-2026-63898, CVE-2026-63899, CVE-2026-63900, CVE-2026-63901,
CVE-2026-63902, CVE-2026-63903, CVE-2026-63904, CVE-2026-63905,
CVE-2026-63906, CVE-2026-63907, CVE-2026-63908, CVE-2026-63910,
CVE-2026-63911, CVE-2026-63912, CVE-2026-63913, CVE-2026-63914,
CVE-2026-63915, CVE-2026-63916, CVE-2026-63917, CVE-2026-63918,
CVE-2026-63919, CVE-2026-63920, CVE-2026-63921, CVE-2026-63922,
CVE-2026-63923, CVE-2026-63924, CVE-2026-63925, CVE-2026-63926,
CVE-2026-63927, CVE-2026-63928, CVE-2026-63929, CVE-2026-63930,
CVE-2026-63931, CVE-2026-63932, CVE-2026-63933, CVE-2026-63934,
CVE-2026-63935, CVE-2026-63936, CVE-2026-63937, CVE-2026-63938,
CVE-2026-63939, CVE-2026-63940, CVE-2026-63941, CVE-2026-63942,
CVE-2026-63943, CVE-2026-63944, CVE-2026-63945, CVE-2026-63946,
CVE-2026-63947, CVE-2026-63948, CVE-2026-63949, CVE-2026-63950,
CVE-2026-63951, CVE-2026-63952, CVE-2026-63953, CVE-2026-63954,
CVE-2026-63955, CVE-2026-63956, CVE-2026-63957, CVE-2026-63958,
CVE-2026-63959, CVE-2026-63960, CVE-2026-63961, CVE-2026-63962,
CVE-2026-63963, CVE-2026-63964, CVE-2026-63965, CVE-2026-63966,
CVE-2026-63967, CVE-2026-63968, CVE-2026-63969, CVE-2026-63970,
CVE-2026-63971, CVE-2026-63972, CVE-2026-63973, CVE-2026-63974,
CVE-2026-63975, CVE-2026-63976, CVE-2026-63977, CVE-2026-63978,
CVE-2026-63979, CVE-2026-63980, CVE-2026-63981, CVE-2026-63982,
CVE-2026-63983, CVE-2026-63984, CVE-2026-63985, CVE-2026-63986,
CVE-2026-63987, CVE-2026-63988, CVE-2026-63989, CVE-2026-63990,
CVE-2026-63991, CVE-2026-63992, CVE-2026-63993, CVE-2026-63994,
CVE-2026-63995, CVE-2026-63996, CVE-2026-63997, CVE-2026-63998,
CVE-2026-63999, CVE-2026-64000, CVE-2026-64001, CVE-2026-64002,
CVE-2026-64003, CVE-2026-64004, CVE-2026-64005, CVE-2026-64006,
CVE-2026-64007, CVE-2026-64008, CVE-2026-64009, CVE-2026-64010,
CVE-2026-64011, CVE-2026-64012, CVE-2026-64013, CVE-2026-64014,
CVE-2026-64015, CVE-2026-64017, CVE-2026-64018, CVE-2026-64019,
CVE-2026-64020, CVE-2026-64021, CVE-2026-64022, CVE-2026-64023,
CVE-2026-64024, CVE-2026-64025, CVE-2026-64026, CVE-2026-64027,
CVE-2026-64029, CVE-2026-64030, CVE-2026-64031, CVE-2026-64032,
CVE-2026-64033, CVE-2026-64034, CVE-2026-64035, CVE-2026-64036,
CVE-2026-64037, CVE-2026-64038, CVE-2026-64039, CVE-2026-64040,
CVE-2026-64041, CVE-2026-64042, CVE-2026-64043, CVE-2026-64044,
CVE-2026-64045, CVE-2026-64046, CVE-2026-64047, CVE-2026-64048,
CVE-2026-64049, CVE-2026-64050, CVE-2026-64051, CVE-2026-64052,
CVE-2026-64053, CVE-2026-64054, CVE-2026-64055, CVE-2026-64056,
CVE-2026-64057, CVE-2026-64058, CVE-2026-64059, CVE-2026-64060,
CVE-2026-64061, CVE-2026-64062, CVE-2026-64063, CVE-2026-64064,
CVE-2026-64065, CVE-2026-64066, CVE-2026-64067, CVE-2026-64068,
CVE-2026-64069, CVE-2026-64070, CVE-2026-64071, CVE-2026-64072,
CVE-2026-64073, CVE-2026-64074, CVE-2026-64075, CVE-2026-64076,
CVE-2026-64077, CVE-2026-64078, CVE-2026-64079, CVE-2026-64080,
CVE-2026-64081, CVE-2026-64082, CVE-2026-64083, CVE-2026-64084,
CVE-2026-64085, CVE-2026-64086, CVE-2026-64087, CVE-2026-64088,
CVE-2026-64089, CVE-2026-64090, CVE-2026-64091, CVE-2026-64093,
CVE-2026-64094, CVE-2026-64095, CVE-2026-64096, CVE-2026-64097,
CVE-2026-64098, CVE-2026-64099, CVE-2026-64100, CVE-2026-64101,
CVE-2026-64102, CVE-2026-64103, CVE-2026-64104, CVE-2026-64105,
CVE-2026-64106, CVE-2026-64107, CVE-2026-64108, CVE-2026-64109,
CVE-2026-64110, CVE-2026-64111, CVE-2026-64112, CVE-2026-64113,
CVE-2026-64114, CVE-2026-64115, CVE-2026-64116, CVE-2026-64117,
CVE-2026-64118, CVE-2026-64119, CVE-2026-64120, CVE-2026-64121,
CVE-2026-64122, CVE-2026-64123, CVE-2026-64124, CVE-2026-64125,
CVE-2026-64126, CVE-2026-64127, CVE-2026-64128, CVE-2026-64129,
CVE-2026-64130, CVE-2026-64131, CVE-2026-64132, CVE-2026-64133,
CVE-2026-64134, CVE-2026-64135, CVE-2026-64136, CVE-2026-64137,
CVE-2026-64138, CVE-2026-64140, CVE-2026-64141, CVE-2026-64142,
CVE-2026-64143, CVE-2026-64144, CVE-2026-64145, CVE-2026-64146,
CVE-2026-64147, CVE-2026-64148, CVE-2026-64149, CVE-2026-64150,
CVE-2026-64151, CVE-2026-64152, CVE-2026-64153, CVE-2026-64154,
CVE-2026-64155, CVE-2026-64156, CVE-2026-64157, CVE-2026-64158,
CVE-2026-64159, CVE-2026-64160, CVE-2026-64161, CVE-2026-64162,
CVE-2026-64163, CVE-2026-64164, CVE-2026-64165, CVE-2026-64166,
CVE-2026-64167, CVE-2026-64168, CVE-2026-64169, CVE-2026-64170,
CVE-2026-64171, CVE-2026-64172, CVE-2026-64173, CVE-2026-64174,
CVE-2026-64175, CVE-2026-64176, CVE-2026-64177, CVE-2026-64178,
CVE-2026-64179, CVE-2026-64180, CVE-2026-64181, CVE-2026-64182,
CVE-2026-64183, CVE-2026-64184, CVE-2026-64185, CVE-2026-64186)]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From musical instruments and games to play pieces that encourage balance and dexterity, these toys will engage your child’s mind and body.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ISC2 seeks input from IT pros for AI security certification]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ISC2 has begun developing a vendor-neutral AI security certification aimed at cybersecurity professionals working to secure AI systems and manage emerging AI risks.



The nonprofit organization, best known for the CISSP certification, says it is seeking volunteers worldwide to help define the kn...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:09:03 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.isc2.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ISC2</a> has begun developing a <a href="https://www.isc2.org/new-ai-certification#AI%20Security%20Certification%20Frequently%20Asked%20Questions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vendor-neutral AI security certification</a> aimed at cybersecurity professionals working to secure AI systems and manage emerging AI risks.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The nonprofit organization, best known for the <a href="https://www.isc2.org/certifications/cissp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CISSP certification</a>, says it is seeking volunteers worldwide to help define the knowledge and <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3566827/global-cybersecurity-talent-gap-widens.html" target="_blank">skills</a> that will shape the new credential. While ISC2 has not finalized the certification domains, the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isc2-begins-developing-its-ai-security-certification-and-opens-call-for-volunteers-worldwide-302825622.html?tc=eml_cleartime" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">certification</a> is expected to address both technical AI security and governance topics, with a pilot exam planned before the end of 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseymarks/">Casey Marks</a>, ISC2 chief operating officer, feedback from cybersecurity practitioners led ISC2 to conclude that AI security had grown beyond expanding AI content within existing certifications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AI has reached a tipping point,” Marks says. “AI no longer is just another tool; instead, it has fundamentally changed the cybersecurity practice itself.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ISC2 already includes <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4196919/isc2-ai-raises-accountability-demands-for-cybersecurity-teams.html" target="_blank">AI-related content in certifications</a> including CISSP and <a href="https://www.isc2.org/certifications/CCSP" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CCSP</a>, but Marks says practitioners have identified new responsibilities and risks that extend beyond those programs. “Enterprise security teams are currently grappling with significant knowledge gaps, particularly around securing model architectures against new vulnerabilities like prompt injection, data poisoning, and model inversion,” Marks adds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations are working to understand emerging governance frameworks, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001, while adapting traditional application security and security operations workflows to AI systems, he says.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ISC2 has not finalized the certification domains, but Marks says the organization expects the credential to address both technical controls and governance practices for <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4174188/ai-reshapes-cybersecurity-workforce-priorities-as-it-teams-brace-for-new-risks.html" target="_blank">securing AI systems and managing AI risk</a>. The certification will use ISC2’s established certification development process, which relies on cybersecurity practitioners to define job roles, develop exam content, and validate competencies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marks says ISC2 will continue to update the certification through ongoing input from cybersecurity professionals, in addition to its regular certification review process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The organization is also determining which professionals the certification will target. Marks says AI security responsibilities are emerging across security architecture, risk management, security operations, software development security, governance and compliance, communication and network security, and security assessment and testing. ISC2 says the certification will reflect how those roles are evolving.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For organizations that are building AI security programs now, Marks recommends using existing AI training resources, adopting established governance frameworks, creating cross-functional AI security working groups, and participating in the certification development process.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Marks says ISC2 expects AI knowledge to become part of most cybersecurity roles while a more specialized AI security discipline continues to develop. He says organizations will increasingly need professionals with foundational AI security knowledge, as well as specialists in areas such as adversarial machine learning, model architectures, and AI data pipelines.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking ahead, Marks says he expects AI security expertise to evolve into both a foundational skill for cybersecurity professionals and a specialized discipline of its own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“At this time, we are seeing a hybrid evolution occurring in real time: AI security is simultaneously becoming a baseline expectation for all security roles, while also carving out a dedicated, highly specialized discipline,” Marks says.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[3 cybersecurity issues that should keep every CEO awake at night]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, I have been saying that cybersecurity is no longer a technology problem. It has become a business leadership challenge.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet, despite record levels of spending, ever-growing security teams, increasingly sophisticated technologies and a constant stream of new regulations, organizations continue to suffer major cyber incidents with alarming regularity. Every week seems to bring news of another ransomware attack, supply chain compromise or data breach affecting organizations that many would have assumed were well protected.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The obvious conclusion is that we are asking the wrong questions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Too many executive teams remain preoccupied with the latest threat actor, the newest security product the CISO wants to buy or the latest vulnerability making headlines. Those issues matter, but they are not what should be keeping CEOs awake at night.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In my view, there are three far more fundamental issues that deserve the attention of every chief executive.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. Corporate complexity, and the widening gap between business leadership and cybersecurity reality</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Perhaps the biggest cybersecurity risk facing large organizations today is not technical at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is the growing disconnect between executive perception and operational reality.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many boards genuinely believe their organizations are reasonably well protected. They receive regular dashboards showing improving maturity scores, increasing compliance levels, falling vulnerability counts and reassuring traffic-light reports.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Unfortunately, cyber attackers do not read dashboards.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Behind those executive reports often lies an increasingly complex technology landscape, thousands of unmanaged digital assets, ageing infrastructure, rampant shadow IT, fragmented ownership, inconsistent governance and security teams struggling to keep pace with relentless business change.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The problem is rarely a lack of effort.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is that corporate complexity has reached a level where traditional governance mechanisms are no longer capable of providing an accurate picture of organizational resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Executives believe they understand the level of cyber risk they face because they receive regular reports. Those reports often measure activity rather than resilience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Governance committees end up debating around another percentage point of phishing awareness or vulnerability remediation, while fundamental issues remain unaddressed in the background.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. Organizational inertia, and the need for executive structure to evolve faster</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber criminals continue to evolve rapidly. Large organizations generally do not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is the second issue that should concern every CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout my career, I have observed organizations repeatedly responding to new cyber threats by adding another technology platform, another monitoring capability, another compliance framework or another governance committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Very rarely do they stop to redesign how cybersecurity operates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The result is what I described several years ago as the “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Spiral-Failure-How-Break/dp/1637353057/">Cybersecurity Spiral of Failure</a>”.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>As complexity and regulation increase, organizations invest in more security products.</li>



<li>More products create more complexity.</li>



<li>More products and greater complexity generate more alerts.</li>



<li>More alerts require more analysts.</li>



<li>More analysts produce more reports.</li>



<li>More reports continue to build up executive confidence.</li>



<li>Meanwhile, the underlying structural weaknesses remain largely unchanged, technical debt piles up and costs escalate.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And when the inevitable breach eventually happens, reality reveals itself, but distrust also sets in between senior executives and security teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a funding problem. Nor is it a skills problem. It is fundamentally an operating model problem.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Many organizations continue trying to solve twenty-first century challenges using governance, accountability, organizational and reporting structures designed twenty-five years ago.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cybersecurity function itself has evolved dramatically. Many executive structures have not.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This organizational inertia extends beyond technology: It affects budgeting cycles, <a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4193990/reallocating-cybersecurity-capital-in-the-mythos-era.html">investment priorities</a>, procurement processes, accountability models and decision-making speed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cyber attackers innovate every day. Organizational change often takes years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That imbalance should worry every CEO.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">3. Accelerating technological disruption, and how it challenges organizations in areas where they are intrinsically weak</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The third issue is potentially the most significant over the coming decade.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Artificial intelligence, autonomous agents and machine identities</li>



<li>Software supply chain complexity.</li>



<li>Quantum computing, and post-quantum cryptography</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Each of these developments represents far more than another technical trend.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Together, they fundamentally change the dynamics of cybersecurity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artificial intelligence is transforming countless business processes. At the same time, it is also increasing both the speed and sophistication of cyber-attacks while simultaneously transforming defensive capabilities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Organizations have become increasingly dependent on software ecosystems that extend far beyond their own direct control. Engaging with the supply chain in ways that lead to a genuine appreciation of the risks involved has become a key challenge for most cybersecurity practices.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Quantum computing may eventually invalidate much of today’s cryptographic algorithms, forcing organizations into one of the largest technology efforts since Y2K — but without the benefit of a fixed deadline and faced by a problem that is considerably more complex and hyperconnected IT estates that have little to do with those of the late 90s.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these challenges can be solved overnight: They require clear governance, sustained investment over a few years and cross-functional organizational coordination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most large organizations are weak on those three fronts: This is precisely why CEOs should be focusing on them now.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Waiting until some of those risks become obvious will almost certainly be too late.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Businesses naturally prioritise immediate commercial pressures. Cybersecurity often involves preparing for risks whose timing remains uncertain.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But one of the greatest leadership failures I keep seeing remains the inability of organizations to act decisively on known unknowns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That tension explains why many organizations delay action until external events force them to respond. Unfortunately, cybersecurity rarely rewards late action.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leadership will determine who succeeds</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybersecurity discussions still frequently focus on technology. I believe they should focus far more on leadership.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Technology will continue evolving. Threat actors will continue adapting. Regulations will continue expanding. Those developments are inevitable.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What remains within the control of every CEO is how their organization responds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does cybersecurity remain an IT issue? Or is it recognised as an integral part of business resilience?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">How is cybersecurity accountability assigned at executive level? Or does it still rest largely with a CISO hidden in the organization?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does the board spend sufficient time discussing resilience? Or does cybersecurity appear only when approving budgets or reviewing incidents?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These questions will increasingly determine organizational success.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The companies that navigate the next decade successfully will not necessarily be those spending the most on cybersecurity. Nor will they be those deploying the latest security technologies first.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They will be the organizations whose leadership recognises that cybersecurity has become a permanent business capability — embedded into governance, strategy, operational decision-making and organizational culture.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That transformation cannot be delegated. It begins with the CEO.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And perhaps that is the single biggest issue that should keep every chief executive awake at night: Not when the next cyber-attack will happen, but whether their organization is evolving quickly enough on those matters to meet a threat landscape that is changing much faster than the business itself.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[Google fined $1 billion for anticompetitive search and mobile app practices in EU]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million ($1 billion) for its breaches of the Digital Market Act (DMA).



Just over half the fine — €460 million — was because Google illegally gave preference to its own services in Google Search results.



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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:49:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million ($1 billion) for its breaches of the Digital Market Act (DMA).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just over half the fine — €460 million — was because Google illegally gave preference to its own services in Google Search results.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The remainder was because in the Google Play store for Android apps, the company prevented app developers from leading consumers to alternative, often cheaper, purchase channels. Under the DMA, app developers who distribute their apps via Google Play or Apple’s App Store should be able to inform customers of alternative offers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now Google must give third-party services featuring in its results the same treatment as its own services, and allow developers of apps in the Play Store to communicate about offers both in and outside the Play Store, or face further fines.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Commission first <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_811" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">raised these issues with Google in March 2025</a>. In April of this year, <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4159968/google-should-share-search-data-to-break-its-monopoly-european-commission-suggests.html">the Commission laid out</a> plans as to how Google should allow other third-parties to share its searches, suggestions that the tech firm firmly resisted. Earlier this month, the Commission also said <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4198420/google-must-open-android-to-rival-ai-agents-eu-orders.html"> Android should be open to other AI agents</a> and not limited to Google’s own Gemini.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is not the only US company to have fallen foul of the DMA. In April 2025, <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2762151/eu-fines-apple-e500m-570m-for-violations-of-the-digital-markets-act.html">Apple was fined €500 million</a> for breaching the Act and, last month, <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/4190069/eu-microsoft-and-amazons-cloud-services-should-probably-be-classified-as-gatekeepers.html">the Commission fired the first shots at cloud hyperscalers</a> Microsoft and Amazon.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[An A.I. Music F.A.Q.: Can I Remix Madonna? Is This All Legal?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Advances in A.I. are making it possible to create all kinds of music from scratch, but they also raise questions about what is legal and who will actually listen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Android: Neue Funktionen im Juli 2026 – ein Überblick]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google ist aktuell dabei, ein neues Google-Play-System-Update auszurollen. Damit erhalten Android-Nutzer monatlich neue Funktionen, die einen direkten Einfluss auf ihr Smartphone haben (unabhängig vom Hersteller).



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<p>Google ist aktuell dabei, ein neues Google-Play-System-Update auszurollen. Damit erhalten Android-Nutzer monatlich neue Funktionen, die einen direkten Einfluss auf ihr <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1924183/das-beste-smartphone-im-test.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Smartphone </a>haben (unabhängig vom Hersteller).</p>



<p>Die Seite <a href="https://9to5google.com/2026/07/09/android-documents-backup/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">9to5Google</a> hat die wichtigsten Neuerungen zusammengefasst. Demnach bekommen Android-Nutzer die Option, die Sicherung von SMS-, MMS- und RCS-Nachrichten direkt zu steuern. Das ähnelt der <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3181692/alle-android-nutzer-bekommen-nun-diese-wichtige-backupfunktion.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">separaten Backup-Einstellung für ausgewählte Apps</a>, die wir Ihnen letzte Woche vorgestellt hatten.</p>



<p>Über <strong>Einstellungen &gt; Konten und Sicherung &gt; Google-Sicherung &gt; Weitere Gerätedaten</strong> gibt es nach Erhalt des Updates einen neuen Ein-/Aus-Schalter für SMS- und MMS-Nachrichten, Anrufverlauf und Geräteeinstellungen. Sie haben also deutlich mehr Kontrolle darüber, welche Daten Sie über die Google-Cloud speichern wollen.</p>



<p>Das ist auch besonders wichtig, da Google seit Neuestem <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3185747/google-erlaubt-android-nutzern-ab-sofort-kein-kostenloses-backup-mehr-speicherplatz-angererechnet.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">keine Gratis-Backups für Android-Geräte mehr erlaubt</a>. Jedes Backup Ihres Smartphones zählt also direkt auf Ihr verfügbares Speicherkontingent ein, das in der Gratis-Variante gerade einmal 15 GB sind.</p>



<p>Zusätzlich führt Android nun die lokale Sicherung von Dokumenten ein. Damit können Sie Ihre heruntergeladenen Dokumente automatisch in Google Drive speichern, damit diese sicher und von jedem Ihrer Geräte aus zugänglich sind. Auf der Seite „Sicherung“ erscheint dann neben „Fotos &amp; Videos“ und „Sonstige Gerätedaten“ ein neues Menü namens „Dokumente“.</p>



<p>Google erklärt, dass zu den unterstützten Dateiformaten .DOC, .PPT, .XLS, .PDF “und alle anderen auf diesem Gerät gespeicherten Dokumente” gehören. Dokumente sollen bei der Übertragung zwischen Ihrem Gerät und den Google-Diensten verschlüsselt werden. Änderungen, die an den Dokumenten an einem Ort vorgenommen werden, werden nicht mit anderen Orten synchronisiert.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Mehr Neuerungen</h3>



<p>In den <a href="https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/14343500?hl=de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Versionshinweisen zu den Google-Systemdiensten</a> finden sich noch mehr kleine Neuerungen, die jetzt an Android-Nutzer ausgerollt werden. Dazu gehören unter anderem die Überarbeitung von In-App-Käufen mithilfe einer “verbesserten, nativen Storefront für Google One”, die Übertragung von Arbeitsprofilen auf Wear-OS-Smartwatches, eine neue Google-Standortfreigabe für Chromebooks sowie „neue Funktionen für Entwickler von Google- und Drittanbieter-Apps zur Unterstützung von Prozessen in ihren Apps im Zusammenhang mit Google Maps”.</p>



<p>All diese neuen Funktionen werden seit dem 6. Juli an Android-Nutzer verteilt. Über <strong>Einstellungen</strong> <strong>&gt;</strong> <strong>Sicherheit und Datenschutz</strong> <strong>&gt;</strong> <strong>Updates</strong> <strong>&gt;</strong> <strong>Google Play-Systemupdate</strong> können Sie die aktuell installierte Version der Google Play System Updates prüfen und gegebenenfalls auf eine neue Version aktualisieren.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/3092158/android-17-diese-smartphones-bekommen-das-update-komplette-geraeteliste.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Android 17: Diese Smartphones bekommen das Update</a></p>

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<description><![CDATA[EF Core is Microsoft’s flagship ORM (object-relational mapper), the software layer that allows .NET developers to work with relational databases. The DbContext class is the core component of the EF Core framework for managing database operations. However, the DbContext class in EF Core is not thr...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">EF Core is Microsoft’s flagship ORM (object-relational mapper), the software layer that allows .NET developers to work with relational databases. The <code>DbContext</code> class is the core component of the EF Core framework for managing database operations. However, the <code>DbContext</code> class in EF Core is not thread-safe. Hence, if you share <code>DbContext</code> instances between multiple threads, you will often encounter data corruption issues and the <code>InvalidOperationException</code>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this article, we’ll learn how we can execute queries in parallel in EF Core by handling thread-safety issues to avoid concurrency errors. To work with the code examples provided in this article, you should have Visual Studio 2026 installed in your system. You can <a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/">download Visual Studio 2026 here</a>.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Executing EF Core queries in parallel – the problem</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When working in today’s data-driven applications, you will often need to fetch data from multiple unrelated datasets. In applications that use concurrency, thread-safety is critical to guaranteeing correct execution, avoiding data corruption and race conditions, and ensuring data consistency. Let’s understand this with an example. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Let’s say we want to populate a dashboard that displays all recently processed orders, metrics, logs, and traces, as well as your application’s performance metadata. We might write the following code. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public class Dashboard
{
    public List Orders { get; set; } = new();
    public Metrics Metrics { get; set; } = new();
    public List Logs { get; set; } = new();
    public List Traces { get; set; } = new();
}
public static async Task LoadDashboardAsync(ProductService productService)
{
    Task&lt;List&gt;    ordersTask  = productService.GetProcessedOrdersAsync();
    Task        metricsTask = productService.GetMetricsAsync();
    Task&lt;List&gt; logsTask    = productService.GetRecentLogsAsync();
    Task&lt;List&gt;    tracesTask  = productService.GetTracesAsync();
    await Task.WhenAll(ordersTask, metricsTask, logsTask, tracesTask);
    return new Dashboard
    {
        Orders  = await ordersTask,
        Metrics = await metricsTask,
        Logs    = await logsTask,
        Traces  = await tracesTask
    };
}
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the preceding code snippet, there are four read operations that are executed by four different <code>Task</code> instances. Our objective is to ensure that the database round trips run in parallel instead of in sequence. We can accomplish this by using<code>Task.WhenAll</code>, which starts the four tasks, waits for every task to finish, then returns the data wrapped inside a new <code>Dashboard</code> instance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If we executed these queries sequentially, the user would have to wait until each query completed its execution in turn—for a total wait time equal to the sum of the times for all four queries. However, by running these queries in parallel, we reduce the wait time considerably. The user will need to wait only as long as it takes for the slowest of the four queries to complete its execution.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, there is a danger with the above approach. If you run multiple operations on the same <code>DbContext</code> instance, you will see an <code>InvalidOperationException</code> with the following message:</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A second operation started in this context before the previous operation was completed. This is usually caused by multiple threads using the same <code>DbContext</code> instance; instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.</p>
</blockquote>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle Database follow a request-response communication model at the connection level: a single connection can process only one command at a time. Hence, you cannot run multiple queries concurrently using the connection. If you <code>await</code> several operations using the same connection, EF Core detects the overlapping use of a non-thread-safe context and throws an <code>InvalidOperationException</code>. To run queries in parallel, you must give each task its own connection or context.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why DbContext isn’t thread-safe – and how to work around it</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <code>DbContext</code> class in EF Core is designed to manage a single unit of work. To be more precise, EF Core does not provide support for running multiple operations on the same <code>DbContext</code> instance. This design approach creates inherent challenges when you use the same <code>DbContext</code> instance across multiple threads. If <code>DbContext</code> were thread-safe, extensive locking would be required, which would degrade data access performance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This stateful design of <code>DbContext</code> makes it unsuitable for concurrent access patterns that involve loading, modifying, or tracking different sets of data simultaneously, because it needs to maintain the internal representation of database state.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/" data-type="link" data-id="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/change-tracking/">change tracker</a> is one of the most important components of <code>DbContext</code> in EF Core. It monitors all entities loaded into memory and detects any changes made to them after they have been loaded. It keeps track of the original, current, and changed values of the entities, thereby enabling the EF Core runtime to know the current state of these entities when you call the <code>SaveChanges()</code> method on the <code>DbContext</code> instance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To implement thread-safety when working with DbContext, we must write our code to ensure that each concurrent operation gets its own copy of a short-lived instance. Now, we <em>could</em> accomplish this by wrapping a shared <code>DbContext</code> instance inside a thread-safe block using the <code>lock</code> keyword, so that all calls to the database take place using one and only one thread at a time. This approach is illustrated in the code snippet below. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
public class Product
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
    public decimal Price { get; set; }
    public int Quantity { get; set; }
}
public class AppDbContext : DbContext
{
    public AppDbContext(DbContextOptions options) : base(options) { }
    public DbSet Products =&gt; Set();
}
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, while the above approach gives us the thread-safety we need, it can degrade data access performance considerably. A better approach is to use <code>IDbContextFactory</code> , which creates fresh <code>DbContext</code> instances on demand. Calling its <code>CreateDbContext()</code> method is cheap and produces a fresh, isolated context every time. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The following code snippet shows how you can register an instance of type <code>IDbContextFactory</code> as a singleton. You can safely call this code from any thread.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>builder.Services.AddDbContextFactory(options =&gt;
    options.UseSqlServer(
        builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Default")));
</code></pre>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Executing EF Core queries in parallel – the solution</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now let’s see how we can put <code>IDbContextFactory</code> to work. The following code illustrates a class named <code>ProductService</code> that uses a factory to create <code>DbContext</code> instances for each scope of work.</p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public class ProductService
{
    private readonly IDbContextFactory _factory;
    public ProductService(IDbContextFactory factory)
        =&gt; _factory = factory;
    public async Task GetByIdAsync(int id)
    {
        await using var context = await _factory.CreateDbContextAsync();
        return await context.Products.FindAsync(id);
    }
    public async Task UpdateStockQuantityAsync(int id, int updateQuantity)
    {
        await using var context = await _factory.CreateDbContextAsync();
        var product = await context.Products.FindAsync(id);
        if (product is null) return;
        product.Quantity += updateQuantity;
        await context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }
}
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Note that <code>ProductService</code> has two methods, <code>GetByIdAsync</code> and <code>UpdateStockQuantityAsync</code>. An instance of the <code>DbContext</code> class is created locally in each of these methods. Now, suppose you have two threads, T1 and T2, that execute these methods concurrently. That is, thread T1 executes the <code>GetByIdAsync</code> method while thread T2 executes the <code>UpdateStockQuantityAsync</code> method. Because each of these methods is executed in isolation, they will have their own context, connection, and change-tracking information, and there will be no mutable state, so you don’t need to implement thread synchronization in either of these methods.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Consider the following code that executes a read operation and an update operation in two separate tasks. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>public static async Task RunMethodsInParallelAsync(ProductService productService)
{
      Task readTask = productService.GetByIdAsync(1);
      Task updateTask = productService.UpdateStockQuantityAsync(3, 5);
      await Task.WhenAll(readTask, updateTask);
      Product? product = await readTask;
 }
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <code>Task.WhenAll</code> method runs the two tasks in parallel and waits until both have finished. The reason this approach is thread-safe, and will not create concurrency errors, is that each of these two methods creates its own <code>DbContext</code> instance internally. Therefore the read operation and the update operation use independent <code>DbContext</code> instances.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Use DbContext pooling to reduce allocation cost</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Although creating <code>DbContext</code> instances is not that costly, you should consider using pooled contexts in applications that require high scalability and high performance. The following code snippet shows how you can register a pooled context. </p>



<pre class="wp-block-code"><code>builder.Services.AddPooledDbContextFactory(options =&gt;
    options.UseSqlServer(connectionString));
</code></pre>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A call to <code>AddDbContext()</code> will register a <code>DbContext</code> instance as scoped per HTTP request. Each request will run on a different thread and each will have its own context. However, keep in mind that the default scoped registration of the <code>DbContext</code> will not always suffice.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You will need a factory to create instances of <code>DbContext</code> when you’re using a background service, or performing some work inside a particular request, or running some business logic operation over multiple contexts.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key takeaways</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>If you use EF Core in the data access layer of your application, you must implement thread safety measures whenever you run your queries in parallel.</li>



<li>You cannot execute multiple queries in parallel in EF Core using the same <code>DbContext</code> instance.</li>



<li>The <code>IDbContextFactory</code> enables you to create a <code>DbContext</code> instance for each thread, thereby enabling you to work with these instances in isolation.</li>



<li>Although using a <code>DbContext</code> pool involves a small allocation overhead, it becomes a non-issue if you need high throughput.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[The Microsoft agent framework wars are over. The real architecture decision starts now]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, I had the same conversation with almost every team starting an AI initiative. Should we build on Semantic Kernel, AutoGen or Foundry?



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the past year, I had the same conversation with almost every team starting an AI initiative. Should we build on Semantic Kernel, AutoGen or Foundry?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At first it felt like the most important architectural decision we’d make. Each framework had its own philosophy, each promised to be the foundation for enterprise AI, and picking the wrong one felt like an expensive mistake. I spent a lot of time helping teams weigh the trade-offs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Looking back, I think we were asking the wrong question. I certainly was.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I watched teams spend months debating SDKs while the decisions that actually decided whether their applications survived production went unexamined. Some built elaborate orchestration layers for workflows that a few deterministic functions would have handled. Others avoided agent frameworks entirely and later found they’d designed themselves into a corner.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then Microsoft settled it for us. It <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/overview/">introduced the unified Agent Framework</a>, quietly moved Semantic Kernel and AutoGen into <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/agent-framework/migrate-your-semantic-kernel-and-autogen-projects-to-microsoft-agent-framework-release-candidate/">maintenance mode</a>, and the debate I’d spent months refereeing was suddenly over. Turns out the answer to “which of the three” was “none of the three, here’s a fourth.” The framework hit version 1.0 and general availability in April 2026, stable across .NET and Python.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What surprised me wasn’t the decision. It was how fast a debate that had eaten so much of our attention stopped mattering. Microsoft changed the menu.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It didn’t change the meal.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The framework was never the hard part</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Framework selection dominated almost every early conversation I had about enterprise agents. Which SDK do we standardize on? Which orchestration model gives us the most flexibility? Which one is Microsoft actually betting on?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Fair questions. But after a year of watching these projects play out, I’ve slowly come around to a different view. Those weren’t the questions that decided anything.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first question I ask now is much smaller. Does this thing actually need an agent?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It sounds obvious, and I still get it wrong sometimes. But it’s the mistake I see most. On one project, a team spent weeks designing a multi-agent workflow for a process that ran the same four steps every time: read a document, validate it, call an API, send a notification. The diagrams looked great. The system in production didn’t. A few well-tested functions would have been easier to build, easier to maintain and a lot easier to trust.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Part of this is just that “<strong>agent</strong>” has become the word everyone reaches for. Sometimes it’s the right call. Sometimes it’s a workflow we already knew how to build, wearing a newer label. An agent earns its complexity when it genuinely has to decide things you can’t predetermine, choosing between tools, adapting to what it finds, working out its own next step. If you already know every step, you have a workflow, and a workflow is usually the better engineering choice. The consolidation didn’t change that. It just made it easier to see.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What building production agents actually taught me</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once I stopped fixating on frameworks, the same three problems kept showing up. None of them had anything to do with the SDK.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Context beats model choice</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Early on I spent a lot of time comparing models, the way you’d agonize over a restaurant menu and then order what you always order. Now I spend most of it thinking about context, which is far less fun and far more useful.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I’ve watched good models fail because they were handed too much, not too little. One team I worked with gave the model access to nearly every internal document they had on the theory that more information meant better answers. It went the other way. Responses got slower, less consistent and sometimes skipped right past the thing that actually mattered. When we cut the context down to only what the task needed, the quality jumped almost immediately. I didn’t predict that. It taught me to be suspicious of “just give it everything.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The best agent systems I’ve worked on weren’t the ones with the biggest context windows. They were the ones careful about what reached the model, and when. That’s not something the framework hands you.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Failure is where the real work is</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most agent demos look great because they’re built around the happy path. Production doesn’t extend that courtesy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I remember a project where everything held up in testing. Then a downstream API timed out after the agent had already completed several earlier steps. We couldn’t just restart, because part of the business process had already gone through. We ended up spending far more time on recovery logic than we ever spent on prompts. That project changed how I think about this work. The hard part was never getting the model to make a decision. It was making sure the system didn’t fall apart when reality refused to follow the script.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tool calls fail partway through. APIs return inconsistent data. Models call the same tool over and over because the last answer wasn’t what they wanted. That’s not the exception; that’s a normal Tuesday. Whether you retry, roll back, pause for a human or push on with partial results is a judgment call, and no framework is going to make it for you.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Identity is the real security boundary</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This one surprised me most. The moment an agent stops being a chatbot and starts touching real business systems, identity matters more than orchestration.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Every project gets to the same question eventually. Who is this agent actually acting as? The developer’s credentials? A service account? The user who asked? Get it wrong and you’ve built something autonomous running with more access than any single person should have, which is exactly the kind of thing that looks fine until an audit. The Agent Framework, like most modern tooling, makes it easier to wire agents to tools through standards like the <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/">Model Context Protocol</a>. That helps. But where human approval belongs, what needs extra authorization, how much rope to give the thing, those are still yours to decide.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The surprises weren’t technical</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Here’s what I didn’t see coming. The hardest part of last year wasn’t technical at all. It was organizational. The moment a team heard “agent,” expectations shifted under everyone’s feet. Business stakeholders started expecting full autonomy. Developers assumed the thing could reason its way through anything. People started designing for flexibility before we’d even agreed on what problem we were solving. The word did damage before any code did. I found myself spending as much time resetting expectations as I did discussing architecture.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Build for change, not for today’s winner</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I don’t think the teams that struggled last year picked the wrong framework. Semantic Kernel was reasonable. AutoGen was reasonable. Foundry made sense for plenty of cases. I’d have signed off on any of them.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The ones that got hurt put all their eggs in one framework, treating it as the foundation of the whole system instead of as one more dependency. Microsoft provided a migration path. But teams that had tightly coupled their applications to framework-specific abstractions discovered that migrating and rewriting are not the same thing. That wasn’t Microsoft’s doing. It was their own architecture’s. The teams that moved easily had kept their business logic, prompts and orchestration loose enough to evolve independently of any one SDK. For them, the change was a manageable project, not a teardown.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For what it’s worth, nobody I work with is treating this as an emergency. Most are moving the smaller workloads first, watching how they behave and leaving the production-critical systems alone until they actually understand the new abstractions. That’s the right instinct. And I doubt this is the last consolidation we’ll see, the ecosystem is still young, frameworks will keep absorbing each other and over time the differences between them will be operational more than architectural.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I don’t regret the framework debates, honestly. They were reasonable at the time. What changed wasn’t Microsoft’s roadmap.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It was mine. Watching these systems run in production taught me that the framework is the easiest piece to swap out. Recovery logic, context management, security boundaries, the business workflow itself, those stay with you long after today’s SDK gets replaced by tomorrow’s.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, Microsoft made one decision easier by turning three frameworks into one. Good. Five years from now we’ll be on different tools, and we’ll still be asking the same handful of questions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Does this actually need an agent? Does it have the right context? Can it recover when something breaks, because something will? Is it acting as the right person?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Those questions outlast every rewrite. That’s where I’ve learned to put my effort.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Frameworks come and go. Good architecture has to survive all of them.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[Late in a large enterprise SAP transformation, the strategic governance conversations began to drift. Instead of executive decisions, we found ourselves debating whether the program needed dedicated testing, whether cutover required a full weekend, whether twenty Agile teams really needed coordin...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Late in a large enterprise SAP transformation, the strategic governance conversations began to drift. Instead of executive decisions, we found ourselves debating whether the program needed dedicated testing, whether cutover required a full weekend, whether twenty Agile teams really needed coordination support and whether offshore resources were adding value at all.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The questions were not coming from the delivery teams. They were coming from the executive sponsor.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The sponsor had recently been elevated into a senior leadership role and had never sponsored a technology transformation at this scale. The challenge was not authority. The sponsor had every right to ask any question they wanted. The challenge was that strategic governance had quietly turned into a debate about delivery practices, because the sponsor did not yet have the transformation context to focus the conversation anywhere else.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not a story about a bad sponsor. The executive in this case was a capable senior leader with strong judgment and authentic intent. They had been placed into a role they had not yet been prepared for, and the pattern that followed was structural, not personal. It is one of the more common patterns I have observed across enterprise transformation programs, and one of the most consistently misdiagnosed.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most program failures are not execution failures. They are sponsor mismatches.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">When governance becomes a debate about delivery practices</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the sponsor does not understand what an enterprise transformation actually requires, governance forums stop functioning as decision bodies and start functioning as practice debates.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You see it in the questions that get asked. Why do we need a dedicated testing phase? Can the Build timeline be compressed? Why does cutover need a full weekend? Why do we need more Scrum Masters across 20 product teams? Can the US team simply work longer hours instead of using offshore resources? On one program, the sponsor suggested shifting the entire project’s working hours to India time, despite roughly 85 percent of the delivery organization being based in the United States.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of these questions are unreasonable in isolation. Each one targets a real cost or timeline pressure. The problem is what is missing underneath them: an understanding of the operational risks the original choices were designed to mitigate.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When sponsors ask delivery-practice questions without that context, the program leadership team ends up defending the work instead of advancing it. Decision velocity drops. Trust between the program and its sponsor erodes. Senior delivery talent disengages from governance forums where the conversation never reaches the decisions they need made. What looks from the outside like an active sponsor producing engagement is, from inside the program, an active drain on the cycles needed to deliver.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The compounding cost is not unique to any single program. <a href="https://www.pmi.org/blog/why-executive-sponsorship-fuels-projects">PMI’s research on executive sponsorship</a> consistently identifies sponsor engagement quality, rather than sponsor presence alone, as one of the strongest predictors of project success. The visible symptom is debate. The actual cost is unmade decisions.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Authority is rarely the issue. Literacy is</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When transformations stall under a mismatched sponsor, the diagnostic instinct is to question the sponsor’s authority. Are they senior enough? Do they have the cross-functional reach? Can they unblock?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In most of the programs I have led or advised, authority was not the limiting factor. The sponsor in the SAP program above had ample authority. They could unblock any decision the program needed. What had not been developed was the transformation literacy to know which decisions mattered, which were technical noise and which were execution risks that should not be optimized away.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is what I have come to think of as the literacy problem. Sponsors elevated into transformation roles often have deep functional expertise (finance, operations, business unit leadership) but limited exposure to the distinct functions of PMO, organizational change management, agile delivery, testing and cutover, and how each one reduces a specific category of implementation risk. They are not expected to be SAP configuration experts. But they need enough transformation literacy to recognize which questions actually belong in a steering committee.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://hbr.org/2015/05/how-to-be-an-effective-executive-sponsor">Harvard Business Review’s research on effective executive sponsorship</a> has emphasized that sponsorship effectiveness depends as much on judgment as on authority. Judgment is where literacy becomes operational. A sponsor with authority but limited transformation literacy will optimize for speed and cost in ways that consistently underestimate risk. A sponsor with both will make the tradeoffs the program actually needs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.prosci.com/resources/articles/change-management-best-practices">Prosci’s longstanding benchmark studies on change management</a> have ranked active and visible executive sponsorship as the single greatest contributor to change success for two decades. The word that matters in that finding is active. Active sponsorship without transformation literacy can introduce real cost. Not because the sponsor is acting against the program, but because the optimization choices they make are based on incomplete information about what the program is built to protect against.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Shift the conversation from delivery practices to business risk</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When the sponsor relationship is already in place and cannot be changed, the program leadership team has one move that consistently works: shift the conversation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On the SAP program above, we stopped explaining why the testing phase existed. We started explaining the business risk of reducing it. We stopped debating the number of Scrum Masters. We started connecting delivery capacity to coordination across more than twenty Agile teams and the business cost of losing that coordination. We reframed offshore support as a way to maintain delivery momentum around the clock rather than asking the U.S. team to sustain fifteen-hour days.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The shift is from defending delivery practice to explaining business risk. The sponsor does not need to understand why testing takes the time it does. They need to understand what the program is exposed to if testing is compressed. They do not need to know how many Scrum Masters are statistically optimal for twenty Agile teams. They need to know what coordination breaks when the number is wrong.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This reframing accomplishes two things. First, it brings the conversation back to the level at which sponsors actually make decisions: tradeoffs between business outcomes and business risks. Second, it builds transformation literacy in the sponsor over time, almost as a byproduct. By the third or fourth iteration of business-risk-framed conversations, the sponsor begins to ask the right questions on their own.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In practice, this happens through small but deliberate moves. When the sponsor asks why a phase needs the time it takes, the program lead names two or three things that could go wrong if the time is cut and what each would cost the business. When the sponsor asks why a role is needed, the program lead names the work that would not get done without it. Every delivery-practice question gets converted into a business-risk answer.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The program leadership team’s job is not to make the sponsor an expert in SAP delivery. It is to provide enough transformation context so that executive decisions reflect both business priorities and implementation realities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are a few phrases I have used with executive sponsors over the years that capture the underlying issue. The sharpest one:</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">If the decision has to go above the sponsor, they are not the sponsor.</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sponsorship is defined by what the sponsor can decide without asking someone else. That is the test. Anything else is the appearance of sponsorship, not the substance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For CIOs supporting enterprise transformation, the implication is direct. Sponsor selection, or sponsor preparation when selection is not an option, is not a hierarchy question. It is a transformation capability question. The same execution discipline that goes into defining decision rights, structuring governance and protecting delivery momentum should apply, with equal rigor, to assessing sponsor fit and building sponsor literacy before the program begins.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A sponsor does not need to be the technical expert. They do need to know when to trust the people who are.</p>



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<description><![CDATA[Google fined €890 million by the European Commission for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA) over its practices on Google Search and Google Play. The Commission issued two separate fines of €460 million and €430 million, finding that Google had failed to comply with the DMA's rules on self-pr...]]></description>
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The decisions concern how Google ranks its own services in search results and how app developers can communicate alternative offers to users through Google Play.
<h3><strong>Google Fined Over Self-preferencing on Google Search</strong></h3>
The Commission found that Google <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">breached</a> the DMA by giving preferential treatment to its own services, including shopping, hotels, transport and sports results, compared with third-party services appearing in Google Search.

Under the DMA, designated gatekeepers are required to treat their own services and third-party services fairly and without discrimination in search rankings.

According to the Commission, Google gives its own services greater prominence by placing them at the top of search results or displaying them with enhanced visuals and filters. The Commission said similar third-party services do not receive the same level of prominence.

The Commission's decision requires Google to treat third-party services featured in its search results in a fair and non-discriminatory manner compared with its own services.

The Commission also noted that Google has proposed and started testing changes to the way it presents its own services on Google Search, including free services covering shopping, hotels and flights. The Commission said these changes represent substantial progress towards compliance and will be monitored.

Google has also proposed and started testing changes involving shopping ads and content-related services, including sports. The Commission is assessing these changes and will continue discussions with the company. The dialogue will also cover Google's proposals for applying the principles of the decision to AI Overviews and AI Mode.
<h3><strong>Google Play Restrictions Lead to Second Fine</strong></h3>
The second decision concerns Google's anti-steering practices on <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/google-play-store-bug-bounty-program-end/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Play</a>.

Under the DMA, app developers distributing apps through Google Play must be able to inform customers about alternative, often cheaper offers at no cost. Developers should also be able to direct users to make purchases through other channels, including websites and alternative app stores.

The Commission found that Google failed to meet these requirements. It said Google restricted app developers from freely communicating and promoting offers and from concluding contracts with users through distribution channels of their choice, including third-party app stores.

The Commission acknowledged that Google can charge a fee for facilitating the initial acquisition of a new customer by an app developer through Google Play. However, it found that the level of Google's steering-related fees and the length of time those fees were charged went beyond what is considered compliant with the DMA.

Google has since rolled out changes related to its steering terms. The Commission said these changes represent good progress towards compliance but will be assessed in light of the cease and desist order issued as part of the decision.
<h3><strong>Digital Markets Act Enforcement Brings Compliance Deadline</strong></h3>
As part of the two decisions, the Commission has ordered Google to end the identified non-compliance. The company must implement measures addressing both search rankings and its anti-steering rules.

Google is required to comply with the Commission's decisions within 60 days. If it fails to do so, it could face periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of its total worldwide turnover.

The fines take into account the gravity and duration of the non-compliance. The Commission said it also considered the recurrence of the breaches and concluded that the fines were proportionate and appropriate.

Google may appeal the decisions.
<h3><strong>Commission Investigations Began in 2024</strong></h3>
Google was designated as a gatekeeper in September 2023 for its online search engine, Google Search. On 25 March 2024, the Commission opened non-compliance investigations into Google's measures addressing self-preferencing and its steering rules.

On 19 March 2025, the Commission informed Google of its preliminary view that the company was in breach of the DMA. Google subsequently exercised its rights of defence by reviewing the documents in the Commission's investigation files and responding in writing to the preliminary findings.

The two decisions followed a detailed investigation that included feedback from market participants and extensive dialogue with Google.

The Commission said the decisions demonstrate its continued enforcement of the DMA and its focus on protecting fairness, business opportunities, consumer choice and innovation in digital markets.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Why enterprises should care about Nokia’s AI-RAN platform]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:13:45 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With this release, Nokia is introducing what it calls the industry’s first commercial AI-RAN platform, built on its AI‑native anyRAN software and Nvidia’s Aerial AI-RAN stack running on merchant GPU-based accelerated computing. The company is already seeing more than 20% gains in spectral efficiency from AI-driven radio algorithms, with a roadmap to reach 50% by 2027 and more than 100% by 2028, effectively doubling capacity on existing spectrum in dense cells.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Legacy RAN infrastructure enables connectivity but not much beyond that. The AI-RAN makes the network intelligent and extends AI into the physical world, enabling telcos to get more from their infrastructure investments, including <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4128115/is-private-5g-6g-important-after-all.html">providing a path to 6G</a>. The partnership with Nvidia brings CUDA and AI into mobile environments.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For <em>Network World</em> readers, the headline isn’t just that Nokia got to market first with AI‑RAN—it’s that the company is using AI and GPUs to break the historical coupling between radio performance and custom silicon refresh cycles, and to turn the RAN into an application platform.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">What AI-RAN actually is</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At a technical level, Nokia’s AI‑RAN is a software‑defined baseband architecture that runs Layer 1/Layer 2 RAN functions and AI models on accelerated compute, primarily GPUs, instead of being locked into fixed‑function ASICs. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheers/">Udayan Mukherjee</a>, Nokia’s CTO for RAN and core, summarized the vision in the <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4200815/AI-RAN-analyst-briefing-20260714_095948-Meeting-Recording-2-_1_otter_ai_transcript.txt">analyst briefing</a>: “AI‑RAN is essentially a platform that turns the radio network into a true AI‑native programmable platform… one software detached from the hardware, defining flexible hardware deployment configurations, including part of the AI grid.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several pillars stand out:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>AI‑native design: Algorithms move from traditional linear models to increasingly nonlinear techniques (e.g., advanced channel estimation, deep receivers/transmitters, RKHS-based methods), which demand tensor-heavy compute best delivered by GPUs.</li>



<li>Software-defined RAN: The same anyRAN software stack runs across different hardware configurations—plug‑in cards, standalone AI‑RAN nodes, and COTS/cloud RAN—so innovation comes via software releases rather than baseband card swaps.</li>



<li>Programmable “D‑apps” layer: Nokia is pushing a new real‑time E3 interface from Layer 1/2 into an application layer for distributed apps (D‑apps) that can tap IQ samples, channel estimation and scheduling data for use cases such as sensing and location services.</li>



<li>Crucially, this isn’t meant to replace all custom silicon overnight. Mukherjee was explicit: “We are not dropping the purpose‑built product… but we want to also get to merchant silicon, because that’s the future as we want to develop bigger models and AI elements and value‑added services on top of it.” The result is a hybrid era where AI‑accelerated platforms coexist with existing basebands but begin to shoulder the most compute‑intensive workloads.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Why AI-RAN matters for operators</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nokia and its early operator partners are trying to solve three perennial problems: finite spectrum, changing traffic patterns, and the drag of hardware refresh cycles.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">First, spectrum constraints. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aji-ed/">Aji Ed</a>, Nokia’s head of AI‑RAN and cloud RAN, called spectrum “the first constraint everybody has,” noting that operators have paid “huge amount of money” for bands and now need to “get up to the 2x spectrum” in terms of usable capacity. By running more complex AI models for multi‑user MIMO pairing, channel estimation, carrier aggregation and deep receiver/transmitter functions on GPUs, Nokia believes it can unlock those gains where traditional platforms simply run out of compute headroom.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Second, traffic is shifting. Generative AI and distributed inference workloads are driving more uplink-heavy, latency‑sensitive patterns that current RANs weren’t designed for. AI‑RAN’s ability to adapt scheduling, beamforming and resource allocation dynamically via AI models deployed at the baseband is meant to keep up with this shift.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Third, innovation cadence. In Ed’s words, “hardware upgrades can’t keep up with the innovation… we can’t really have a silicon refresh cycle linked with every three‑year cycle.” Nokia’s subscription‑based software model is designed to deliver new AI algorithms, spectral‑efficiency improvements and network optimization features continuously, without requiring “forklift” hardware replacements.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For operators, the message is attractive: comparable TCO and power to existing basebands, “no hardware premium” for GPU adoption, but higher capacity and a path to new services. Nokia told analysts it has reached performance, price and energy efficiency parity between its custom GridShark silicon and GPU-based systems, while moving the baseband roadmap to merchant silicon.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Nokia’s differentiation strategy</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Every major RAN vendor is talking about AI‑enhanced radio, but Nokia is drawing a line between incremental gains and what it claims is a platform shift. When asked why its 2x spectral efficiency ambition is so much higher than the ~20% numbers competitors discuss, Ed pointed to the underlying architecture: “We are able to bring much more complex algorithms into this compute infrastructure… all of these require much higher compute, which is exactly what is coming from the accelerated computing.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several differentiators emerge:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Aggressive spectral roadmap: Nokia is targeting 1.5x by 2027 and 2x by 2028, across TDD massive MIMO and FDD scenarios, with a feature roadmap built jointly with Nvidia and other partners.</li>



<li>Single code base, three deployment paths: The same anyRAN software stack runs on (1) a GPU‑powered AirScale capacity plug‑in card, (2) a high‑capacity standalone AI‑RAN node, and (3) GPU‑based COTS/cloud RAN servers. This lets operators modernize “at their own pace” and mix brownfield evolution with greenfield AI-native deployments.</li>



<li>Open ecosystem with D‑apps: Nokia is leaning into ORAN compliance (front‑haul, O1/O2) and actively championing the E3 interface and D‑apps concept within ORAN and AI‑RAN alliances, with Bell Labs and at least two external partners already building sensing and location applications on the platform.</li>



<li>Software subscription tied to value: The commercial model builds on existing software subscriptions but ties pricing more explicitly to delivered value, such as spectral efficiency improvements and new AI services, rather than pure license metrics.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mukherjee emphasized the openness angle in the briefing: “We see a lot of third‑party applications, whether it’s improving spectral efficiency or location service or sensing, can be developed on this platform… any AI‑powered services from us in Nokia or from ecosystems can be actually developed on top of it.” For operators burned by closed optimization stacks, that’s a notable pivot.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How AI-RAN unlocks new revenue</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Most operators will sign off on AI‑RAN if the capacity and TCO story holds, but the more strategic question is monetization beyond connectivity. Nokia’s spokespeople spent considerable time on this in the analyst call, pointing to several classes of services that are difficult or impossible to deliver without AI running in the RAN itself.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Examples include:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Integrated sensing: Turning the RAN into a distributed sensor grid that can support applications such as 3D mapping, gesture recognition and environmental monitoring, using the same RF infrastructure. Mukherjee noted, “We have at least two to three partners developing sensing applications on top of it… as well as two other companies developing location services.”</li>



<li>Physical AI and location services: For factories, logistics hubs and smart cities, AI‑RAN can provide high‑precision positioning and real‑time telemetry for robots, drones and autonomous systems by fusing radio data and AI models at the edge.</li>



<li>Distributed AI infrastructure: Operators exploring “AI‑native cities” can use AI‑RAN nodes and COTS GPU servers as a distributed inference fabric for applications that need tight latency to endpoints—think AR/VR offload, real‑time video analytics or interactive generative AI experiences.</li>



<li>Premium connectivity tiers: With fine‑grained, AI‑driven control over uplink/downlink scheduling and QoS, operators can create differentiated SLAs for enterprise slices, mission‑critical IoT and AI workloads, charging for guaranteed performance rather than best‑effort connectivity.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ed framed the opportunity as a continuum: Superior connectivity from 2x spectral efficiency creates “space for new AI workloads and other use cases,” while the D‑apps ecosystem and subscription model provide a mechanism to package and sell those capabilities. In practice, that could look like:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Industrial sensing-as-a-service, where Nokia and partners supply D‑apps for integrated sensing and positioning, and operators monetize them per site or per device.</li>



<li>Network‑exposed APIs for inference, location and RF sensing, integrated into operators’ broader network API portfolios as they pursue “network-as-a-platform” strategies.</li>



<li>Sector‑specific AI‑native services, such as stadium analytics, transportation corridor monitoring, or drone traffic management, built by ISVs on top of Nokia’s exposed E3 data.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For operators that already use Nokia’s MantaRay and SMO stacks for cross‑network optimization, AI‑RAN essentially becomes the local real‑time execution environment, while R‑apps/X‑apps continue to orchestrate macro-level behaviors. Mukherjee described this layered architecture as “DU and CU on the platform running D‑apps using E3, interfacing to X‑apps and R‑apps through E2SM and connecting to the overall management system/SMO for lifecycle management.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Adoption path and reality check</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nokia is not promising instant transformation. AI‑RAN pilots are slated for late 2026, with commercial availability on card‑based systems in 2027 and AirScale-based systems around 2028, all driven from a single software stack that supports 4G, 5G and is upgradable to 6G. The company already has trials and collaborations underway with T‑Mobile US, SoftBank, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, BT, Elisa, Vodafone, Orange, NTT Docomo, Deutsche Telekom and others.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are still open questions around 3GPP vs ORAN standardization of E3, the maturity of the D‑apps ecosystem, and how operators will digest yet another subscription layer tied to radio software. But Nokia’s move puts a stake in the ground: in the AI era, the RAN is not just a throughput engine; it’s a programmable AI computer that can be monetized.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For <em>Network World</em> readers evaluating vendor roadmaps, this launch suggests a clear directional change. If Nokia hits its targets, AI‑RAN could mark the point where baseband becomes less about hardware SKUs and more about an AI platform strategy—one where spectral efficiency and new services are rolled out at “software speed,” as Ed described it, rather than at the pace of the next card generation.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[13 clevere USB-C-Gadgets, die viel mehr können, als nur Ihr Handy aufzuladen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ich weiß nicht, wie es in Ihren Schubladen aussieht, aber meine sind voll mit Kabeln, die ich wahrscheinlich nie wieder benutzen werde, weil die Technologie sich ziemlich weiterentwickelt hat. Zum Glück scheint sich USB-C durchzusetzen, denn es gibt keinen falschen Weg, diese Dinger anzuschließen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:03:52 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>Ich weiß nicht, wie es in Ihren Schubladen aussieht, aber meine sind voll mit Kabeln, die ich wahrscheinlich nie wieder benutzen werde, weil die Technologie sich ziemlich weiterentwickelt hat. Zum Glück scheint sich USB-C durchzusetzen, denn es gibt keinen falschen Weg, diese Dinger anzuschließen. Aber nicht nur Smartphones, Tablets und Laptops verwenden diese Anschlüsse, sondern auch eine lange Liste von Gadgets.</p>



<p>Wir haben den Markt nach versteckten Perlen durchforstet: Gadgets, bei denen Sie denken werden: “Wow, ich wusste gar nicht, dass ich das brauche, aber es wird mein Leben so viel einfacher machen!” Schauen wir uns also an, mit welchen coolen Geräten Sie Ihre Typ-C-Kabel und -Anschlüsse nutzen können.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">heat it Insektenstichheiler</h2>


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<p>Wer im Sommer oder Urlaub oft von Mücken geradezu heimgesucht wird, wird sich besonders über dieses geniale Gadget freuen: Dieses winzige Gerät, das sich einfach per USB-C mit Ihrem Smartphone verbinden lässt, kann mit gezielter Wärme den Juckreiz von Stichen und Insektenbissen deutlich reduzieren.</p>



<p>Ähnlich wie größere Varianten, etwa diesen hier <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2420282/beurer-insektenstichheiler-br-90-im-test-rasche-hilfe-gegen-juckreiz.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">von Beurer</a>, muss man den kleinen <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0D26GWWD1?th=1&amp;tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stichheiler von heat it</a> einfach nur per App aufladen und dann auf den Stich halten. Die Hitze erledigt dann den Rest und zersetzt die Proteine, die im Mückenstich dafür sorgen, dass die Stelle anschwillt, juckt und schmerzt. Ein echtes Must-have für den Sommer, und es kostet nicht mal 25 Euro.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini-Ventilator</h2>


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<p>Ziemlich genial sind auch diese kleinen Ventilatoren, die man im Sommer einfach in der Hosentasche mitnehmen und bei Bedarf schnell einsetzen kann. Wer schon einmal bei 30 Grad in einer vollen S-Bahn saß und sich zumindest ein wenig frische Luft gewünscht hat, der wird dieses Gadget lieben.</p>



<p>Der <a href="https://www.amazon.de/KIMMOO-Tragbarer-1-Turbo-Ventilator-USB-wiederaufladbarer-Mini-Handventilator/dp/B0DRNQKTH9?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mini-Ventilator für unter 20 Euro</a> mit USB-C-Ladeanschluss kann ganz einfach über <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1167895/vergleich-die-besten-powerbanks-im-test-4500-bis-30000-mah.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Powerbanks</a>, Computer, Laptops oder USB-Ladegeräte betrieben werden. Es gibt aber noch kleinere und günstigere <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Mini-Handy-Fan-Handy-Fan-Taschen-Fan-Reise-Ventilatoren-Smartphone-Tablet-Typ-C-Schnitts-Wei%C3%9F/dp/B0BVMZBVD6/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ventilatoren</a>, die man direkt ans Handy anschließen kann, und gerade mal 2-3 Euro pro Stück kosten. Diese sorgen aber auch für einen weniger starken Luftstrom, daher würden wir eher die erste Variante empfehlen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">USB-C zu HDMI Adapter</h2>


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<p>Wenn Ihr Laptop über einen USB-C-Anschluss verfügt, Sie Ihren Monitor aber schon seit Ewigkeiten nicht mehr geupgradet haben, verfügt Ihr Bildschirm vermutlich nicht über einen Typ-C-Anschluss. Dieser <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07THJGZ9Z?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adapter von Anker</a> löst dieses Problem für Sie, sodass Sie das normale HDMI-Kabel, das Sie an Ihren Monitor anschließen, mit diesem Gerät verbinden können.</p>



<p>Der Adapter unterstützt Auflösungen von bis zu 4K bei 60 Hz, was ziemlich beeindruckend ist. Dies ist auch eine raffinierte Möglichkeit, Ihr Smartphone oder Tablet an Ihren Monitor oder Fernseher anzuschließen. Das Gerät kostet circa 13 Euro, aber wir haben es schon für nur 13 Euro bei Amazon gesehen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini-Schraubendreher</h2>


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<p>Wenn Sie häufig an Ihrem Computer oder anderen Geräten herumschrauben müssen, ist dieser <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Mini-Elektrisch-Schraubendreher-Set-Screwdriver/dp/B0D47CS4TD/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">elektrische Mini-Schraubendreher</a> vielleicht genau das Richtige für Sie. Dieser stiftförmige Schraubendreher verfügt über vier LED-Leuchten, damit Sie besser sehen können, woran Sie gerade arbeiten, und dreht sich 200 Mal pro Minute, sodass Sie die Arbeit schneller erledigen können.</p>



<p>Der Schraubendreher verfügt über 64 verschiedene Aufsätze, es sollte also für so gut wie jeden Einsatzzweck ein passender dabei sein. Er kann über USB-C aufgeladen werden und hält bis zu drei Stunden lang. Der Elektroschraubendreher kostet normalerweise 41 Euro, ist aber auch für 32 Euro im Angebot erhältlich.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">USB-C microSD-Kartenleser</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b80af6"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image_491207.png" alt="USB C microSD Kartenleser Ugreen" class="wp-image-2858705" width="1135" height="1009" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Die meisten Laptops verfügen heutzutage nicht mehr über einen Kartenleser, daher muss man andere Wege finden, um Daten von diesen kleinen Dingern zu übertragen. Egal, ob Sie Daten von der Karte Ihrer Dashcam oder Ihrer Kamera übertragen möchten, dieser winzige <a href="https://www.amazon.de/UGREEN-Kartenleser-Aluminium-Kartenleseger%C3%A4t-kompatibel/dp/B08CS8T8DC/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ugreen USB-C microSD-Kartenleser</a> ist dafür bestens geeignet.</p>



<p>Der Kartenleser ist so klein, dass Sie ihn wahrscheinlich an einem Schlüsselbund befestigen können. Wenn Sie eine etwas vielseitigere Version bevorzugen, bietet <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07D1J88CF?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ugreen ein Modell an, das auch mit SD-Karten kompatibel ist</a> und sowohl über USB-C- als auch USB-A-Anschlüsse verfügt. Alle diese Modelle kosten weniger als 10 Euro und sind daher eine lohnende Investition.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Anker Nano Power Bank</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b818ab"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Anker-Nano-Powerbank-5000mAh.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200" alt="Anker Nano Powerbank, 5000mAh" class="wp-image-2640989" width="1200" height="1200" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Eine Sache, die Sie unbedingt in Ihrer Tasche, Reisetasche oder in Ihrem Rucksack haben müssen, ist eine <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/1167895/vergleich-die-besten-powerbanks-im-test-4500-bis-30000-mah.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Powerbank</a>. Denn man weiß schließlich nie, wann das Telefon einen mal im Stich lässt und nach einer Aufladung schreit. Die <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Anker-Powerbank-Integrierter-Faltbarer-Kompatibel/dp/B0C6XK77HJ/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anker Nano Power Bank</a> ist zum Glück so klein, dass sie fast überall hinpasst.</p>



<p>Sie verfügt über einen faltbaren USB-C-Anschluss und einen Anschluss an der Seite, sodass Sie bei Bedarf zwei Geräte gleichzeitig aufladen können. Die Kapazität von 5.000 mAh reicht gerade aus, um Ihr Handy einmal vollständig aufzuladen, was in der Not entscheidend sein kann. Außerdem kostet sie gerade mal 26 Euro, ist aber immer wieder mal reduziert.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Endoskopkamera mit Licht</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b825b1"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Endoscope-Camera-with-Light.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200" alt="Ennovor Endoscope camera " class="wp-image-2779926" width="1200" height="750" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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			</button></figure><p class="imageCredit">Ennovor</p></div>



<p>Auch wenn Sie diese <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Endoskopkamera-Ennovor-Wasserdicht-Inspektionskamera-Rohrkamera/dp/B0DFM6RFHR/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Endoskopkamera von Ennovor</a> nicht jeden Tag benutzen werden, kann sie doch sehr nützlich sein. Sie schließen sie einfach an Ihr Telefon an, installieren eine App und sehen alles, was Ihre Kamera macht. <a href="https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2771668/dieses-geniale-tool-kostet-weniger-als-19-euro-und-erleichtert-mir-jede-woche-das-leben.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mein Kollege schwört darauf</a> und verwendet sie, um alles zu finden, was so hinter dem Schreibtisch verloren geht.</p>



<p>Gerade dann, wenn Sie am Auto arbeiten oder nach undichten Leitungen suchen, ist das Teil super nützlich. Da sie die Schutzklasse IP67 hat, können Sie sie sogar in Ihr Aquarium stellen. Die Kamera wird mit einem circa 5 Meter langen, halbstarren Kabel und diversem Zubehör geliefert, darunter ein Haken, ein Magnet und ein Spiegel. Sie können diese Kamera im Moment für um die 22 Euro kaufen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Blukar Taschenlampe</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b8336b"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Blukar-flash-light.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" alt="Blukar rechargeable flashlight" class="wp-image-2779875" width="1045" height="653" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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<p>Egal, wer Sie sind oder wo Sie so unterwegs sind: Sie brauchen eine Taschenlampe. Je kleiner, desto besser, denn so können Sie sie in jede Tasche stecken. <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Blukar-Taschenlampe-Superhelle-Betriebsdauer-Wasserdichte/dp/B0B42R2GKP/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dieses Modell von Blukar</a> verfügt über einen eingebauten 1800mAh-Akku, den Sie mit einem der vielen Typ-C-Kabel aufladen, die Sie so herumliegen haben.</p>



<p>Mit einer einzigen Ladung können Sie bis zu 16 Stunden arbeiten, was ziemlich gut ist. Sie können zwischen vier verschiedenen Blitzmodi wählen, darunter auch einer, der Ihnen hilft, Hilfe zu signalisieren. Außerdem kostet die kleine Taschenlampe weniger als 10 Euro. Es gibt also keine Ausrede, sich diesen Tipp entgehen zu lassen.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Samsung Flash-Laufwerk</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b83f55"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Samsung-USB-Type-C-flash-drive-product-promo.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1200" alt="Samsung USB Type-C flash drive product promo" class="wp-image-2441089" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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			</button></figure><p class="imageCredit">Samsung</p></div>



<p>Die allermeisten Flash-Laufwerke haben einen USB-A-Anschluss, aber <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Samsung-Type-CTM-Flash-MUF-256DA-APC/dp/B09R2CF1K2/?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dieses von Samsung</a> besitzt einen Typ-C-Anschluss. Mit Übertragungsgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 400 MB/s können Sie Dateien im Handumdrehen verschieben. Das Coole an diesem USB-Stick ist, dass Sie ihn sogar in Ihr Smartphone stecken können, um 4K-Videos direkt darauf aufzunehmen.</p>



<p>Das Samsung Type-C Flash-Laufwerk ist in verschiedenen Speicheroptionen erhältlich, angefangen bei 64 GB bis hin zu 512 GB.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mini Luftpumpe</h2>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure data-wp-context='{"imageId":"6a631c2b84b10"}' data-wp-interactive="core/image" class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img decoding="async" data-wp-class--hide="state.isContentHidden" data-wp-class--show="state.isContentVisible" data-wp-init="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-on-async--load="callbacks.setButtonStyles" data-wp-on-async-window--resize="callbacks.setButtonStyles" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PC-Welt-Aufmacher-60.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" alt="CYCPLUS Luftpumpe I50PSI Elektrischer Kompressor Tragbar Fahrradpumpe Mini Reifenpumpe mit Digital LED Anzeige LED Licht Wiederaufladbarer Li-ionen 12V für alle Fahrräder Motorräder und Autos Amazon Angebot" class="wp-image-2377338" width="1200" height="800" loading="lazy"><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-label="Enlarge" data-wp-init="callbacks.initTriggerButton" data-wp-on-async--click="actions.showLightbox" data-wp-style--right="state.imageButtonRight" data-wp-style--top="state.imageButtonTop">
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					<path fill="#fff" d="M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z"></path>
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			</button></figure><p class="imageCredit">PCWelt/Cycplus/Amazon</p></div>



<p>Ebenfalls perfekt für den Sommer geeignet ist diese <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08QMJSHDG?th=1&amp;tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kleine Luftpumpe von Cycplus</a>, die unterwegs in jede Tasche passt. Sie kann nicht nur einen Fahrradreifen innerhalb von zwei Minuten auf Knopfdruck wieder aufpumpen, sondern wird auch per USB aufgeladen. Sie eignet sich laut Hersteller für Mountainbikes, Rennräder, Motorräder und sogar Autos!</p>



<p>Neben der Luftpumpe selbst lässt sich dieses praktische Gadget auch als Taschenlampe oder Powerbank für unterwegs einsetzen. Alles Dinge, die man auf einer Fahrradtour sehr gut gebrauchen kann. Und für den Preis von nur 45,99 Euro wirklich empfehlenswert, wenn Sie schnelle Hilfe bei platten Reifen benötigen. Im Angebot kostet sie sogar nur 37 Euro.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Leselampe mit Buchklemme</h2>


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<p>Wer auch gerne und viel liest, und das teilweise bis spät in die Nacht hinein, wird sich über dieses kleine Teil hier freuen: eine Leselampe, die Sie einfach an Ihr Buch klemmen können. Das ist jetzt vielleicht nichts bahnbrechend Neues, doch mit insgesamt drei Farbtemperaturen und fünf verschiedenen Lichtmodi können Sie individuell anpassen, wie viel Licht Sie zum Lesen brauchen. </p>



<p>Die <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Gritin-Farbtemperatur-Helligkeit-Wiederaufladbare-Klemmlampe/dp/B0CBPL4RKH?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leselampe von Gritin</a> kostet bei Amazon gerade mal 13 Euro und besitzt einen 1200-mAh-Akku, der je nach Nutzung bis zu 80 Stunden durchhält. Danach können Sie ihn einfach per USB wieder aufladen. Den Hals der Lampe können Sie nach Belieben hin- und herschwenken, und es gibt sogar eine kleine Ladeanzeige. Was will man mehr?</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Externes DVD-Laufwerk</h2>


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<p>Wenn Ihr Laptop wie viele heutzutage kein DVD-Laufwerk besitzt, dann wird Ihnen dieses kleine Gerät sehr nützlich sein. Dieses <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07V67STBD?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">externe DVD-Laufwerk von Amicool </a>wird über USB-C (oder USB-A) an Ihren Laptop angeschlossen und bietet Ihnen das optische Laufwerk, das Sie manchmal benötigen.</p>



<p>Es kann DVDs und CDs problemlos lesen und brennen, sodass Sie Software installieren, Dateien kopieren, Daten sichern, Spiele spielen und vieles mehr können. Sie müssen nicht einmal Treiber installieren, da dieses Gerät Plug-and-Play-fähig ist. Normalerweise kostet es 28 Euro, aber oft ist es schon für etwa 20 Euro zu haben, was ein absolutes Schnäppchen ist.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wiederaufladbare Handwärmer</h2>


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<p>Wenn es langsam wieder kälter wird, wünscht man sich oft nichts sehnlicher, als seine Hände etwas schneller aufwärmen zu können. Das geht natürlich auch mit Handschuhen oder einer Tasse Tee, doch <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Handw%C3%A4rmer-wiederaufladbar-elektrische-Taschenheizung-W%C3%A4rme-Therapie/dp/B0CJYBXMXH?tag=pcwelt.de-21&amp;ascsubtag=rss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">diese Handwärmer für 20 Euro</a> sind nicht nur wiederaufladbar, sondern halten Ihre Finger mit einer einzigen Ladung auch bis zu 24 Stunden lang warm.</p>



<p>Die beiden Gadgets verfügen über einen Temperatursensor-Chip, mit dem Sie eine von drei Temperaturen für eine präzise Steuerung auswählen können. Außerdem stehen verschiedene Farben zur Auswahl, wodurch sie sich auch bestens als Geschenk eignen.</p>

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<title><![CDATA[Anthropic Upgrades Claude Voice Mode With Opus and Sonnet Support]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Claude voice mode now supports Anthropic’s Opus and Sonnet models, giving users access to stronger reasoning and more capable responses during spoken conversations. Until now, voice mode only worked with the faster Haiku model, which focused more on speed than deeper analysis.







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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:40:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Claude voice mode now supports Anthropic’s Opus and Sonnet models, giving users access to stronger reasoning and more capable responses during spoken conversations. Until now, voice mode only worked with the faster Haiku model, which focused more on speed than deeper analysis.







The upgrade brings Claude’s voice experience closer to the intelligence already available through text chats. Paid users can now use the more advanced models while speaking, which should make voice conversations more useful for research, planning, writing, and detailed questions.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWnNMfFivnk




Claude voice mode gets model switching and connectors



Anthropic also lets users switch between models while using voice mode, so they can choose a faster or more capable option based on the task. Voice mode now works with connectors as well, allowing Claude to interact with supported tools and services during a conversation.



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English



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<title><![CDATA[KI-Tool der AfD: Politologe erklärt, warum die Aufregung der eigentliche Erfolg ist]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die AfD sorgt mit Meldungen über ein eigenes KI-Tool für Unruhe. Der Politologe Andreas Jungherr erklärt im Interview, warum das Werkzeug keine Wahlen entscheidweiterlesen auf t3n.de]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3690830/it-nachrichten/ki-tool-der-afd-politologe-erklaert-warum-die-aufregung-der-eigentliche-erfolg-ist/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:32:08 +0200</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian-Linked Hackers Target Zimbra Users With Zero-Day Exploit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Zimbra phishing campaign attributed to Russian state-supported cyber actors has targeted Western government and commercial organizations, exploiting CVE-2025-66376 to access sensitive email data and other information, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory issued in July 2026.

The activ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:25:49 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="1536" height="1024" src="https://thecyberexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Zimbra-phishing-campaign.gif" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Zimbra phishing campaign" decoding="async" title="Russian-Linked Hackers Target Zimbra Users With Zero-Day Exploit 1"></p>A Zimbra phishing campaign attributed to Russian state-supported cyber actors has targeted Western government and commercial organizations, exploiting CVE-2025-66376 to access sensitive email data and other information, according to a joint cybersecurity advisory issued in July 2026.

The activity has been linked primarily to LAUNDRY BEAR, a Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group tracked under several names across the cybersecurity industry. The advisory said the campaign has been active since at least July 2025 and has targeted organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS).

Unlike conventional phishing attacks that typically require victims to click a malicious link or open an attachment, the campaign uses a view-based <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/exploit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="exploit" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29111">exploit</a>. A user only needs to view a malicious email in a vulnerable version of ZCS webmail for the exploit to attempt execution.
<h3><strong>Zimbra Phishing Campaign Uses CVE-2025-66376</strong></h3>
The campaign centers on CVE-2025-66376, a vulnerability that was initially exploited as a <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/zero-day-vulnerability-microsoft-sharepoint/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">zero-day vulnerability </a>before a patch was released. According to the <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260723.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">advisory</a>, the activity began in July 2025, months before the vulnerability was published and patched.

The <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/firewall-daily/vulnerabilities/" title="vulnerability" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29110">vulnerability</a> allows a JavaScript payload contained in email content to execute because of improper sanitization of CSS @import directives within an email. The malicious payload uses Base64 encoding and XOR encryption and can be modified to help bypass basic threat detection signatures.

Once triggered, the payload attempts to collect and exfiltrate information through 12 stages. These include gathering the victim's email address and environment information, collecting two-factor authentication codes and application passwords, attempting to capture saved passwords, enabling mail protocols, gathering the Global Address List (GAL), and sending archived email <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-is-data/" title="data" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29112">data</a>.

The advisory said the campaign's use of a zero-day exploit demonstrates the ability of LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/what-are-vulnerabilities/" title="vulnerabilities" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29108">vulnerabilities</a> into a successful attack capability.
<h3><strong>LAUNDRY BEAR Targets Email and Sensitive Data</strong></h3>
The primary objective of the Russian state-supported <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/cyber-news/" title="cyber" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29109">cyber</a> actors appears to be the covert acquisition of email data. The campaign attempts to steal the last 90 days of email communications, email addresses, passwords, the organization's Global Address List, 2FA tokens and newly created application passcodes.

The actors have targeted organizations connected to the defense industrial base, government, education, energy, law enforcement, media, non-governmental organizations and technology sectors.

The advisory said LAUNDRY BEAR likely identifies organizations with publicly exposed Zimbra infrastructure through port scanning and commercially available datasets. It may then compile individual user email addresses using commercial data, open-source intelligence or previously exfiltrated information.

The group has also used compromised accounts to distribute <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://cyble.com/knowledge-hub/what-is-phishing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="phishing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29114">phishing</a> emails. Since at least November 2025, malicious emails were reportedly sent from victim infrastructure, potentially using previously compromised accounts to make the activity harder to detect and to bypass anti-phishing measures.
<h3><strong>Ulej and Flowerbed Support Email Data Exfiltration</strong></h3>
The campaign uses a custom capability called Ulej, which was developed to exploit ZCS and exfiltrate sensitive information. The collected data is sent to infrastructure associated with the Flowerbed framework.

Flowerbed is a Python project using Docker and includes four containers: Catcher, Certbot, Nginx and Gardener. Catcher receives and aggregates stolen information, while Nginx operates as an HTTPS reverse proxy. The framework uses DNS and HTTPS channels for <a href="https://thecyberexpress.com/ai-driven-phishing-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email data exfiltration</a>.

The advisory said the campaign can exfiltrate email content, contacts, attachments, authentication information and other data. The stolen information is initially stored by Catcher before being transferred to non-public-facing infrastructure.

The report also noted indications that artificial intelligence may have played a role in developing the Flowerbed codebase, highlighting the increasing use of AI in developing malicious capabilities.
<h3><strong>Organizations Urged to Patch Vulnerable Zimbra Systems</strong></h3>
The advisory urged organizations using ZCS to immediately ensure their systems are not running vulnerable versions. A patch for CVE-2025-66376 was released for ZCS versions 10.1.13 and 10.0.18.

If immediate patching is not possible, organizations are advised to have employees use alternative mail clients and avoid the Classic ZCS webmail client until the software is updated.

<a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/" title="Security" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29107">Security</a> teams are also advised to monitor internet-connected ZCS systems, workstations accessing those systems and network traffic for signs of suspicious activity. Recommended monitoring includes looking for large outbound data transfers to unfamiliar VPS providers, unusual DNS queries with random subdomains, sudden connections to newly established domains and connections involving <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://thecyberexpress.com/how-to-get-a-vpn/" title="VPN" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="29113">VPN</a> providers such as Mullvad.

Organizations should also consider authentication services that support passkeys and maintain network monitoring, packet capture or NetFlow data and relevant logs.

The advisory further recommends that organizations identifying victims revoke Application Passcodes and 2FA scratch keys and require affected employees to change their passwords. Security teams should also investigate the original phishing email and quarantine similar messages to prevent further exploitation and data theft.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Fix App Not Installed As Package Appears To Be Invalid]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Key TakeawaysIssue of 'App Not Installed As Package Appears To Be Invalid' arises from non-Play Store app installations on Android devices.Troubleshooting steps include restarting the device, checking storage availability, downloading the app again from a reliable source, verifying device archite...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:15:26 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Critical Next.js Flaws Let Attackers Bypass Authentication and Launch SSRF Attacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Vercel has disclosed nine security vulnerabilities in Next.js, the widely used React framework, including two critical-severity flaws that allow attackers to bypass authentication middleware and hijack server-side requests. The advisories, published by researcher KarimPwnz, affect versions rangin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:59:25 +0200</pubDate>
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<p>The post <a href="https://cyberpress.org/critical-next-js-flaws-ssrf-attacks/">Critical Next.js Flaws Let Attackers Bypass Authentication and Launch SSRF Attacks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cyberpress.org/">Cyber Security News</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome for iPhone beta lets you ask Gemini about multiple open tabs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google is testing a new Gemini feature in Chrome for iPhone. The latest Chrome for iOS TestFlight beta adds a Tabs option to the Ask Gemini prompt, letting users select multiple recent pages and ask Gemini questions across them without leaving the browser.



This builds on the Ask Gemini button ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:05:59 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Google is testing a new Gemini feature in Chrome for iPhone. The latest Chrome for iOS TestFlight beta adds a Tabs option to the Ask Gemini prompt, letting users select multiple recent pages and ask Gemini questions across them without leaving the browser.



This builds on the Ask Gemini button Google has already been testing in Chrome. After opening the prompt, users can tap the + button to attach content. The latest build adds a dedicated Tabs option alongside Photos, Camera, and Create image.



Image Credit: Venkat | The Mac Observer.



Selecting Tabs opens an Add recent tabs screen listing recently opened pages. Users can choose which tabs Gemini should use instead of selecting a single page. The selected pages then appear as chips above the prompt before the request is sent.



Image credit: Venkat | The Mac Observer.



In our testing, Gemini summarized information from multiple selected tabs in a single response. After selecting two different webpages, it generated a combined summary without requiring users to switch between tabs or copy text into another app.



The entire workflow stays inside Chrome. Users pick their tabs, enter a prompt, and Gemini displays its response in an overlay on top of the current page.



Google hasn't announced the feature publicly. It's currently available only in the latest Chrome for iOS TestFlight beta, and there's no word yet on when it might reach the stable version.



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<title><![CDATA[AgentForger proves AI agents can become persistent insider threats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new attack method found by Zenity Labs reveals that AI agents are becoming persistent insiders that attackers can recruit, rather than malware they have to install.



Its researchers have discovered AgentForger, a phishing-based attack that silently creates and launches a fully autonomous AI a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:32:32 +0200</pubDate>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new attack method found by Zenity Labs reveals that AI agents are becoming persistent insiders that attackers can recruit, rather than malware they have to install.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Its researchers have discovered <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/p/agentforger-part-1-chatgpt-cross-site-agent-forgery" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AgentForger</a>, a phishing-based attack that silently creates and launches a fully autonomous AI agent within OpenAI workspaces.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once running, the agent has full access to apps like Outlook, Slack, SharePoint, and Google Drive. It is configured to operate indefinitely without further user interaction, can approve its own access by toggling “never ask” settings, and can continue to act on new assignments sent via email by the attackers that control it. Broad, unfettered access to systems allows it to perform reconnaissance, harvest sensitive data and credentials, impersonate victims, and launch phishing campaigns.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While OpenAI resolved the vulnerability four days after disclosure, on a larger scale, AgentForger sheds light on what can happen when <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4200043/openai-model-escape-puts-enterprise-ai-defenses-on-notice.html" target="_blank">AI agents go rogue</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We’re moving into a world where software doesn’t just help people work. It works alongside them,” said <a href="https://zenity.io/authors/michael-bargury" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Michael Bargury</a>, co-founder and CTO of agentic AI security platform Zenity. “As AI agents become more capable, attackers will naturally look for ways to influence them, just as they’ve always looked for ways to influence people.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A ‘persistent operator’ that acts without approval</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">OpenAI’s Workspace Agents can connect and work autonomously across Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, and Teams. Users open the agent builder, describe what the agent can do in natural language, connect to tools, set approvals, review and test, schedule actions, then publish. For instance, an agent can autonomously handle incoming emails, review and take actions with approval, gather information from various sources to send out daily briefings, or automatically respond to questions in ChatGPT or Slack channels.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Normally, this is “useful automation,” Zenity AI red team researcher <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/authors/mike-takahashi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mike Takahashi</a> wrote in a <a href="https://labs.zenity.io/p/agentforger-part-1-chatgpt-cross-site-agent-forgery" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">blog post</a>. But in this attack, “the same scheduler becomes the persistence mechanism.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The creation workflow kicks off the moment a user clicks on a phishing link containing instructions from the threat actor. For the attack to work, a victim must be logged into ChatGPT and Workspace Agents, and have at least one integration with another app, such as Outlook, Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, or Teams.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Because those connections already exist, OAuth consent screens are not triggered. Furthermore, the victim does not need to click on another link, keep a Builder tab open, or even visit ChatGPT again.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The forged agent is a “persistent operator;” it is installed on the original click and given a schedule, and at those predetermined times, the agent invokes itself, scans for emails from attacker addresses with the subject line “task”, carries those orders out, then returns results to the same attacker-controlled email address.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It goes undetected because the attacker prompt instructs the Builder to toggle Outlook to never ask for approval of its actions. Typically, the default is “always ask,” to keep agents from taking unauthorized action; that switch gives agents the ability to act without asking for human approval.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AgentForger showed that an attacker could deploy an autonomous insider agent inside your ChatGPT workspace with a single click,” said Bargury. From there, it can continue to access information, harvest credentials from various sources, impersonate employees, and carry out phishing attacks and fraud while “leveraging the trusted victim’s identity.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A ‘planted accomplice’ that does all the work</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once activated, AgentForger can perform reconnaissance to create an internal map of a company. For instance, agents can scan Outlook, Slack, Teams, Google Drive, SharePoint, or calendar data to identify people, roles, active projects, internal discussions, or all-hands recurring meetings. This can help attackers identify where in the enterprise to target next, based on active teams and channels, projects in the works, or prominent users.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is the kind of internal context an attacker normally has to build slowly,” Takahashi noted. But in this scenario, action is based on a single emailed assignment. The attacker’s “planted accomplice” does all the work.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In another scenario, the agent can steal data by searching for and identifying financial documents, business agreements, or invoices. Or, it can steal credentials by scanning for messages containing passwords, one-time codes, access tokens, password recovery links, or API keys. Further, it can impersonate victims to carry out phishing scams, for instance, by sending legitimate-looking Teams messages instructing users to confirm their credentials on a fake Microsoft login page.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In all cases, collected information is organized, analyzed, and sent back to the attacker.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“AgentForger points to something much bigger than a single vulnerability,” said Bargury. “It’s less about one bug and more about understanding how the <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4198963/ai-security-operations-and-the-new-race-against-time.html" target="_blank">security model changes</a> as AI becomes part of everyday business operations.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">FOMO exposing security gaps</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This isn’t necessarily about trust, but more about the need to move fast and adapt, Bargury emphasized. AI agents are helping employees automate work, make decisions faster, and get more done. But enterprises fear they’ll fall behind if they don’t move quickly enough.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The challenge is that we’re introducing a fundamentally new kind of technology into the enterprise,” said Bargury. “The pressure to integrate the next AI feature is outpacing the security controls needed to safely deploy it.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, the answer isn’t to slow down adoption, he emphasized; the business value is too significant. Rather, the first step is understanding where AI agents exist, who created them, what they’re connected to, and what they’re allowed to do. And when it comes to autonomous agents, enterprises need to pay attention to the processes that trigger them: A schedule, an incoming email, or another automated event.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Those triggers should be governed just as carefully as the agent itself,” said Bargury.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">High-impact actions should require approval where appropriate, and security teams should be able to quickly disable an agent or its triggers if something doesn’t look right, he said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">More broadly, AI agents are introducing the need for a new security model, he pointed out. The question is no longer just “Does this agent have permission?” It’s also, “Is this the behavior we intended?”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The organizations that answer both questions will be in the strongest position to adopt AI safely,” Bargury said.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Keychron Q6 HE 8K Review: A great mechanical keyboard for work and play]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Keychron Q6 HE 8K is a solid mechanical keyboard with magnetic switches. While it's not cheap, it's got more than enough to give a great typing experience on Mac.Keychron Q6 HE 8KWhen it comes to mechanical keyboards, Keychron stands out as one of the industry leaders. All thanks to its vast ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:10:25 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Keychron Q6 HE 8K is a solid mechanical keyboard with magnetic switches. While it's not cheap, it's got more than enough to give a great typing experience on <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac" title="Mac" data-kpt="1">Mac</a>.<br><br><div><img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/68283-143936-KeychronQ6HE8KReview5-xl.jpg" alt="White mechanical keyboard on wooden desk, featuring pastel gray and blue keycaps, subtle green backlighting under keys, full number pad, and connected white cable at the top left" height="738"><br><span>Keychron Q6 HE 8K</span></div><br>When it comes to mechanical keyboards, Keychron stands out as one of the industry leaders. All thanks to its vast array of styles, colors, and features aimed at both Windows and <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos" title="macOS" data-kpt="1">macOS</a> users.<br><br>The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Swappable-Backlight-Magnetic-Switch-Version/dp/B0F9KYS9TS?th=1&amp;tag=apinsiderreview-20" rel="nofollow">Keychron Q6 HE 8K</a> is a beefy new release, and I put it through an extended test drive in my ongoing series of reviews of Keychron products. It's an ever-continuing search for the mechanical keyboard that will earn a permanent position on my workspace.<br><br><br> <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/23/keychron-q6-he-8k-review-a-great-mechanical-keyboard-for-work-and-play?utm_source=rss">Continue Reading on AppleInsider</a> | <a href="https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/245044?urm_source=rss">Discuss on our Forums</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome for Android Update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[   Hi, everyone! We've just released Chrome 150 (150.0.7871.186) for Android. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us k...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:27:11 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>   Hi, everyone! We've just released <b>Chrome 150 (150.0.7871.186)</b> for Android. It'll become <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome">available on Google Play</a> over the next few days. </p><p>This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the <a href="https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/150.0.7871.181..150.0.7871.186?pretty=fuller&amp;n=10000">Git log</a>. If you find a new issue, please let us know by <a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry?template=Android%20Issue">filing a bug</a>.</p><div><br></div><div>Android releases contain the same security fixes as their corresponding<a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01320465736.html"> Desktop releases</a> (Windows &amp; Mac: 150.0.7871.181/182, Linux: 150.0.7871.181) unless otherwise noted.</div><div><div><br></div><div><div>Krishna Govind</div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/">Google Chrome</a></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Slaps Google With $1 Billion Fine Over Search and Play Store]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google has 60 days to comply under the EU’s Digital Marketing Act or it could face penalities]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:34:04 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-61136 | Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0 Dynamo Application Framework privileges management (EUVD-2026-47345)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Dynamo Application Framework. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management.

This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-61136. Remote e...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:08:36 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
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This vulnerability is known as <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-61136">CVE-2026-61136</a>. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Fines Google $1 Billion For Breaking Digital Antitrust Regulations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Union fined Google more than $1 billion for allegedly using Google Play and Search to steer users toward its own services and apps at the expense of competitors. The Associated Press reports: Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The European Union fined Google more than $1 billion for allegedly using Google Play and Search to steer users toward its own services and apps at the expense of competitors. The Associated Press reports: Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system. The European Commission, the bloc's executive branch and highest antitrust enforcer, said it was acting in the interest of consumers after an investigation of Google.
 
"The best products should succeed because they're better, not because they're owned by the company running the search engine. And European consumers have a right to be told by app developers where to sign up to the best offers, even when the app store owner does not get a cut," said Teresa Ribera, the commission's Executive Vice President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.
 
Google's President of Global Affairs Kent Walker blasted the fine as "product degradation driven by a small group of self-serving complainants" that will have a negative impact on European businesses and consumers. He said that the EU's Digital Markets Act forces Google "to strip away real-time search features Europeans love -- like instant pricing and direct availability for hotels, flights, and restaurants -- and dismantle safety protections on Google Play."<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-61135 | Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0 Dynamo Application Framework Remote Code Execution (EUVD-2026-47344)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Dynamo Application Framework. Such manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-61135. The attack ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:45:25 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vulnerability, which was classified as <a href="https://vuldb.com/kb/risk">critical</a>, was found in <a href="https://vuldb.com/product/oracle:commerce_platform">Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0</a>. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component <em>Dynamo Application Framework</em>. Such manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution.

This vulnerability is traded as <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-61135">CVE-2026-61135</a>. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-61137 | Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0 Dynamo Application Framework Remote Code Execution (EUVD-2026-47346)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Dynamo Application Framework. The manipulation results in Remote Code Execution.

This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-61137. The attack can be launched remotel...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3690182/sicherheitsluecken/cve-2026-61137-oracle-commerce-platform-1140-dynamo-application-framework-remote-code-execution-euvd-2026-47346/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:45:23 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vulnerability classified as <a href="https://vuldb.com/kb/risk">critical</a> was found in <a href="https://vuldb.com/product/oracle:commerce_platform">Oracle Commerce Platform 11.4.0</a>. This affects an unknown part of the component <em>Dynamo Application Framework</em>. The manipulation results in Remote Code Execution.

This vulnerability is reported as <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-61137">CVE-2026-61137</a>. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Check Point hole grants unauthenticated attackers full SmartConsole admin privileges]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Check Point has confirmed that a critical security hole in its SmartConsole management tool, one that allows unauthenticated attackers to assume full admin privileges, is now being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-16232, was given a CVSS score of 9.3.



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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:25:55 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Check Point has confirmed that a critical security hole in its SmartConsole management tool, one that <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-16232" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">allows unauthenticated attackers</a> to assume full admin privileges, is now being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, <a href="https://github.com/advisories/ghsa-m2xx-23gx-734v" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CVE-2026-16232</a>, was given a CVSS score of 9.3.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In its security alert, <a href="https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk185169/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Check Point described</a> the bug as one allowing an unauthenticated attacker to “obtain an application login token and use it to login via SmartConsole with full admin privileges and apply changes to the security policy and security configuration.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company has <a href="https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/Jumbo_HFA/R82.10/R82.10/R82.10-List-of-all-Resolved-Issues.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">released a patch</a> for the bug and also recommends that users “limit Trusted Clients, GUI clients, to trusted IP addresses/subnets.” That approach has always been a best practice, but practical networking realities today make it challenging to maintain. <a href="https://www.csoonline.com/article/4195311/check-point-cto-jonathan-zanger-sees-ai-elevating-the-value-of-cyber.html" target="_blank">Check Point</a> said that the exploit has impacted ten of its customers, all of whom it had notified directly.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Far worse than most</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://my.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=PRF004767" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frank Dickson</a>, group VP for security at IDC, said this security hole is far worse than most.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This hits harder than your average CVE because of where it lives,” he said. “The CVE targets the SmartConsole login on Check Point’s Security Management Server, the console that pushes policy to every gateway underneath it. Popping a gateway gets you one lock picked. Popping the management server is more like finding the One Ring: one stolen token to rule every gateway it manages, no need to fight each one individually. The attacker can rewrite policy, open new VPN paths and kill the logging.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In an interview with CSO Online, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lotem-finkelstein-05797a85/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lotem Finkelstein</a>, vice president of research at Check Point, said that the company learned of the vulnerability on Sunday, emailed customers the same day, and released the patch within 72 hours.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But when his team re-reviewed earlier logs, knowing what to look for, they spotted this hole being attacked as early as April, Finkelstein said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The fact that, over the course of three months, the team only found ten organizations under attack, indicated that it has been very difficult for the attacker to find vulnerable systems, he noted; customers were, in the main, using secure settings to protect themselves.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nonetheless, Finkelstein said, Check Point considers this hole to be “a severe vulnerability.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Challenges of IP address restrictions</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While it can be technically challenging to keep the IP address allowlists that Check Point recommends current, given DHCP’s ability to easily change those addresses, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/assafmo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Assaf Morag</a>, a cybersecurity researcher at Flare, noted that specifically limiting access to a management console is far more critical than limiting overall external access.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Implementing Trusted Clients as a per-IP allowlist is impractical,” he said, but that is not the case with restricting management access. “The more scalable solution is to restrict access based on trusted administrative network segments such as VPN pools, management VLANs, or jump hosts rather than maintaining lists of individual DHCP-assigned client addresses,” he explained. “That gives you the security benefit without creating a full-time administrative task. Maintaining allowlists for individual hosts is much more practical when those hosts have stable, predictable IP addresses, rather than dynamically assigned DHCP addresses.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-arntz-04164b2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pieter Arntz</a>, malware intelligence researcher at Malwarebytes, also noted that the constantly changing nature of global IP addresses can prove annoying to IT teams. Stressing that he is not familiar with Check Point’s specific settings, he noted, “Certain settings are a nuisance when applied strictly, and at some point the IT staff gets tired of constantly tweaking and they abandon the most secure path.”</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ideal platform for long-term attacks</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eclectiqus/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mike Wilkes</a>, enterprise CISO at Aikido Security,  agreed that the severity and exposure of this hole is alarming.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This is exactly the kind of vulnerability that keeps CISOs awake at night because it strikes at the one system that is supposed to stand between the attacker and everything else. An authentication bypass that grants administrative control of a perimeter firewall isn’t just another CVE to patch. It’s an invitation for an adversary to rewrite the rules of the network itself,” he said. “The uncomfortable reality is that nobody runs a CrowdStrike agent on their firewall. Once an attacker owns an edge device, they gain a uniquely privileged position that often falls outside the visibility of traditional endpoint security, making it an ideal platform for persistence, credential theft, traffic manipulation, and long-term espionage.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">IDC’s Dickson strongly encouraged CISOs to deploy the patch, not to just change settings to mitigate the issue. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Apply the actual hotfix,” he said. “Don’t just restrict Trusted Client IPs and call it done. That’s a stopgap, not a fix. Any internet-facing management console, Check Point or otherwise, is a five-alarm architecture problem independent of this CVE.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And, he added, “since attackers here can disable logging, audit admin activity going back before the bug surfaced. Quiet logs aren’t proof nothing happened. This is the recurring theme with ‘single pane of glass’ security tools: the console built to make everything easier to run is also the one thing you really don’t want someone else driving.”</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon Is Bringing Games to Prime Video]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video, adding a new "Games" tab where Prime members can play titles like "Hogwarts Legacy," "EA Sports FC 26," "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle," "Clue," and "Taboo." The games will be available starting today on Fire TVs in the U....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:09:28 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video, adding a new "Games" tab where Prime members can play titles like "Hogwarts Legacy," "EA Sports FC 26," "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle," "Clue," and "Taboo." The games will be available starting today on Fire TVs in the U.S. and U.K., with additional supported devices and countries in the coming months. TechCrunch reports: With this move, Amazon is hoping games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has increasingly embraced party games over the past several years. Since Amazon already operates a gaming service, it makes sense for the tech giant to integrate it into its streaming platform. [...] Amazon says its vision is to remove the barriers to gaming and make it accessible to anyone regardless of their experience or budget. The tech giant says Luna is designed to bring gaming to a much broader audience by removing the need for expensive consoles or gaming PCs and making games as easy to access as movies or TV shows.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[ChatGPT will give you worse health advice if you don't pay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OpenAI is rolling out "Health in ChatGPT" to U.S. users, connecting Apple Health, medical records, and wellness apps. More than 300 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week, but paying users get better answers. The more powerful GPT-5.6 Sol model is reserved for premium subs...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🔧 AI Nachrichten</category>
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<p>        OpenAI is rolling out "Health in ChatGPT" to U.S. users, connecting Apple Health, medical records, and wellness apps. More than 300 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week, but paying users get better answers. The more powerful GPT-5.6 Sol model is reserved for premium subscribers, while free users are stuck with the weaker GPT-5.5 Instant.</p>
<p>The article <a href="https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-will-give-you-worse-health-advice-if-you-dont-pay/">ChatGPT will give you worse health advice if you don't pay</a> appeared first on <a href="https://the-decoder.com/">The Decoder</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic security panel at VB Transfor...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:48:24 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Nachrichten</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/ai/proprietary-problems">15 flagship models</a>, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco's head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic security panel at <a href="https://venturebeat.com/vbtransform2026">VB Transform 2026</a>; the number should worry anyone still running single-turn red-teaming programs.</p><p><a href="https://venturebeat.com/resources/the-agent-security-gap-54-of-enterprises-have-already-had-an-ai-agent-incident-and-most-still-let-agents-share-credentials">VentureBeat's June 2026 Pulse survey of 107 enterprise respondents</a> explains why the room was full. More than half, 54%, have already had a confirmed agent security incident (18%) or a near-miss caught before harm (36%). Just 32% give every agent its own scoped, managed identity, and fewer still, 30%, isolate their highest-risk agents in sandboxes. Provider-native and hyperscaler controls remain the primary agent security layer at <a href="https://venturebeat.com/security/shared-api-keys-expose-ai-agent-fleets-venturebeat-research">82% of companies surveyed</a>. The world's largest security vendors have done the same math. </p><p>Palo Alto Networks closed its <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2026/palo-alto-networks-completes-acquisition-of-cyberark-to-secure-the-ai-era">$25 billion acquisition of CyberArk</a> in February, CrowdStrike <a href="https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/crowdstrike-to-acquire-sgnl-to-transform-identity-security-for-ai-era/">agreed in January to pay $740 million for SGNL</a>, and Cisco announced its <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-announces-intent-to-acquire-astrix-security">intent to acquire Astrix Security</a> for a reported $400 million, all of it aimed at the identity and isolation layer most enterprises have not finished building.</p><div></div><p>Chang came to the panel with almost two decades of experience spanning cybersecurity operations, government, and the military. She ran global cybersecurity operations as an executive director at JPMorgan Chase, where she led the bank's cyber threat intelligence teams, and served as a senior staffer on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and as a U.S. Navy Reserve officer. She also teaches cybersecurity and emerging threats as adjunct faculty at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.</p><p>Chang's 88.3% number comes from a study she co-authored with Nicholas Conley, built on 30,090 single-turn prompts and 6,986 multi-turn attacks against those 15 closed and proprietary flagship models. Multi-turn success rates ranged from 7.89% to 88.3%, every model tested showed non-trivial multi-turn exposure, and the two testing styles did not even rank the models in the same order. Cisco publishes adversarial evaluation signals for what is now 105 models on its <a href="https://leaderboard.aidefense.cisco.com/">LLM Security Leaderboard</a>, she told the audience.</p><p>"If you don't understand how models are susceptible to different types of attacks, then you are unable to account for how that model that is powering your agent, that is powering your application, to understand where those failure points are," Chang said. Single-turn testing is the one-shot malicious prompt, she explained, while extending an attack into a longer conversation "is more realistic of how we are actually engaging with our models, with our agents, with our applications." That longer arc surfaces harmful outputs and misaligned behaviors that a snapshot never catches.</p><p>Cisco has pushed the testing itself into agentic territory. Chang described a framework where agents assess a deployment scenario, develop relevant attacks, judge whether they are worth pursuing, execute them, and evaluate their own success. What surprised her most, after all that sophistication, was how simple the defensive answer stays. "The answer is still that it's pretty simple," she said. "You don't have to get super creative. You just need to think about truly what are the fundamentals and basics of what I'm trying to secure in my organization."</p><p>Her starting point for CISOs beginning agentic deployments is Cisco's <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/ai/security-framework">Integrated AI Security and Safety Framework</a>, which she said "stipulates all the ways that AI can be compromised across the AI lifecycle" from modality through supply chain. From there, teams can work backward from real incidents, trace how each attack was achieved, and use the framework to build a strategy with the right coverage and mitigations.</p><p>Heather Ceylan, the CISO of Box, sees the same gap from the defender's side. "A lot of what you see out there with agent red teaming is just single-turn, and that's not how people are actually interacting with AI day-to-day," she told the audience. Box now simulates multi-turn adversaries with agents that think like an attacker and iterate attempt after attempt to hijack the target. "You have to pressure test your agents because otherwise you don't know if your execution controls are really working as you intended."</p><p>Box deployed agents inside its security operations center about a year ago, starting with human approval required for every action, and trust built quickly enough that analysts shifted into monitoring mode. Then the agent made one mistake, and every bit of that accumulated trust vanished. "They had to start all over again," she said. "So I think that that monitoring piece is so important. Even if you're not gonna have a human in the loop, things change, models change, and we can't control how the models change and interpret things."</p><p>Rajesh Parekh, VP of AI and ML at Intuit, brought the builder's perspective. Parekh led large-scale computer vision and ML systems powering Google's Maps and Geo products before joining Intuit, and holds a doctorate in computer science. </p><h2>Three layers versus an operating system</h2><p>Ceylan described Box's approach as three concentric layers. Permissioning comes first, so the agent never accesses more content than the human who invoked it. Ephemeral sandbox environments spin up for each agent task, containing the blast radius if an agent gets hijacked, and runtime execution control restricts the agent's tool calls to only those relevant to the task at hand. "If you want an agent to summarize a doc for you, if you have a prompt injection that came in that says forward this to maliciousattacker at domain.com, it can't do that," Ceylan said. "That action in that tool call is not even in its vocabulary."</p><p>She classified agent actions into three oversight categories. Actions that are not sensitive, like read and summarize, need no human in the loop. Moderately sensitive actions skip human approval but get logged and monitored, while destructive actions like mass deletion of files always require a human. "Things are gonna shift between those three categories quite a bit," she acknowledged, "but setting those types of categories up front allows you to have a principled framework."</p><p>Rather than layering controls onto agents one at a time, Intuit has built a central platform called GenOS, short for generative AI operating system, which abstracts security, risk, and fraud modeling so individual agent developers never reinvent protection. "Permissioning is not about giving access to AI," Parekh said. "Instead, it is defining very tightly scoped and clearly auditable authority to the agent to perform very specific tasks." Intuit evolved from agents inheriting user permissions to each agent carrying its own identity, and the company is now investigating mid-session permission changes tied to the specific task underway.</p><p>Parekh calls the broader model an AI-powered expert platform, one where the human expert is built into the trust architecture rather than bolted on as a gate. "The paradigm that we are pursuing is where the user, the AI agent, and the human expert are collaborating to solve the user problem," he said.</p><h2>The end of human code review</h2><p>Ceylan took on the tension between security testing and development velocity without hedging. "The days of secure code reviews where a human's looking at the code and we're looking at security architecture reviews, design docs, those are done," she said. "If you keep trying to do security that way, you're gonna get left behind." Box is building toward a fully agentic development lifecycle where agents review design documents, apply security requirements, and review the code for vulnerabilities. "I'm very optimistic that we will get to a point where we will write code without security vulnerabilities because agents and the models are going to get so good at writing code without vulnerabilities," she said. "We're still a long way away from that."</p><p>Her advice for development teams skips the advanced AI concepts entirely and returns to basics that predate agents. "It comes down to very basic least privilege access," she said. "If you start giving your agents overly broad permissions at the beginning, it's really hard to comb that back and build an infrastructure that allows for those ephemeral credentials and only those narrowly scoped tasks."</p><p>Parekh explained why the red teaming surface has expanded so quickly. "These agents have skills, and skills could become vulnerabilities," he said. "Agents have access to certain data, they have access to tools, and there could be threats that are lurking within those tools as well. So suddenly the blast radius of the malicious code or the intent increases dramatically." When Intuit identifies common vulnerability patterns from its manual red teaming exercises, it automates those tests back into the GenOS harness so future agents inherit protection and red teamers stay focused on new threat vectors. Runtime scanning of prompts and responses adds a final layer that can stop a suspect response and escalate to a human expert, he said.</p><p>"You need to continuously test to ensure that those remain robust to the protections that you have built, as well as to account for any sort of drift or any other types of dependencies that you introduce into your scenario that can create novel vulnerabilities," she said.</p><h2>Intent versus probability</h2><p>An audience question about intent detection set off the sharpest exchange of the session. Ceylan noted that when Box's own agent operates, the system always knows the user's intent because it controls the prompt, which means guardrails and tool-call restrictions can be engineered around it. The harder challenge, which she admitted Box is still trying to solve, arrives when external agents connect and the context behind the request is opaque.</p><p>That exchange exposed a split running through the wider industry. Mastercard, in the fireside chat immediately preceding the panel, came down on the side of quantifying intent, building an open-source framework to propagate it as a standard because complex B2B procurement cannot work without that trust. Endpoint security CTOs, in briefings with VentureBeat, have gone the other way, saying they will bet on probability rather than intent inference for production workloads. Chang explained why models, as they are trained today, cannot reliably derive intent from a prompt, which is why deterministic controls and behavioral proxies remain necessary. Ceylan agreed that both are required. "If you're not doing anything deterministic, you're really relying heavily on that intent, and I haven't seen programs that are there yet," she said.</p><p>Ceylan's story about trust collapsing after a single agent mistake landed as the panel's most memorable moment because enterprise agentic security is not a problem that gets solved and stays solved. Models change, permissions drift, and adversaries adapt across multi-turn conversations that snapshot tests never capture.</p><p>For the 82% of enterprises relying on provider-native controls as their primary security layer, and the 59% shopping for agent security tooling over the next 12 months, the panel's takeaway was blunt. Test the way attackers attack, across full conversations and continuously, or find out in production what your single-turn red teaming missed.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Connecting Apple Health to ChatGPT creates privacy risks Siri AI can avoid]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OpenAI's new Health feature gives ChatGPT access to Apple Health data and medical records, adding useful analysis at the cost of sharing sensitive information with another company.OpenAI's new Health featureThe feature is available to logged-in users 18 and older across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro pl...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:33:30 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🍏 iOS / Mac OS</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[OpenAI's new Health feature gives ChatGPT access to Apple Health data and medical records, adding useful analysis at the cost of sharing sensitive information with another company.<br><br><div><img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/68345-144055-IMG_8179-xl.jpg" alt="Smartphone screen showing a wellness chat conversation about daily steps and exercise tips, centered against a soft pink and yellow blurred background" height="738"><span>OpenAI's new Health feature</span></div><br>The feature is available to logged-in users 18 and older across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans. OpenAI says ChatGPT can compare laboratory results over time, summarize changes since a medical appointment, and identify patterns involving sleep, exercise, and daily activity.<br><br>Users can connect <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-health" title="Apple Health">Apple Health</a>, medical records from supported U.S. hospital systems, One Medical, and Function Health. ChatGPT can also receive information that fitness, nutrition, and wearable apps make available through Apple Health, although some proprietary scores may not transfer.<br><br>OpenAI says more than 300 million people turn to ChatGPT with health-related questions each week. Connecting records could make it easier to understand medical terminology, prepare questions for a doctor, or track changes without repeatedly uploading the same documents.<br><br><br> <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/23/connecting-apple-health-to-chatgpt-creates-privacy-risks-siri-ai-can-avoid?utm_source=rss">Continue Reading on AppleInsider</a> | <a href="https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/245043?urm_source=rss">Discuss on our Forums</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-24216 | NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework on Linux deserialization]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework on Linux. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to deserialization.

This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-24216. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is avai...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689994/sicherheitsluecken/cve-2026-24216-nvidia-bionemo-framework-on-linux-deserialization/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:32:59 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vulnerability was found in <a href="https://vuldb.com/product/nvidia:bionemo_framework">NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework</a> on Linux. It has been declared as <a href="https://vuldb.com/kb/risk">critical</a>. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to deserialization.

This vulnerability is registered as <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24216">CVE-2026-24216</a>. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CVE-2026-24217 | NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework on Linux File path traversal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework on Linux. It has been rated as very critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal: '\..\filename'.

This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-24217. The attack ...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689993/sicherheitsluecken/cve-2026-24217-nvidia-bionemo-framework-on-linux-file-path-traversal/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:32:58 +0200</pubDate>
<category>🕵️ Sicherheitslücken</category>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A vulnerability was found in <a href="https://vuldb.com/product/nvidia:bionemo_framework">NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework</a> on Linux. It has been rated as <a href="https://vuldb.com/kb/risk">very critical</a>. The affected element is an unknown function of the component <em>File Handler</em>. The manipulation leads to path traversal: '\..\filename'.

This vulnerability is documented as <a href="https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24217">CVE-2026-24217</a>. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a9]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tor Browser 16.0a9 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
⚠️ Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for gene...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689969/it-security-tools/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a9/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:25:02 +0200</pubDate>
<category>💾 IT Security Tools</category>
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    <div class="body"><p>Tor Browser 16.0a9 is now available from the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/alpha/">Tor Browser download page</a> and also from our <a href="https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/16.0a9/">distribution directory</a>.</p>
<p>This version includes important <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/">security updates</a> to Firefox.</p>
<p>⚠️ <strong>Reminder</strong>: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for <a href="https://community.torproject.org/user-research/become-tester/">testing only</a>. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to include bugs affecting usability, security, and privacy.</p>
<p>Moreover, Tor Browser Alphas are now based on Firefox's betas. Please read more about this important change in the <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/future-of-tor-browser-alpha/">Future of Tor Browser Alpha</a> blog post.</p>
<p>If you are an at-risk user, require strong anonymity, or just want a reliably-working browser, please stick with the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/">stable release channel</a>.</p>
<h2>It's ESR transition season again!</h2>
<p>Well actually, it has been ESR transition season throughout this entire release cycle! As described in the aforementioned <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/future-of-tor-browser-alpha/">Future of Tor Browser Alpha</a> blog post, we have been incrementally rebasing our Alpha channel on Firefox betas since December of last year. As a result, we now stand before you with Tor Browser 16.0a9 which is based on Firefox ESR 153.</p>
<p>We will continue rebasing Tor Browser 17.0 Alpha branches on Firefox betas throughout the remainder of the Tor Browser 16.0 release cycle. However, new feature-work for now must be put on hold for a few reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>We must focus our attention on resolving our Bugzilla Audit issues to ensure the features we have inherited from upstream comply Tor Browser's <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/wiki/-/wikis/Design-Documents/Tor-Browser-Design-Doc">threat model</a> and to patch any changes which do not.</li>
<li>Feature work targeting 16.0 stable would need to be cherry-pick'd onto our 17.0 Alpha branches to ensure we don't lose any work. The more invasive a feature patch is, the harder it will be to port to newer versions. This would also be a potentially error-prone process and there is some risk we would lose patches along the way.</li>
<li>We need to finish stabilizing as soon as possible as we have hard external deadlines which cannot be moved: the end-of-life of Firefox ESR 140 on October 13th and the Google Play Minimum Target API Level requirement on November 1st</li>
</ul>
<h2>Challenges and Triumphs</h2>
<h3>💍 Sharing the Load</h3>
<p>Rebasing the hundreds of Tor Browser patches onto newer versions of Firefox is a challenging task. It is like maintaining the structural stability of sand-castle at high-tide with the waves crashing all around you.</p>
<p>As such, it quickly become clear early in this new process that we would need to do something if we wanted to avoid burning out the few developers typically involved in this work. To mitigate this, we shared the knowledge internally and spread the work out across all eight members of the team. This way, each developer was only responsible for at most two or three rebases throughout the entire release cycle.</p>
<h3>🎨 UI Code Churn</h3>
<p>Over the past year, Firefox has developed and integrated two major changes to the UI in Firefox: a <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-settings/">redesign</a> of about:preferences in Firefox Desktop and a <a href="https://www.androidsage.com/2026/02/24/firefox-browser-updated-with-new-ui-and-material-3-expressive-hint/">migration</a> from Material 2 to Material 3 in Firefox Android.</p>
<p>Adapting to these types of changes to the frontend are typically rather time-consuming for us, as many (if not the majority) of our patches modify Firefox's UI in some way. For example, we have an entire preferences page on Tor Browser desktop dedicated to configuring how the browser connects to the Tor Network. On Android, we similarly have various additions to the menus, configuration options, and custom UI.</p>
<p>Whenever Mozilla modifies their design systems and Firefox's user interface, we necessarily have to adapt our own custom additions to match. Otherwise, our Tor Browser-specific UI elements would look completely out of place and potentially confuse users (as well as simply looking unprofessional). Therefore, each of these upstream changes requires collaboration with the Tor Project's UX team to update our features' designs and of course development time to implement.</p>
<p>In addition to the time-cost associated with the extra engineering and UX collaboration, very often our old patches simply do not apply cleanly due to the amount of code which has changed. For example, the about:preferences changes on Firefox Desktop are essentially a complete re-write which means we also have to completely re-write our own settings changes without regressing in functionality.</p>
<p>On the plus side, one benefit of our new processes is that we have been able to spread out this work over the entire release cycle. In the past way of doing things, we would have discovered all UX elements which needed to be fixed, updated our designs, and re-implemented in the course of a few months during the old ESR transition season. Under this new way of working, we have been able to incrementally fix things throughout the development cycle.</p>
<p>The benefits of working this way does not just apply to UX of course. It is much easier to find regressions across the entire stack when rebasing between one major Firefox version at a time instead of across 12 or 13. It is also <em>much</em> easier for developers to fix individual regressions one at a time compared to diagnosing, disentangling, and fixing multiple bugs concurrently (divide et impera!).</p>
<h3>⚙️ Pending Google Target API Level Requirements</h3>
<p>Every year, Google requires new Android app releases to target an updated minimum API level. This means, we would not be able to upload new versions of Tor Browser Stable past a certain date (usually August 1st with an extension to November 1st typically possible) without first updating the app to support the new minimum target API level. Fortunately, we inherit most of the required changes from Mozilla when rebasing to the next major ESR.</p>
<p>However, this requirement does impose a hard deadline for the absolute latest we can responsibly stabilize Tor Browser Alpha and promote it to Stable. We've been fortunate in the past few years to make the deadline with a few days to spare (October 28th for Tor Browser 15, October 22nd for Tor Browser 14, etc). Given how far ahead of the curve we are this year, we are hoping to release about a month earlier in September (fingers crossed!).</p>
<h3>🤖 Android APKs too big</h3>
<p>The Google Play Store has a strict size limit of about 100 megabytes for Android applications. New functionality added to Firefox Android over the past year means a larger application which results in new headaches for Tor Browser developers. This release cycle was no exception to this rule and we have had to get <em>creative</em> with our size reductions.</p>
<p>In the past, we have been able reduce our package size though various methods including:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/work_items/41500">Using custom size-reducing compiler flags</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/work_items/-41407">Compiling multiple pluggable-transports into a single unified binary to de-duplicate shared dependencies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/42386">Removing unused Firefox assets from the build</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/42669">Replacing unused (but still linked) libraries with no-op stubs</a></li>
<li>and <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/42607">countless other methods over there years</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Our most recent effort has been the most invasive yet! For some background, the Firefox application consists of (among other things): various shared libraries, the Firefox executable, a library known as 'xul' which contains most of Firefox's natively compiled functionality, and finally a file known as <code>omni.ja</code>. This <code>omni.ja</code> file is a <code>zip</code> archive which contains the JavaScript, HTML, images, and other assets used in Firefox.</p>
<p>This time around, to reduce the size of our Android package we have<a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/45086">changed how this archive is compressed</a>. We modified the Firefox build system to compress this archive with <code>xz</code> and we modified Firefox itself to decompress this archive at runtime. This work did require a few iterations to get right. In the end, we got back about 3 megabytes with these changes and got us once again under Google's imposed size budget.</p>
<h3>📉 Even Less Telemetry</h3>
<p>Over the years, we have worked to incrementally remove dependencies from Tor Browser Android as part of the aforementioned size reduction work. We of course inherit most of these dependencies from Firefox Android and unfortunately some of them can be labeled as 'trackers'. While we do disable telemetry by default at runtime, the code which implements it remains in the codebase.</p>
<p>We're happy to report that as of Tor Browser 16.0a8, are down to only 1 'tracker' library in the Tor Browser Android codebase: <code>Mozilla Telemetry</code>. Again, this telemetry <em>is</em> disabled at runtime, but this is one more unused dependency which we can <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/41295">hopefully remove in the future</a> (and maybe get some more bytes back!).</p>
<h2>Current Status</h2>
<p>We have:</p>
<ul>
<li>incrementally rebased Tor Browser and Tor Browser for Android to Firefox ESR 153 from Firefox ESR 140</li>
<li>updated the build systems with the latest dependencies and fixed a few reproducibility issues</li>
<li>triaged <em>most</em> of the upstream changes from the past year and flagged over 250 issues for further review (triaging of Firefox 153 is in progress)</li>
<li>resolved about half of these triaged issues</li>
</ul>
<p>For the remainder of this release cycle, we will be focusing on auditing these issues and fixing bugs until the 16.0 alpha series is ready to become Tor Browser Stable 16.0. We are optimistically targeting a September release, which would put us one month ahead of schedule compared to last year.</p>
<h2>Known Issues</h2>
<h3>🦊 Firefox Branding</h3>
<p>In some places in the browser there may be Firefox branding (e.g. logos, cute little foxes, etc) instead of Tor Browser branding. We're currently tracking one known instance in <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/44998">tor-browser#44998</a>. If you discover any other instances lurking about, please <a href="https://support.torproject.org/misc/bug-or-feedback/">open an issue</a>!</p>
<h3>🌐 All websites marked 'insecure' on Tor Browser Android</h3>
<p>Currently, the identity block in the URL bar on Tor Browser Android will always report insecure (e.g. a shield icon with a slash through it). For now, you can tap this icon and verify the certificate manually. This issue is being tracked in <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/45115">tor-browser#45115</a></p>
<h2>Send us your feedback</h2>
<p>Now is a great time to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/vounteer-as-an-alpha-tester/">become an alpha tester</a>! If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, <a href="https://support.torproject.org/misc/bug-or-feedback/">please let us know</a>.</p>
<h2>Full changelog</h2>
<p>The <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/raw/main/projects/browser/Bundle-Data/Docs-TBB/ChangeLog.txt">full changelog</a> since Tor Browser 16.0a8 is:</p>
<ul>
<li>All Platforms<ul>
<li>Updated NoScript to 13.6.30.90201984</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43819">Bug tor-browser#43819</a>: Show custom security level on android</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44748">Bug tor-browser#44748</a>: Revert Funding the Commons Implementations</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44811">Bug tor-browser#44811</a>: Remove the lock on pdfjs.disable.</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45101">Bug tor-browser#45101</a>: Rebase Tor Browser onto 153.0esr</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45131">Bug tor-browser#45131</a>: Security level is using an unsafe getBoolPref</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41831">Bug tor-browser-build#41831</a>: Update libevent to 2.1.13</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Windows + macOS + Linux<ul>
<li>Updated Firefox to 153.0esr</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44439">Bug tor-browser#44439</a>: Remove translate action from urlbar</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44883">Bug tor-browser#44883</a>: Remove urlbar quick action for labs</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45029">Bug tor-browser#45029</a>: Convert connection status settings to new design and config approach</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45055">Bug tor-browser#45055</a>: Rename --color-gray-05 to --color-gray-0</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45081">Bug tor-browser#45081</a>: Use the new "Acorn" icons on desktop</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45110">Bug tor-browser#45110</a>: Disable the settings redesign until ready for us</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45112">Bug tor-browser#45112</a>: Missing CSS border tokens in 153</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45132">Bug tor-browser#45132</a>: nsAppFileLocationProvider.cpp: use of undeclared identifier 'XRE_EXECUTABLE_FILE'</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41800">Bug tor-browser-build#41800</a>: Create a script that adapts the Tor Browser manual HTMLs to work in Tor Browser</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>macOS<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45108">Bug tor-browser#45108</a>: Artifact generation fails due to missing .DS_Store in the branding directories</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Android<ul>
<li>Updated GeckoView to 153.0esr</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/43820">Bug tor-browser#43820</a>: Use SecurityLevel integration on android</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/44157">Bug tor-browser#44157</a>: Remove secret setting toggle for Tab Management Redesign</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45045">Bug tor-browser#45045</a>: Remove moz asset in Downloads screen</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45103">Bug tor-browser#45103</a>: Disable broken "tab management"</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45109">Bug tor-browser#45109</a>: No value passed for parameter 'jsEnabled'</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45118">Bug tor-browser#45118</a>: Audit and disable Mozilla VPN promo</li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/45130">Bug tor-browser#45130</a>: Clean up TorHomePage padding</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Build System<ul>
<li>All Platforms<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41838">Bug tor-browser-build#41838</a>: Update personal_access_tokens URL in tools/fetch_changelogs.py</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Windows + Linux + Android<ul>
<li>Updated Go to 1.26.5</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Windows<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/issues/41819">Bug tor-browser-build#41819</a>: Fix windows-rs URL in projects/firefox/config</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

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<title><![CDATA[Panduit IntraVUE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[View CSAF
Summary
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with access to the IT network to manipulate industrial control devices without requiring physical access, specialized insider knowledge, or advanced tooling.
The following versions of Panduit IntraVUE are a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:16:33 +0200</pubDate>
<category>📰 IT Security Nachrichten</category>
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<h2>Summary</h2>
<p><strong>Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker with access to the IT network to manipulate industrial control devices without requiring physical access, specialized insider knowledge, or advanced tooling.</strong></p>
<p>The following versions of Panduit IntraVUE are affected:</p>
<ul>
<li>IntraVUE &lt;=3.2.1a14 </li>
</ul>
<div class="csaf-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vendor</th>
<th role="columnheader">Equipment</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vulnerabilities</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>v3 10</td>
<td>Pronetiqs</td>
<td>Panduit IntraVUE</td>
<td>Plaintext Storage of a Password, Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy'), Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere, Inadequate Encryption Strength</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h3>Background</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Critical Infrastructure Sectors: </strong>Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology, Water and Wastewater</li>
<li><strong>Countries/Areas Deployed: </strong>Worldwide</li>
<li><strong>Company Headquarters Location: </strong>Netherlands</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2>Vulnerabilities</h2>
<div class="csaf-accordion">
<p><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle-all" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">Expand All +</a></p>
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<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-40430</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE Versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have a plaintext storage of a password vulnerability that could expose cleartext credentials through the API.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40430">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/256.html">CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>7.5</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>8.7</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-42933</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an unintended proxy or intermediary vulnerability which could allow an attacker to use an active proxy, which would bypass OT segmentation.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42933">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/441.html">CWE-441 Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>CRITICAL</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>CRITICAL</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-44955</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability which could allow for asset discovery by unauthenticated users.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44955">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/497.html">CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>5.3</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>6.9</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-50044</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an inadequate encryption strength vulnerability which could allow an attacker to steal admin credentials via weak hash or a pass-the-hash attack.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50044">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/326.html">CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>6.8</td>
<td>MEDIUM</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.0</td>
<td>7.6</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="csaf-accordion-item">
<h3><a class="csaf-accordion-toggle" href="https://www.cisa.gov/#">CVE-2026-28698</a></h3>
<div class="csaf-accordion-content">
<p>Pronetiqs IntraVUE versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have an exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere vulnerability which could expose the underlying host/share filesystem.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28698">View CVE Details</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Affected Products</h4>
<h5>Panduit IntraVUE</h5>
<div class="ics-vendor-version-status">
<div class="ics-vendor"><strong>Vendor:</strong><br>Pronetiqs</div>
<div class="ics-version"><strong>Product Version:</strong><br>Pronetiqs IntraVUE: &lt;=3.2.1a14</div>
<div class="ics-status"><strong>Product Status:</strong><br>known_affected</div>
</div>
<div class="ics-remediations">
<h6>Remediations</h6>
<p><strong>Vendor fix</strong><br>Pronetiqs advises users to update to the latest version of the IntraVUE software, version 3.2.1a16 or later.</p>
<p><strong>Mitigation</strong><br>For further questions, please contact Pronetiqs at info@pronetiqs.com.<br><a href="mailto:info@pronetiqs.com">mailto:info@pronetiqs.com</a></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Relevant CWE:</strong> <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/497.html">CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere</a></p>
<hr>
<h4>Metrics</h4>
<div class="csaf-table csaf-metrics-table">
<table class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">CVSS Version</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Score</th>
<th role="columnheader">Base Severity</th>
<th role="columnheader">Vector String</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>8.6</td>
<td>HIGH</td>
<td><a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</a></td>
</tr>
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<td>4.0</td>
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<h2>Acknowledgments</h2>
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<li>Phlebas of Lumintel reported these vulnerabilities to CISA</li>
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<p>This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy &amp; Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).</p>
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<h2>Recommended Practices</h2>
<p>CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities.</p>
<p>Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the Internet.</p>
<p>Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.</p>
<p>When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.</p>
<p>CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.</p>
<p>CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.</p>
<p>CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.</p>
<p>Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.</p>
<p>Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.</p>
<p>CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:</p>
<p>Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.</p>
<p>Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.</p>
<p>Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.</p>
<p>No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time.</p>
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<h2>Revision History</h2>
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<li><strong>Initial Release Date: </strong>2026-07-23</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some lucky customers took delivery of their own Tensor Processing Units (<a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4093957/what-are-tpus-your-guide-to-tensor-processing-units-and-ai-acceleration.html">TPU</a>s), custom chips developed by Google for AI applications, in the second quarter, company executives disclosed during a call to discuss its latest financial results on Wednesday.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The disclosure comes at a time when enterprises are grappling with a global shortage of high-end GPUs that is driving up costs and slowing AI deployment timelines, and even <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/altman-and-nadella-need-more-power-for-ai-but-theyre-not-sure-how-much/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">those who have GPUs don’t always have electricity to operate them</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We delivered to customer data centers for the first time in Q2,” said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anat-a-a334433/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anat Ashkenazi</a>, CFO of Google’s parent Alphabet, adding that the company had begun to recognize a small amount of revenue from TPU orders, although it expected to recognize more in 2027.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ashkenazi did not name the customers or describe the commercial arrangements, leaving open questions about whether the systems are being deployed by large enterprises, governments, sovereign AI initiatives, or other cloud providers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Until recently, Google’s TPU strategy centered on giving customers access to the chips through Google Cloud, while using the same silicon internally to power its own AI models and services. But during the company’s last earnings call in April, just days after it <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/4162004/google-bets-on-workload-specific-tpus-with-8t-and-8i-launch.html">released two new TPU models</a>, CEO <a href="https://blog.google/authors/sundar-pichai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sundar Pichai</a> said Google would consider selling TPUs to AI labs, capital markets firms, and high-performance computing applications.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Wednesday’s call, Pichai said Google will scale up TPU sales “based on the opportunities we see and the demand we see, commensurate with the constraints that exist and the allocation needs we have for frontier model development.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But Google is still keeping the bulk of its TPUs for itself, either for internal use or to rent out through Google Cloud Platform.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Our first priority is making sure we are allocating what we need to compete at the frontier in terms of AGI development,” Pichai said on Wednesday’s call. “We are using both TPUs and GPUs mainly for serving our models.”</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At a CISO roundtable organized by Anthropic's chief information security officer, Dev Rishi asked a simple question: Did everyone in the room have their AI governance and security policies written down? Every hand went up — about 14 people, by his count. His follow-up, about how anyone actually enforces those policies in practice, got a different response. "And everybody chuckled," Rishi, the GM of AI at <a href="https://www.rubrik.com/company">Rubrik</a>, recalled at <a href="https://venturebeat.com/vbtransform2026">VB Transform 2026</a> fireside chat in Menlo Park. "It was like the dirty secret in the room that everyone has these policies, but no way to actually make them real."</p><p>“Our founder and CTO has actually been really pushing to enable our agents in YOLO mode,” Rishi told the audience. That admission comes from a publicly traded data security firm whose business is backing up what he called the most important data in the world.</p><p>YOLO mode strips the permission prompt out of agent workflows and lets the agent act on its own. In Rubrik's version, a second AI judges every action in real time against policy in place of a human clicking approve. Rubrik is running the experiment on itself first. Rishi treats autonomy as a settled capability question and an open judgment question. "If you ask the agent to act autonomously, it will," he said. "It's a question that you have internally. Should it?"</p><p>Rubrik earned that question the hard way. When <a href="https://claude.com/product/claude-code">Claude Code</a> and <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-cowork">Cowork</a> pilots rolled out, the company required every command to run in ask mode so the employee issuing it carried the liability, and the developer pushback filled a single Slack thread 120 messages deep. </p><p>"The developers basically are pushing back, and they're like, this is like the iTunes service agreement. I'm just hitting check, check, check, check, check, check, check," Rishi said. "There's no way that I can actually read through this. And it becomes security theater." Roughly 80% of respondents are in the same bind, Rishi said, citing <a href="https://www.rubrik.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/26/as-agentic-ai-adoption-accelerates-rubrik-warns-of-growing-security-gaps">Rubrik Zero Labs research</a> that found monitoring and approving agent actions takes more time than the agents save. The State of the Agent, the April report behind that figure, surveyed more than 1,600 IT and security leaders.</p><p>SAGE is the reason Rubrik trusts the bet. Short for Semantic AI Governance Engine, SAGE is the arbitration layer inside <a href="https://www.rubrik.com/products/rubrik-agent-cloud">Rubrik Agent Cloud</a> that watches every action an agent takes and reads the semantic intent behind it, then rules the action in or out against policies written in natural language. "We took what people said was human in the loop, a good idea, and we replaced it with AI in the loop," Rishi said, describing the pitch to security chiefs he characterized as skittish about non-deterministic systems.</p><h2>Security approval, not cost, blocks AI ROI</h2><p>Rishi’s path to Rubrik ran through <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/rubrik-acquires-predibase-to-accelerate-adoption-of-ai-agents/">Predibase</a>, the generative AI infrastructure startup he co-founded and ran as CEO until Rubrik agreed to acquire it in June 2025. Before that, he led ML product at Google on the team that became Vertex AI, served as Kaggle's first product manager as it grew from about one million to ten million users, and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Harvard. </p><p>Over roughly his first three and a half months at Rubrik, Rishi set up 200 customer conversations with IT and security leaders across a customer base that looks like the Global 2000, asking open-ended questions about cost, latency, performance, and orchestration. "Pretty consistently, what I heard through all of those conversations was that all of those are pretty secondary," he said. "The main challenge is actually, how do I get this approved from a security and risk standpoint? I'm concerned about all the different things that could go wrong. Actually, I felt like that was one of the biggest things constraining ROI."</p><p><a href="https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/wall-street-is-debating-the-ai-buildout-enterprises-just-answered-86-say-their-gpus-run-at-half-capacity-or-less">VentureBeat Pulse research</a> presented on the Transform stage earlier in the day confirms the gap Rishi kept hearing. Two-thirds of enterprises, 66%, already allow or are actively building toward production deployment with zero human review, yet only 5% fully trust the automated evaluations that would make that decision. </p><h2>One AI reading what the rulebook can't</h2><p>Rubrik's own policies exposed why written rules fail as enforcement. One internal rule states that agents should respect Rubrik's customer data use policy, which sounds enforceable until someone tries. "Rubrik's customer data use policy is like a three-page document of legal text," Rishi said. "I have no idea how to write that in there as a rule." Asked on stage how a team of AI infrastructure people took on a problem that security engineers own, Rishi answered, "with a lot of naivety and innocence, honestly." His team bet that models good at understanding language could police other models, and SAGE became the answer.</p><p>The case for putting a model in the judgment seat comes down to precision. A rule like "agents should not be able to edit revenue fields in Salesforce" fails in conventional tooling because Salesforce does not delineate which fields count as revenue, Rishi explained, so administrators fall back on approving every Salesforce action by hand. SAGE reads the intent instead and acts as a judge, carrying organizational context, which can tell a benign lookup from the edit the policy prohibits.</p><p>Keeping the judge small is what makes the economics work. <!-- -->SAGE runs on a small language model that Rishi said operates at an order of magnitude lower cost and latency than a frontier LLM. "If I told you, don't worry, you're gonna be secure and governed, but I'm gonna double your cost and latency, you would tell me to get out of the room," Rishi said.</p><p>When Rishi asked who in the audience had worried about token consumption over the past year, half the hands went up. "And I guess the other half is probably just too lazy to raise their hand," he said.</p><p>SAGE is an aggregation of judges based on parameter-efficient fine-tuning that Rubrik uses to take on task-specific variants of a base model with shared organizational context. One judge watches for tool-use hallucinations while another suppresses PII before it can leave, each running as its own enforceable policy. Security and GRC teams have started writing financial rules into the same layer, including one internal policy barring AI spend on personal projects.</p><h2>The lethal trifecta</h2><p>Asked which attacks worry him most, Rishi pointed at the <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/">lethal trifecta</a>, the term security researcher Simon Willison coined in June 2025 for an agent that holds private data while taking in content nobody vetted, with a channel to send what it finds to the outside world. The danger, according to Rishi, is what happens when individually legitimate permissions stack. An agent granted Salesforce access and email access on an employee's credentials has done nothing wrong yet, with <i>yet</i> being the operative word. "A very simple example is that an agent can start pulling data from Salesforce and then decide to accidentally leak and exfiltrate that out via an email," he told the audience. A financial services company he met the morning of the session made the point for him, telling Rishi that none of the individual permissions are bad on their own and the agent needs every one of them to do its job. "It should have permission to each of those systems, but it's the combination that ends up becoming really destructive," Rishi said.</p><p>Traditional identity and access management never priced in that combination because it relied on the judgment of the employee holding the credentials, Rishi argued, and agents supply none. "I can tell you the number of times Claude Code has tried to leak some of our sensitive source code to a public GitHub repository is incredibly high," he said. Cutting agents off from public resources entirely would defeat their purpose, which returns the problem to adjudicating intent in context rather than revoking access.</p><p>A separate <a href="https://venturebeat.com/security/shared-api-keys-expose-ai-agent-fleets-venturebeat-research">VentureBeat June Pulse survey</a> of 107 qualified enterprise respondents maps the blast radius of exactly this pattern. On the Transform stage that morning, VentureBeat research reported that 69% of companies run credential sharing somewhere in their agent fleet. Companies with shared credentials anywhere got hit more often, reporting a security incident or near-miss at a 63.5% rate (47 of 74), against 40.9% (9 of 22) where every agent carries its own scoped identity.</p><h2>The attacks no single turn reveals</h2><p>Rubrik Agent Cloud reached <a href="https://www.rubrik.com/blog/company/26/2/introducing-rubrik-agent-cloud-control-your-agents-with-ai">general availability in February</a>, though not everything Rishi described ships in it yet. Backtesting is just starting to roll out. The feature replays an organization's historical agent actions and tool calls against a new policy, showing where the policy would have stepped in and where an action would have sailed through uncaught, with policy edits applied in real time. Rishi called that archive one of the most valuable data troves an enterprise holds.</p><p>Real-time detection and blocking turn out to be the entry point rather than the whole product. Some attacks never trip a single-action rule. "No individual turn of the conversation was problematic, but if you took the session as a full trace, that ended up being problematic," Rishi said. Agent Cloud runs batch analysis across entire session traces every hour or every day and surfaces what Rubrik calls insights, the problems no individual guardrail caught. The same Zero Labs report found that 88% say they lack the ability to roll back agent actions without system disruption, a recovery gap that sits squarely in Rubrik's original line of business.</p><p>A skeptical CISO will ask the question the fireside did not answer. SAGE is a non-deterministic model policing other non-deterministic models, and Rishi offered no false positive or false negative rate for the judge itself. The closest thing the architecture gives to an answer is auditability, since backtesting and the batch insights both leave a human-reviewable trail of each call SAGE made and whatever got past it. Who watches the watcher, for now, is a trail of receipts rather than a benchmark. Until that benchmark exists, AI in the loop stays an operational wager rather than a quantified control.</p><p>Three questions fall out of the session for security teams. How many of the guardrails now in production depend on a human clicking approve, and what happens to that workload as agent count grows? Does anything in the stack enforce semantic intent, or is it all allow and deny lists? And can the team backtest agent behavior against a new policy, then unwind a multi-turn session without taking systems down?</p><p>Rishi's timing has a market behind it. In the same VentureBeat research, 82% of enterprises still name their primary AI provider's built-in guardrails and cloud controls as their main agent security layer, and 59% plan to adopt, add, or replace agent security tooling within the next 12 months. Only 12% include an agent-identity product in what they are considering, even with credential sharing still the norm. Every CISO at that Anthropic roundtable had a policy document and no enforcement mechanism, and Rubrik built a product for the space between the two. YOLO mode is the bet that an AI watching other AIs can finally make the policies real.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on reliable multi-step execution. But the ambition runs well ahead of the reality: most deployed “agen...]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 101 enterprises, agent orchestration is consolidating onto model-provider platforms — Anthropic’s Claude leads by a wide margin — chosen for the gravity of the underlying model and judged on reliable multi-step execution. But the ambition runs well ahead of the reality: most deployed “agents” are still chatbot wrappers, the control plane enterprises expect is deliberately hybrid to avoid lock-in, and real-time fiscal control over token burn remains the exception.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines enterprise agent orchestration: which platforms enterprises run on, what drives the choice, what they optimize for, how they expect agent control to be structured, and — most revealingly — how orchestrated their deployed “agents” actually are and how tightly they control the cost of running them.</p><p>The central finding is a gap between orchestration ambition and orchestration reality. Enterprises are consolidating fast onto the major model platforms: Anthropic’s Claude is the primary platform for 40%, more than double any rival, followed by Microsoft (18%) and OpenAI (13%). The choice is driven by “model gravity” — native alignment with a state-of-the-art base model (21%) — and success is judged by reliable, multi-step execution (task completion reliability 32%, multi-step workflow management 28%). Yet asked to assess their portfolios honestly, 71% say a quarter or fewer of their deployed “agents” are true multi-step orchestrated workflows rather than single-prompt chatbot wrappers, and only 10% have crossed the halfway mark. The orchestration layer is being built well ahead of the orchestrated portfolio it is meant to run.</p><p>That gap shapes the architecture enterprises are putting in place. By the end of 2026 a clear majority (51%) expect a hybrid control plane — provider-native plus external orchestration — and only 6% expect to hand control to a provider-managed service, because vendor lock-in (35%) is the risk they fear most if control lives inside a model provider. Investment follows the build-out: agent workflow tooling leads the spend (34%), with security and permissions enforcement (25%) behind. And fiscal control lags throughout — more than a quarter (27%) have no real-time way to stop a runaway agent before the bill arrives.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this instrument focused on enterprise agent orchestration. Responses are filtered to organizations with 100 or more employees (n=101), drawn from a single June 2026 wave; because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends.</p><p>By organization size the sample is spread evenly across the enterprise bands: 100–499 employees, 2,500–9,999, and 50,000+ (21% each), with 10,000–49,999 and 500–2,499 (19% each). By role it is senior and buyer-credible: product and program managers (15%), CIO/CTO/CISO (13%), consultants and advisors (13%), and a spread of data, AI, and engineering directors and VPs, with an “Other” function at 18%. On purchasing, 81% are recommenders, influencers, or final decision-makers for AI solutions (66% recommender/influencer, 15% final decision-maker). Technology/Software is the largest industry at 44%, followed by Financial Services (17%) and Healthcare/Life Sciences (8%).</p><p>At 101 respondents the sample is robust enough to read directionally with reasonable confidence, though it remains self-selected and is not a probability sample.</p><h2>Finding 1: Orchestration runs on model-provider platforms</h2><p><b>Anthropic’s Claude leads; open frameworks are marginal</b></p><p>We asked which agent orchestration platform enterprises primarily use today. The answer concentrates on the major model providers — and on one in particular.</p><div></div><p>A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, the respondents are self-selected, and this question asked them for a single primary platform — so the figures measure which platform leads each enterprise's deployment, within a self-selected audience of AI-active technical decision-makers. A sample built this way can diverge substantially from spend-weighted market measures, and each VB Pulse survey draws its own sample with its own company-size mix, so vendor figures should not be compared across our surveys either. Read these shares as a portrait of where this cohort has placed its primary orchestration bet today, rather than as market share.</p><p>The model platforms dominate. Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Amazon together account for roughly 80% of deployments (81 of 101), while the open frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph) and custom in-house builds that anchor engineering discussion sit in single digits. Anthropic’s lead — 40%, more than double the next platform — mirrors the “model gravity” selection logic in Finding 2: enterprises are choosing the orchestration layer that comes with the model they want to build on. As with the security vendors in the prior agent-security wave, the tools that define the category in technical circles are not yet where enterprise deployment concentrates. A small 3% are not orchestrating at all.</p><p>Respondents rate the platforms they run at 3.94 out of 5 overall (109 answered), with “value for money” specifically at 3.94 and “ease of implementation” the weakest score, at 3.85 — placing orchestration near the bottom of our five-tracker satisfaction range, ahead of only evaluation tooling. A rating just under 4 out of 5, from users of whom 96% plan to change their orchestration approach within the year, reads as provisional acceptance: the platforms work well enough to run today, and not well enough to stop the search for something better. The ratings sit alongside near-universal intent to change; this is a layer enterprises tolerate more than they love.</p><h2>Finding 2: Model gravity drives platform selection</h2><p><b>The base model, not the tooling, decides the platform</b></p><p>We asked what most influenced the orchestration platform choice. The single largest factor is the pull of the underlying model — though flexibility and ease of development follow close behind.</p><div></div><p>Model gravity leading is the selection-side explanation for Anthropic’s platform lead: enterprises pick the orchestration environment closest to the frontier model they have standardized on. But the next tier complicates the picture — flexibility across models and tools (17%) and ease of development (17%) say enterprises also want to avoid being trapped by that choice, foreshadowing the lock-in fear in Finding 6. Security and permissions (14%) and total cost of ownership (11%) round out a pragmatic buying logic. Performance (latency/memory) sits last at 4%, a reminder that at this stage of adoption the binding constraints are model fit and optionality, not raw speed.</p><h2>Finding 3: The job is reliable multi-step execution</h2><p><b>Enterprises just orchestration by whether it completes the work</b></p><p>We asked what enterprises optimize for — their primary success metric for orchestration. Reliability and multi-step workflow management dominate; developer- and user-facing metrics trail.</p><div></div><p>Task completion reliability (32%) and multi-step workflow management (28%) together account for 59% of responses (60 of 101): orchestration succeeds, in the enterprise view, when it reliably carries a task through multiple steps to completion. Developer productivity (17%) matters but is secondary — the inverse of its prominence in framework discussion — and end-user experience (9%) is a minor concern, consistent with orchestration being an internal execution problem rather than a UX one. This reliability-first standard is exactly what makes the Chatbot Trap finding so pointed: enterprises define success as dependable multi-step execution, yet most of their deployed “agents” do not yet do multi-step work at all.</p><p>The trap is not evenly distributed. Splitting the sample by organization size, 77% of smaller enterprises say a quarter or fewer of their agents do true multi-step work, against 62% of larger ones. Larger enterprises are meaningfully further into genuine multi-step deployment; the chatbot trap is, directionally, a mid-market condition.</p><h2>Finding 4: Consolidate, productionize, and build in-house </h2><p><b>Three strategic moves are nearly tied for the year ahead</b></p><p>We asked what major change enterprises anticipate in their orchestration strategy over the next 12 months. Three moves cluster at the top, almost evenly split.</p><div></div><p>The top three — building in-house control (25%), standardizing on one framework (24%), and moving agents from sandbox to production (23%) — are statistically indistinguishable and tell a single story: enterprises are moving from experimentation to operational consolidation. They want fewer frameworks, more production exposure, and more ownership of the control layer; only 4% expect no change. The appetite for custom in-house control planes is notable alongside the platform concentration in Finding 1 — enterprises are standardizing on model-provider platforms while simultaneously planning to wrap them in control logic they own, the hybrid posture that Finding 6 makes explicit.</p><h2>Finding 5: Nearly seven in 10 plan to switch — and the biggest group of movers has no shortlist </h2><p>The strategic change enterprises anticipate (previous finding) comes with vendor motion attached. Asked whether they plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent orchestration platform in the next twelve months, more respondents are moving here than in any other layer we track.</p><div></div><p>Asked which platforms they are considering, the most common answer among those in motion is none yet: 29% of all respondents are evaluating without a shortlist, the largest single response after "not considering a change." Among named candidates, OpenAI leads at 16%, followed by LangChain/LangGraph at 12% and Anthropic at 7% — and notably, the independent frameworks draw roughly double their current usage footprint in forward consideration, the same pattern our security tracker found for specialist vendors. Read with this report's concentration and lock-in findings, the picture completes itself: the major model-platform providers hold roughly four-fifths of today's primary usage, vendor lock-in has become the leading fear, 96% anticipate a strategic change — and now the purchase intent to act on all of it, with the largest bloc of buyers still undecided. The most concentrated layer of the agentic stack is also, as of June, the least settled.</p><h2>Finding 6: Investment flows to workflow tooling</h2><p><b>Tooling and permissions lead the spend; monitoring trails</b></p><p>We asked which orchestration-related investment will grow most next year. Agent workflow tooling leads, with security and permissions enforcement behind.</p><div></div><p>Workflow tooling leading (34%) is the budget-side expression of the reliability-and-multi-step priority in Finding 3: the money is going to the machinery that strings steps together dependably. Security and permissions enforcement (25%) and scaling infrastructure (20%) follow — the investments required to take agents from sandbox into production, the strategic move in Finding 4. Monitoring and debugging draws a smaller 11%, with another 11% reporting flat budgets. The weight on tooling, permissions, and scaling over pure observability signals that enterprises are spending to build and harden orchestration, not merely to watch it run.</p><h2>Finding 7: The control plane will be hybrid — and lock-in is why</h2><p><b>Enterprises expect to split control between providers and their own layer</b></p><p>We asked where enterprises expect the primary control plane for agents to live by the end of 2026, and what worries them most if that control sits inside a model-provider platform. A clear majority expect a hybrid model — and vendor lock-in is the reason.</p><div></div><p>Hybrid control is the dominant expectation by a wide margin (51%), and only 6% expect to hand control to a provider-managed service outright. Read together, the hybrid, custom, and externally-abstracted options — every architecture that keeps control at least partly outside the provider — sum to 88% (89 of 101). The reason surfaces directly when we asked about the risk of provider-resident control: vendor lock-in leads at 35% (35 of 101), ahead of security and permissioning limitations (28%) and inflexibility across models and tools (21%). The pattern echoes the prior wave’s “don’t trust the model to police itself” posture — here, enterprises will build on a provider’s platform but decline to be governed entirely by it. The hybrid control plane is the architectural hedge against the lock-in they most fear.</p><p>The June figure asserting a preference for a hybrid control plane marks movement from earlier. In the April–May survey (n=145), only 34% expected a hybrid control plane, and a greater number (12%) expected to hand control fully to a provider-managed service. These two snapshots don’t yet measure a confirmed longitudinal trend — but the direction of the conversation is unambiguous: toward keeping control.</p><p>Lock-in is also a new arrival as a top concern. In the April–May wave, the leading concern was security and permissioning limitations (32%), with lock-in second at 24%; by June the two had traded places. The worry about provider platforms appears to be maturing from whether they can be secured to whether they can be replaced.</p><h2>Finding 8: The chatbot trap — most “agents” aren’t agents yet</h2><p><b>Enterprises admit most deployments are still chatbot wrappers</b></p><p>We asked enterprises to assess their portfolios honestly: what share of their deployed “agents” are true multi-step orchestrated workflows versus simple single-prompt chatbot wrappers. The answer is the defining finding of this wave.</p><div></div><p>This is the gap at the center of the report. Combining the bottom two bands, 71% of enterprises (72 of 101) say a quarter or fewer of their deployed “agents” are genuinely orchestrated — and just 10% (10 of 101) have crossed the halfway mark. The ambition documented in the earlier findings — model-provider platforms, reliability-first success metrics, production rollouts, a deliberate control architecture — runs well ahead of the deployed reality, which remains overwhelmingly single-prompt assistants dressed as agents. This is less a contradiction than a roadmap: the platforms, budgets, and strategies are being put in place precisely because the orchestrated portfolio is still so thin. The open question for later waves is how fast the reality closes on the ambition.</p><h2>Finding 9: Fiscal control is still reactive</h2><p><b>Only a minority can stop a runaway agent before the bill arrives</b></p><p>Finally, we asked how enterprises enforce fiscal control over agent token consumption — the risk that an autonomous loop exhausts a budget before anyone intervenes. Most rely on native caps or after-the-fact monitoring; real-time programmatic control is the exception.</p><div></div><p>More than a quarter of enterprises (27%) admit they have no real-time, programmatic way to stop an agent before a budget-breaking bill arrives — they learn of it from the logs afterward. Another 32% lean entirely on the native caps and throttles built into their primary platform, a control only as good as the provider’s tooling and one that ties back to the lock-in concern of Finding 6. The enterprises building custom gateways (23%) or exploiting cross-model routing to arbitrage cost (19%) are the ones treating token burn as an engineering problem to be controlled deterministically. As with orchestration maturity, fiscal control is an area where the operational reality lags the ambition: agents are moving toward production faster than the cost-control plane around them is being built.</p><p>It’s worth noting, a split appears according to company size: roughly one in three enterprises under 2,500 employees (34%) exercises only reactive control of agent spend, against 20% of larger enterprises — directional figures, but consistent with the chatbot-trap split. The mid-market is running the least mature agents on the least instrumented budgets.</p><h2>The bottom line: The layer is real; most of the agents aren't yet</h2><p>Organizations with 100 or more employees describe an orchestration strategy that is consolidating quickly and maturing slowly. They are standardizing — for now — on model-provider platforms, which collectively hold roughly four-fifths of primary usage, chosen for the gravity of the underlying model, and they judge success by reliable multi-step execution. Investment is flowing to workflow tooling and permissions, the strategy is to consolidate frameworks and push agents into production, and the control plane they expect is deliberately hybrid, because vendor lock-in is the risk they fear most. But the standardization is provisional: 68% plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement orchestration platform within twelve months — the highest switching intent of any layer we track — and the largest group of those movers has not yet shortlisted a candidate. Today's concentration describes where enterprises are, and visibly does not describe where they intend to stay.</p><p>But the honest self-assessment punctures the ambition. Seventy-one percent say a quarter or fewer of their deployed "agents" are truly orchestrated, only 10% are past the halfway mark, and more than a quarter cannot stop a runaway agent in real time. The orchestration layer — the platforms, the budgets, the control architecture — is being built ahead of the orchestrated portfolio it is meant to run. At 101 respondents in a single June wave this reads as a clear directional signal rather than a precise measurement: enterprises have decided how they want to orchestrate agents well before most of their agents are doing anything an orchestration layer is for. The questions for subsequent waves are whether the deployed reality closes the gap on the ambition — and, with nearly seven in ten buyers in motion and most of them undecided, which platforms the settled stack finally lands on.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 101 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, results read directionally rather than as a confirmed trend. Respondents include product and program managers, CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, consultants and advisors, and directors and VPs of data, AI, and engineering, across Technology/Software, Financial Services, Healthcare, and other sectors.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The agent evaluation gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a reality-alignment problem, not a coverage problem — and most are shipping to production anyway]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal evaluations and then failed a customer in production; only one in twenty fully trusts automated...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:44 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 157 enterprises, organizations are granting AI agents more autonomy while trusting the evaluations meant to gate that autonomy less. Half have already shipped an agent that passed their internal evaluations and then failed a customer in production; only one in twenty fully trusts automated evaluation today; and the most-cited weakness is that evaluations do not align with real-world outcomes. Yet two-thirds already allow, or are actively engineering toward, deploying agent changes to production on automated evaluation alone — with no human in the loop. The result is an evaluation gap — the distance between how much autonomy enterprises are handing their agents and how far they trust the tests that are supposed to catch the failures.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines how technical leaders measure agent performance: which reliability and evaluation platforms they use, how they select and trust them, what breaks in production, and how far they are willing to let agents run without a human in the loop.</p><p>The central finding is an evaluation gap — the distance between the autonomy enterprises are granting their agents and the trust they place in the evaluations meant to govern it. Half of organizations (50%) have, in the past year, deployed an agent or LLM feature that passed their internal evaluations and then caused a customer-facing failure, and a quarter have seen it happen more than once. Trust in the tests themselves is thin: only 5% say they fully trust automated evaluation today, and the single most-cited limitation is that evaluations align poorly with real-world outcomes (29%). Enterprises are discovering that a passing eval is not the same as a working agent.</p><p>What makes the gap consequential is the direction of travel. Two-thirds of organizations (66%) already permit fully automated, zero-human-in-the-loop deployment for low-risk agents (34%) or are actively engineering their pipelines to allow it within twelve months (33%). At the same time, the evaluation stack that would have to earn that trust is fragmented and immature: the most common primary tools are the model providers’ native evals, tied with having no dedicated tooling at all (17% each); and only about a quarter of enterprises run real-time quality checks on live production traffic. The autonomy is arriving faster than the assurance.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this survey — the Agentic Reliability &amp; Evals tracker — focused on how technical leaders evaluate agent performance and reliability. Responses are filtered to organizations with 100 or more employees (n=157), drawn from a single survey in June 2026; because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Where questions were multiple-select, those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By role the sample is senior and buyer-credible: 38% are final decision-makers for AI purchases and another 34% recommenders or influencers. Product and program managers (15%), consultants and advisors (10%), directors of engineering/IT (8%), and CIOs/CTOs/CISOs (8%) lead the named titles, alongside a large “Other” function (37%). By organization size the sample is mid-market-weighted: 100–499 (37%) and 500–2,499 (27%) employees lead, with 2,500–9,999 (20%), 10,000–49,999 (10%), and 50,000+ (6%) above them. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 23%, followed by Retail/Consumer (15%), Healthcare/Life Sciences (12%), and Manufacturing (10%).</p><p>At 157 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It skews toward the mid-market, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent evaluation practices rather than from the largest operators.</p><p><i>Note: This survey was rebuilt for the June wave from the earlier “LLM observability and evaluations” survey; because the questions and sample differ, no comparisons are made to the April–May data.</i></p><h1>Finding 1: A passing eval is not a working agent</h1><p><b>Half have shipped an agent that passed evals, then failed a customer</b></p><p>We asked whether, in the past 12 months, organizations had deployed an agent or LLM feature that passed their internal evaluations but then caused a customer-facing failure. Half of those that run evaluations had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. Half of organizations (50%) have shipped an AI feature that cleared their internal evaluations and then failed in front of a customer — an incorrect output, a broken workflow, or a quality incident — and a quarter have seen it happen more than once. Only 36% report no such failure, and the remainder either run no pre-deployment evaluations (8%) or don’t track the root cause closely enough to know (6%). The failure is precise and expensive: the evaluation said the agent was ready, and it was not. Everything that follows — how enterprises trust their evals, what they monitor, and how much autonomy they grant — is shaped by this experience.</p><h2>Finding 2: Almost no one fully trusts automated evaluation</h2><p><b>The top complaint: Evals don't match real-world outcomes</b></p><p>We asked which limitation most reduces trust in automated agent evaluations today. Only a sliver of enterprises had no complaint at all.</p><div></div><p>Trust in automated evaluation is scarce, and specific. Only 5% of organizations say they fully trust automated evaluation as it stands — meaning 95% name a limitation that holds them back. The most common, at 29%, is the one that most directly explains Finding 1: evaluations align poorly with real-world outcomes, passing agents that later fail. Bias or inconsistency (21%) and a lack of explainability (18%) follow — enterprises cannot always tell why an evaluation reached its verdict — and 17% cite data-leakage or privacy concerns in the evaluation process itself. The tests meant to certify agents are not yet trusted to certify them, which is precisely why the autonomy trajectory in Finding 3 is so striking.</p><h2>Finding 3: The autonomy ceiling is rising anyway</h2><p><b>Two-thirds already allow, or are building toward, zero-human deployment</b></p><p>We asked whether organizations would let an autonomous agent deploy a code or system change to production on automated evaluation results alone, with no human-in-the-loop validation. The trajectory runs straight through the trust gap.</p><div></div><p>Here is the paradox at the heart of the report. Even though almost no one fully trusts automated evaluation (Finding 2), two-thirds of organizations (66%) either already allow zero-human-in-the-loop deployment for low-risk agents (34%) or are actively engineering their pipelines to permit it within a year (33%). Only 22% rule it out for the foreseeable future. The direction is unambiguous: enterprises are moving to let evaluations gate production autonomously — removing the human check — at the same moment they say those evaluations don’t reliably match reality. The autonomy ceiling is rising faster than the assurance beneath it, which is the mechanism by which the false-confidence failures of Finding 1 will scale rather than shrink.</p><p>Notably, the autonomy bet is not just a small company phenomenon. Splitting the sample by company size, larger enterprises are slightly further down the path toward zero human review than smaller companies (70% versus 64%) and slightly more likely to have shipped an evaluation-passing agent that then failed a customer (54% versus 48%). The assumption that large, regulated organizations are holding the human in the loop longest is, in this sample, backwards.  To be sure, these are directional figures, since the survey was not a huge sample — 57 respondents from companies with 2,500+ employees and 100 from companies smaller than that. </p><h2>Finding 4: The evaluation stack is fragmented and provider-led</h2><p><b>Provider-native evals lead — tied with no dedicated tool at all</b></p><p>We asked which agent reliability or evaluation platform enterprises primarily use today. The market has no clear leader — and a large share has nothing dedicated.</p><div></div><p>The evaluation layer is early and unconsolidated. Provider-native tooling leads — OpenAI’s native evals and traces (17%) and Anthropic’s Claude Console evals (13%) together outweigh any independent platform — but it is tied at the top by a striking answer: 17% of enterprises use no dedicated agent-evaluation tooling at all, a notable gap for organizations shipping agents to customers. The specialist evaluation vendors — DeepEval (12%), Braintrust (8%), LangSmith, Weave, Promptfoo, Langfuse, Arize — are scattered across single to low double digits, and 11% have built their own. No independent platform has yet become the category standard, which leaves most enterprises evaluating agents with provider-native tools, home-grown scripts, or nothing.</p><h2>Finding 5: Production monitoring rarely watches output quality</h2><p><b>Only a quarter run real-time quality checks on live traffic</b></p><p>Production monitoring for an AI agent can watch two very different things. It can watch whether the system is <b>functioning</b> — is the agent up and responding, did each request complete, how fast, at what cost, with any errors. Or it can watch whether the agent's output is <b>correct</b> — automated checks that evaluate the content of each answer as it goes out: did the agent give the right answer, take the right action, stay within policy. The distinction matters because a confidently wrong answer is invisible to the first kind of monitoring: the request completes, the response is fast, no error is thrown, and every functioning-metric reads healthy. We asked organizations which kind their live production monitoring is built for today.</p><div></div><p>Grouped by what is actually being watched, the split is stark: 51% of organizations monitor only whether the agent is functioning, while 23% monitor whether its answers are right. Counting the ad-hoc reviewers and the don't-knows, roughly three-quarters of organizations run no automated, real-time evaluation of output correctness in production — they can see that the system is up and what it costs, and they are taking the correctness of its answers on faith. That blind spot is the runtime counterpart to the pre-deployment gap in Finding 1: the same organizations engineering the human out of the deployment decision mostly cannot see, in real time, when the deployed agent starts getting things wrong.</p><h2>Finding 6: Bought on cost, measured on consistency</h2><p><b>Price and integration drive selection; evaluation consistency is the goal</b></p><p>We asked what most influenced enterprises’ choice of an evaluation vendor, and what they treat as their primary measure of success. Both answers are pragmatic.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises buy evaluation tooling on economics and trust it on repeatability. Cost of evaluations (28%) narrowly leads selection, just ahead of ease of integration (27%) and evaluation accuracy (24%) — breadth of observability (13%) and vendor roadmap (4%) matter far less. On what success looks like, more than a third (36%) name evaluation consistency — getting the same verdict on the same behavior every time — well ahead of speed of experimentation (19%), reduction in failures (18%), production visibility (13%), and compliance (11%). The emphasis on consistency is telling: before enterprises can trust an evaluation’s verdict, they need it to be stable — the very property whose absence (bias and inconsistency) ranked among the top trust limitations in Finding 2. Satisfaction with current tooling is only moderate, averaging 3.8 on a five-point scale across overall satisfaction, ease of implementation, and value for money.</p><h2>Finding 7: The next dollar goes to humans and observability</h2><p><b>Investment is flowing to oversight, not just automation</b></p><p>We asked which reliability and evaluation investment will grow most over the next year. The money is going toward watching agents more closely — including with people.</p><div></div><p>The second-largest planned investment — behind only production observability — is human review workflows, at 26%. Read against Finding 1, that is the report's quietest contradiction: at the same moment two-thirds of enterprises are engineering the human out of the deployment decision, more of them plan to grow spending on human reviewers (26%) than on the automated evaluation pipelines (16%) that would replace them. The zero-human trajectory and the human-review budget are rising in the same companies at the same time. Indeed, only 8% report that their budget is not increasing. </p><p>Taken together, enterprises are hedging: building toward autonomy while spending to watch agents more closely and keep humans available for the calls that automated evaluation cannot yet be trusted to make.</p><h2>Finding 8: A tooling reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>Nearly two-thirds plan to adopt or switch platforms within a year</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement evaluation platform, and which they are considering. Few intend to stand pat.</p><div></div><p>The evaluation market is wide open. While 36% have no plans to change, a clear majority (64%) intend to adopt a new, additional, or replacement platform within twelve months, and 31% within the next quarter. The consideration set points where current usage is thinnest: Confident AI’s DeepEval leads what enterprises are evaluating (20%), ahead of OpenAI’s native evals (13%) and Braintrust (9%) — the open-source specialists drawing more interest than their present footprint. </p><p>Given that so many enterprises today rely on provider-native tools or nothing at all (Finding 4), this is less a defection than a first real wave of tooling adoption — the moment the evaluation layer starts to consolidate. Which platforms earn that trust, in a market where almost no one trusts automated evaluation yet, is the open question this series will keep tracking.</p><h2>The bottom line: An evaluation gap that autonomy will widen, not close</h2><p>Organizations with 100 or more employees are granting AI agents more independence than they trust their evaluations to support. Half have already shipped an agent that passed its evals and then failed a customer; almost none fully trust automated evaluation, chiefly because it doesn’t match real-world outcomes; and most watch production for uptime and cost rather than for whether the agent’s answers are right. Yet two-thirds already allow, or are actively building toward, deploying to production on automated evaluation alone.</p><p>The vendor market is early and unsettled: the most common primary evaluation tools are provider-native evals, tied with no dedicated tooling at all, and a clear majority plan to adopt or switch platforms within the year. Encouragingly, the next dollar is going to observability and — pointedly — human review, suggesting enterprises sense the gap even as they engineer past it. At 157 respondents in a single wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: autonomy is being granted on the strength of evaluations that the people granting it do not yet trust. The evaluation gap is not a coverage problem that more tests alone will close; it is a problem of evaluations that reflect reality and can be trusted to gate it. The open question for later waves is whether assurance catches up to autonomy — or whether the false-confidence failures move from customer incidents into changes that deploy themselves.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 157 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. This is a directional read rather than a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected, not a probability sample, and skews toward the mid-market. Respondents include product and program managers, consultants and advisors, directors of engineering/IT, and CIOs/CTOs/CISOs, among other functions, across technology/software, retail/consumer, healthcare/life sciences, manufacturing, and other industries.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The AI context gap: Enterprise AI organizations have a trust problem, not a retrieval problem — and most are still building the fix]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can be trusted. Retrieval-augmented generation is already the default context source, and provider-native retrieval has quietly overtaken the dedicated vector databases that define...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 101 enterprises, the infrastructure that feeds AI agents their business context is being built faster than it can be trusted. Retrieval-augmented generation is already the default context source, and provider-native retrieval has quietly overtaken the dedicated vector databases that define the category — yet a majority of enterprises have already watched their agents produce confident, wrong answers traced to missing or inconsistent context. A governed semantic layer is emerging as the fix, but most are still building it; the field is converging on hybrid retrieval; and even as provider-native tools lead in practice, a plurality say they intend to keep best-of-breed. The result is a context gap — agents that sound authoritative running on a foundation their owners do not yet fully trust.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines the enterprise RAG and context layer: what feeds AI agents their business context, which retrieval systems enterprises run, how they buy and measure them, where the architecture is heading, and — most revealingly — how often that context is already failing them.</p><p>The central finding is a context gap — the distance between how confidently enterprise agents answer and how reliable the context beneath them actually is. A majority of enterprises (57%) report that in the past six months their AI agents produced confident but wrong answers they traced to missing or inconsistent business context, and more than half of those said it happened more than once. This is not a fringe failure: retrieval is the primary context source for 38% of enterprises, more than any other approach, so when retrieval is thin or inconsistent, the errors it produces are wearing the agent’s authority. The infrastructure to fix it is being built — 58% already run or are building a governed semantic layer — but for most it is not yet in production.</p><p>Underneath, the market is consolidating in a direction that surprises. Provider-native retrieval — OpenAI’s file search (40%) and Google’s Vertex AI Search (38%) — already leads every dedicated vector database, and enterprises expect hybrid retrieval to dominate by the end of 2026 (34%). Yet a plurality (36%) say they intend to keep best-of-breed standalone tools rather than consolidate onto a provider’s native context stack, and a majority (57%) plan to switch or add a provider within the year. Stated preference and actual usage are pulling in opposite directions — the market is buying provider-native while insisting it wants independence.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series. This survey focused on enterprise RAG infrastructure and the context layer — the retrieval systems, semantic layers, and context sources that feed AI agents. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=101); the survey drew no responses from organizations of 100 or fewer, so the full sample qualifies. All responses are from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave, so the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By organization size the sample concentrates in the mid-market: 251–1,000 employees (31%) and 101–250 (31%) lead, with 1,001–5,000 (20%), 5,001–10,000 (12%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. By role it spans managers (39%), individual contributors (27%), the C-suite (16%), and VPs and directors (14%); on purchasing authority it is buyer-credible, with 46% final decision-makers and another 26% recommenders or influencers. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 20%, followed by Healthcare/Life Sciences (11%) and a broad spread across retail, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, and education.</p><p>At 101 respondents this is a modest sample and should be read as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up RAG and context infrastructure rather than from the largest operators.</p><h2>Finding 1: Confident and wrong</h2><p><b>More than half have traced agent errors to bad context</b></p><p>We asked whether, in the past six months, enterprises had traced a confident but wrong agent answer to missing or inconsistent business context. Most had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. A majority of enterprises (57%) have already had an AI agent produce a confident, wrong answer they traced to bad context — wrong metrics, stale definitions, or missing documents — and more than half of those have seen it happen more than once. Only 28% report no such failure, and a small remainder either don’t run agents on enterprise data or don’t trace root cause closely enough to know. </p><p>The failure mode is specific and dangerous: the model is not obviously hallucinating; it is confidently wrong because the context feeding it was thin or inconsistent. Everything else in this report — what enterprises retrieve, how they govern it, and what they plan to build — is downstream of this problem.</p><h2>Finding 2: RAG is the default context source</h2><p><b>Retrieval feeds more agents than any other method</b></p><p>We asked what an enterprise’s AI agents primarily use to understand its data. Retrieval leads by a wide margin.</p><div></div><p>Retrieval is the backbone of enterprise context. For 38% of organizations, RAG over documents or a vector index is the primary way agents understand the business — nearly twice the share of the next approach, a governed semantic layer or ontology (21%). Mixed approaches (14%), direct live-system queries (10%), and long-context loading (6%) fill out the rest, and only 2% let agents run on the model’s general knowledge alone. The concentration matters in light of Finding 1: because so much enterprise context flows through retrieval, the quality of that retrieval is the quality of the answer. When RAG is the default source, thin retrieval is not an edge case — it is the main failure surface.</p><p>One approach is notable for its absence from these answers: customizing model weights, also known as fine-tuning. Every leading source of business context is injected at run time. Our most recent direct measurement of fine-tuning comes from our April–May survey wave (a separate survey, n=136), where fine-tuning capabilities ranked last of six factors in model selection at 5% — even as 26% of that sample still named fine-tuning and customization an investment they expect to grow. Fine-tuning has fallen out of the primary selection conversation; context injection is how enterprises make agents knowledgeable about their business.</p><h2>Finding 3: Provider-native retrieval already leads the vector databases</h2><p><b>OpenAI file search and vertex AI search top the dedicated tools</b></p><p>We asked which retrieval systems enterprises run in production today. The answer favors the model providers and hyperscalers over the specialists.</p><div></div><p>The dedicated vector database is no longer the center of the RAG stack. OpenAI’s file search (40%) and Google’s Vertex AI Search (38%) lead — provider-native and hyperscaler-native retrieval — ahead of every purpose-built vector database. Among the specialists, the most-used is the one enterprises already run for other reasons (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, 20%) and the open, embedded option (pgvector, 12%); the pure-play vector databases that define the category — Weaviate, Qdrant, Pinecone, Milvus — each sit in single digits to low double digits. Notably, 13% of enterprises say they still run no production RAG at all. As with the platforms in the parallel infrastructure wave, enterprises are gravitating to retrieval that comes bundled with tools they already buy.</p><p>The shape of this finding held across both Q2 waves. In April–May (n=161), provider-built retrieval led usage there too, while every dedicated vector database remained marginal — the most-used standalone vector database peaked at 8% of that sample — and the hybrid, pluralistic future was already the consensus expectation (34% expected hybrid retrieval to dominate, with another 29% expecting multiple architectures by use case). Two waves, consistent picture: the category that coined the “vector database” term is being collected by the platforms enterprises already buy from.</p><h2>Finding 4: But they say they want to keep best-of-breed</h2><p><b>A plurality resist consolidating onto a provider’s native stack</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises will respond as model providers bundle retrieval, memory, and orchestration into their platforms. Their stated intent cuts against their current usage.</p><div></div><p>Here is the tension at the heart of the stack. Even as provider-native retrieval leads in practice (Finding 3), a plurality of enterprises (36%) say they intend to keep best-of-breed standalone tools rather than consolidate onto a provider’s native context stack — well ahead of the 21% who plan to consolidate. Another 21% expect a mix, and 9% intend to build and own the layer themselves. The gap between what enterprises run and what they say they want is the strategic question of the category: they are adopting bundled retrieval for convenience while asserting they will preserve independence. Which impulse wins — the pull of the provider bundle or the stated preference for modular control — will shape the retrieval market more than any single tool.</p><h2>Finding 5: Hybrid retrieval is the consensus bet</h2><p><b>Vector-only retrieval is already seen as insufficient</b></p><p>We asked which retrieval architecture enterprises expect to dominate their production RAG systems by the end of 2026. The field is converging — with a large share still unsure.</p><div></div><p>The architecture is settling on hybrid. A third (34%) expect hybrid retrieval — embeddings combined with reranking and access controls — to dominate their production systems by the end of 2026, three times the 11% who expect vector-only retrieval to prevail. That is a notable signal: the pure vector-search approach that launched the category is already viewed as insufficient on its own, superseded by pipelines that add reranking for accuracy and access controls for governance — the very access controls whose absence produces the failures in Finding 1. Tellingly, the second-largest answer is uncertainty: 17% simply don’t know, and another 14% expect to move beyond a dedicated vector layer entirely toward tool-first or long-context retrieval. The consensus is not a single tool but a layered pipeline — and it is not yet fully formed.</p><h2>Finding 6: The governed context layer is being built now</h2><p><b>Most run or are building a semantic layer — few in production</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises use a governed semantic or context layer to give agents and BI a shared understanding of their data. Most are on the path; fewer have arrived.</p><div></div><p>The fix for the context gap is under construction. Well over half of enterprises (58%) either run a governed semantic layer in production (25%) or are piloting and building one (34%), and a further 17% are actively evaluating — meaning three-quarters are engaged with the idea in some form. But the balance is telling: more are building than have shipped, so for most enterprises the shared, governed definition layer that would prevent the "confident but wrong" failures of Finding 1 is still a work in progress. The semantic layer is the industry’s answer to inconsistent context; this wave catches it mid-construction, ambition well ahead of production.</p><h2>Finding 7: Bought on ingestion and simplicity, watched for correctness</h2><p><b>Selection favors operability; monitoring favors correctness and security</b></p><p>We asked what matters most when enterprises choose a retrieval system, and what they track once it is running. Both answers lean practical.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises choose retrieval systems on operability. Ease of data ingestion (36%), latency and performance (32%), and operational simplicity (29%) lead the selection criteria — ahead of retrieval accuracy and access control (23% each), the two factors most directly tied to the failures in Finding 1. Once systems are running, the emphasis shifts toward trust: the most-tracked metrics are response correctness (42%) and security and access control (38%), ahead of latency (28%), operational stability (27%), and answer relevance (23%). </p><p>Satisfaction with current systems is moderately positive but not enthusiastic — on a five-point scale, overall satisfaction averages 4.0, with ease of implementation and value for money both near 3.9. Enterprises buy for how easily a system runs and watch it for whether it can be trusted.</p><h2>Finding 8: A retrieval reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>A majority plan to change providers — and the vector specialists are gaining interest</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to change or add a retrieval provider, and which they are considering. The consideration set differs from today’s stack.</p><div></div><p>The retrieval stack is not settled. While 43% have no plans to change, a small majority (57%) intend to switch or add a provider within twelve months, and a quarter (26%) within the next quarter. The consideration set is where it gets interesting: provider-native retrieval still leads what enterprises are evaluating (OpenAI 22%, Vertex AI Search 21%), but the open-source vector specialists punch above their current footprint — Qdrant (14%) and Milvus (13%) draw more switching interest than their present usage (10% and 6%) would suggest. Read with Finding 4, the picture is a market in flux: enterprises run provider-native today, are evaluating a broader field, and say they want to keep their options open. The reshuffle ahead will test whether best-of-breed intent survives contact with the convenience of the bundle.</p><h1>The bottom line: A context gap that more retrieval alone won’t close</h1><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are wiring agents into their business faster than they can guarantee the context those agents run on. Retrieval is the default source of enterprise context, and it increasingly comes from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than the dedicated vector databases — yet a majority of enterprises have already watched agents answer confidently and wrongly because that context was thin or inconsistent. The failure is not exotic; it is the predictable result of pointing authoritative-sounding agents at an unreliable foundation.</p><p>The industry’s answer — a governed semantic layer, hybrid retrieval with reranking and access controls — is being built but is mostly not yet in production, and enterprises are pulled between the convenience of provider-native bundles and a stated preference for best-of-breed independence. At 101 respondents in a single Q2 wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: the context layer is the next contested tier of the AI stack, and right now agents are running ahead of it. The context gap is not a retrieval-volume problem that more documents or bigger indexes will solve on their own; it is a problem of governed, consistent, access-aware context. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises finish building that layer before the confident-but-wrong failures move from the lab into decisions that matter.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 101 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. At this sample size the results should be read as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement — it's a self-selected sample, not a probability sample, and skews toward the mid-market. Respondents include managers, individual contributors, VPs/directors, and the C-suite, with strong purchasing authority, across technology, healthcare, retail, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, and education.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The agent security gap: 54% of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident, and most still let agents share credentials]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half have already had a confirmed agent security incident or a near-miss; only about a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most agents s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:41 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 107 enterprises, AI agents are being given real access to systems and data while the controls meant to contain them lag behind. More than half have already had a confirmed agent security incident or a near-miss; only about a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most agents still share credentials; and only three in ten isolate their highest-risk agents. The security stack is overwhelmingly borrowed from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than purpose-built for agents, spending remains a thin slice of the security budget, and enterprises are evenly split on whether their defenses are keeping pace with AI-enabled attackers. The result is an agent security gap — autonomous agents proliferating faster than the identity, isolation, and enforcement controls needed to hold them.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines how enterprises secure their AI agents: what tooling they run, how they manage agent identity and isolation, what has already gone wrong, how much they spend, and whether they believe their defenses are keeping pace with AI-enabled attackers.</p><p>The central finding is an agent security gap — the distance between the autonomy enterprises are granting their agents and the controls in place to contain them. More than half of organizations (54%) have already experienced a confirmed agent security incident (18%) or a near-miss caught before harm (36%). The structural weakness beneath those numbers is identity: only about a third (32%) give every agent its own scoped, managed identity, while the rest report that some agents share credentials or that agents mostly run on shared API keys and human or service-account credentials. When agents share credentials, a single compromised or over-permissioned agent carries a wide blast radius — and only three in ten enterprises (30%) isolate their highest-risk agents in sandboxes to bound that radius.</p><p>What makes the gap notable is how comfortable enterprises are inside it. The security stack is overwhelmingly provider-native — OpenAI’s guardrails (51%), Google’s and Microsoft’s cloud controls, and Anthropic’s managed-agent controls dominate, while the dedicated agent-security specialists barely register — and satisfaction with that borrowed stack is high, averaging 4.2 out of 5. Yet spending remains a thin slice of the security budget, only a third of enterprises believe their AI defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers, and a clear majority plan to change tooling within the year. Enterprises are satisfied with controls they are simultaneously preparing to replace.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this instrument focused on enterprise agent security — the tooling, identity, isolation, and enforcement controls organizations use to secure autonomous AI agents. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=107; the survey’s smallest size band, 1–100 employees, is excluded), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By role the sample is senior and buyer-credible: 45% are final decision-makers for AI purchases and another 30% recommenders or influencers. Managers (43%), individual contributors (24%), VPs and directors (15%), and the C-suite (11%) make up the seniority mix. By organization size the sample is mid-market-weighted: 251–1,000 (42%) and 101–250 (25%) employees lead, with 1,001–5,000 (19%), 5,001–10,000 (8%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 23%, followed by Manufacturing (15%), Retail/E-commerce (14%), and Healthcare/Life Sciences (13%).</p><p>At 107 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It skews toward the mid-market, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent security rather than from the largest operators.</p><p>Satisfaction ratings are computed on the respondents who answered each rating question; the overall satisfaction score reflects 82 of the 107 qualified respondents.</p><h2>Finding 1: The incidents are already here</h2><p><b>More than half have had an agent security incident or near-miss</b></p><p>We asked whether organizations had experienced an agent security incident — a confirmed breach, or a near-miss caught before harm. Most that run agents in production had.</p><div></div><p>This is the report’s defining number. More than half of organizations (54%) have already had an agent security event — 18% a confirmed incident and 36% a near-miss caught before it caused harm. Only 42% report nothing, and a small remainder either run no agents in production or don’t track such events. That so many report near-misses rather than only confirmed incidents is telling: enterprises are catching problems, but they are catching them close to the edge. The controls examined in the rest of this report — identity, isolation, enforcement — are what determine whether the next near-miss stays a near-miss.</p><p>Exposure scales with company size, but containment does not. The incident-or-near-miss rate rises from 49% in the mid-market (companies with 101-1,000 employees) to 63% at larger enterprises (above 1,000 employees), while sandbox isolation of high-risk agents falls from 35% to 20%, and satisfaction with security tooling drops from 4.36 to 3.97. The organizations running the most agents across the most systems carry the most incidents and the least of the one control that bounds an incident's blast radius.</p><h2>Finding 2: The identity gap</h2><p><b>Only a third give every agent its own scoped identity</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises manage the identity of their AI agents — whether each agent has its own credentials, or agents share them. Full per-agent identity is the exception.</p><div></div><p>Rolled together, the overlapping answers show 69% of enterprises (74 of 107) with credential sharing somewhere in the agent fleet. Identity is the structural weakness beneath the incidents. Only about a third of enterprises (32%) give every agent its own scoped, managed identity — the precondition for least-privilege access and clean attribution. Nearly half (48%) say some agents have scoped identities but many still share credentials, and another 32% say agents mostly run on shared API keys or borrowed human and service-account credentials. (Respondents could describe more than one pattern across their agent fleet, so these overlap.) </p><p>The consequence is direct: when agents share credentials, an over-permissioned or compromised agent can act with far more reach than intended, and forensics after an incident cannot cleanly tell which agent did what. The non-human identity problem — giving every agent its own governed identity — is the single largest unfinished piece of enterprise agent security.</p><p>Moreover, a company’s agent credential posture is correlated with incidents. Organizations with credential sharing anywhere in the fleet were hit — with an incident or a near-miss in the past twelve months — at 63.5% (47 of 74). Organizations where every agent carries its own scoped identity were hit at 40.9% (9 of 22). The fully-scoped group is small, so for now the relationship is an association rather than proven causation, and the gap is concentrated in the mid-market — but within a single survey, a twenty-three point difference in incident rate suggests significance.</p><h2>Finding 3: Observe and enforce, but rarely isolate</h2><p><b>Only three in 10 sandbox their highest-risk agents</b></p><p>We asked what an organization’s agent security posture looks like in practice — whether they observe, enforce, isolate, or some combination. The control that bounds damage is the least common.</p><div></div><p>Monitoring and enforcement are reasonably common; containment is not. Roughly half of enterprises observe agent activity (47%) or enforce scoped permissions at runtime (49%), but only 30% isolate their highest-risk agents in sandboxes that bound the blast radius when the other controls fail. That ordering is backwards from a defense-in-depth standpoint: observation tells you what happened, enforcement tries to prevent it, but isolation is what limits the damage when prevention fails — and it is the control enterprises have adopted least. Combined with the identity gap in Finding 2, the picture is of agents that are watched and permissioned but rarely boxed in, which is precisely the configuration in which a single failure propagates.</p><h2>Finding 4: Security runs on borrowed, provider-native controls</h2><p><b>Guardrails from OpenAI, Google and Microsoft dominate; specialists barely register</b></p><p>We asked which agent security tooling enterprises use, and which is their primary layer. The answer favors the model providers and hyperscalers over the dedicated security vendors.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises are securing agents with tools that came bundled with their models and clouds. OpenAI’s guardrails lead at 51%, followed by Google’s and Microsoft’s cloud-native controls and Anthropic’s managed-agent controls — and when asked to name their single primary security layer, 82% name one of these provider-native offerings. The purpose-built agent-security category — Palo Alto’s Prisma AIRS, CrowdStrike, Cisco AI Defense, Zenity, HiddenLayer, Check Point’s Lakera, Okta for AI Agents, non-human identity platforms — barely registers, each in the low single digits, and only 5% run no dedicated tooling at all. As with retrieval and evaluation elsewhere in this series, the provider bundle is winning the default: enterprises reach first for the guardrails their platform ships, and the independent security layer that would address the identity and isolation gaps has not yet been adopted at scale.</p><p>The provider-default pattern is consistent across both Q2 survey waves. In April–May (n=110), usage was led by the same names — OpenAI's controls at 26%, Azure at 15%, AWS at 14%, Google at 12% — with every dedicated agent-security specialist at 3% or below and one in ten using no dedicated tooling at all. The common finding from the two surveys: Enterprises are defaulting to the solutions provided by the platform they’re using, and the specialist category vendors have yet to become big players here.</p><p>(<i>A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, the respondent sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, and the usage question counted every vendor or approach a respondent has in place — so the figures measure presence in the security stack rather than spending or exclusivity. Individual vendor percentages therefore carry all the usual sample caveats. The structural pattern, however, held across both Q2 waves on two differently worded questions: provider-native and hyperscaler controls lead, and dedicated agent-security specialists remain in low single digits. Read the individual shares loosely and the pattern with confidence.)</i></p><h2>Finding 5: And enterprises are comfortable with it</h2><p><b>Satisfaction is high, even as incidents mount and identity lags</b></p><p>We asked how satisfied enterprises are with their current agent security tooling. The comfort is notably out of step with the exposure documented above.</p><div></div><p>Satisfaction with agent security tooling is high — 4.2 out of 5 overall, and 4.1 for value for money — among the most positive readings in this series. That is the striking part: enterprises are highly satisfied with a stack that is mostly borrowed provider guardrails, even though more than half have already had an incident or near-miss and only a third give their agents scoped identities. The comfort appears to rest on the convenience and low friction of provider-native controls rather than on demonstrated containment. It is a false comfort in the making — the same enterprises expressing satisfaction are, as Finding 8 shows, a clear majority planning to change tooling within the year, which suggests the confidence is thinner than the score implies.</p><h2>Finding 6: Budgets haven’t caught up</h2><p><b>Most spend under a tenth of the security budget on agents</b></p><p>We asked what share of the security budget enterprises allocate to securing AI agents. For a fast-emerging risk, the allocation is modest.</p><div></div><p>Spending on agent security is still a thin slice. The most common allocation is 6–10% of the security budget (46%), and a third of enterprises (34%) spend 5% or less; only a quarter (24%) devote more than a tenth. Given the incident rate in Finding 1 and the identity and isolation gaps in Findings 2 and 3, the budget looks like a lagging indicator — the risk has arrived faster than the funding to address it. The enterprises spending more than a tenth of their security budget on agents are a distinct minority, and they are likely the ones building the scoped-identity and isolation controls the rest have not.</p><h1>Finding 7: The arms race is even, at best</h1><p><b>Only a third think their AI defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers</b></p><p>We asked how enterprises assess the balance between their AI-enabled defenses and AI-enabled attackers. Confidence is far from settled.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises are split on whether they are winning. Only about a third (35%) believe their AI-enabled defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers; the rest are less sure — 32% call it roughly even, 21% think attackers are ahead, and another 21% say it is too early to tell. Taken together, a clear majority (53%) rate the balance as even or tilted toward the attacker. That uncertainty sits uneasily beside the high satisfaction of Finding 5: enterprises are content with their tooling yet unconvinced it is winning the contest it exists to win. In a domain where the offense is also compounding with AI, an even race is not a comfortable place to be.</p><h2>Finding 8: A security reshuffle is coming</h2><p><b>Nearly six in 10 plan to adopt or switch tooling within a year</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises plan to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent security solution, and which they are considering. Few intend to stand pat.</p><div></div><p>The security stack is not settled. While 41% have no plans to change, a clear majority (59%) intend to adopt a new, additional, or replacement agent security solution within twelve months, and 29% within the next quarter — a strong signal that, high satisfaction notwithstanding, enterprises know the current stack is provisional. Incidents are what start the buying cycle. </p><p>Among organizations that have been hit, 42.1% plan to adopt, add, or replace agent security tooling within the next ninety days, against 14.0% of organizations with no incident — and after a confirmed incident it becomes majority behavior, at 52.6%. Getting hit also changes the threat assessment: 33.3% of hit organizations say AI-armed attackers are ahead of their defenses, against 8.0% of the unhit. Experience, in this data, is the strongest predictor of both urgency and pessimism.</p><p>The consideration set still leans provider-native (OpenAI 34%, Google 30%, Anthropic 29%, Azure 25%), but the dedicated security vendors — Cloudflare, Cisco, Palo Alto, Okta, Check Point’s Lakera — draw early interest in the mid-to-high single digits, more than their current footprint. </p><p>What the shopping does not yet include is the identity layer specifically. Twelve percent of the respondents include an agent-identity product — Okta for AI Agents, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, or a non-human identity platform — anywhere in their consideration set, and among the credential-sharing organizations that have already had an incident, identity consideration is essentially unchanged, at roughly one in ten. The control most directly implicated by the incident data is the one largely missing from the purchase plans. Whether this wave hardens the provider-native default or finally opens the door to purpose-built agent security — the identity and isolation controls the incidents call for — is the question this series will keep tracking.</p><h2>The bottom line: A security gap that autonomy will test first</h2><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are giving AI agents real reach into systems and data while securing them with controls built for something else. More than half have already had an incident or near-miss; only a third give every agent its own scoped identity, and most still share credentials; only three in ten isolate their highest-risk agents; and the stack doing this work is overwhelmingly borrowed from the model providers and hyperscalers rather than purpose-built for agents.</p><p>The uncomfortable pairing is confidence with exposure: satisfaction with the current tooling is among the highest in this series, yet spending is a thin slice of the security budget, only a third believe their defenses are ahead of AI-enabled attackers, and a clear majority are already planning to replace what they have. At 107 respondents in a single wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market — but the direction is clear: agent adoption is running ahead of agent security, and the controls that matter most when something fails — scoped identity and isolation — are the ones enterprises have built least. The agent security gap is not a coverage problem that a provider guardrail will close on its own; it is a problem of identity, isolation, and enforcement built for autonomous software. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises close it deliberately — or whether a confirmed incident closes it for them.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 107 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single June 2026 wave. This is a directional read, not a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, so it's best read as the view from organizations actively standing up agent security rather than from the largest operators. Respondents are senior and buyer-credible (45% final decision-makers, 30% recommenders/influencers), spanning managers through the C-suite, and drawn primarily from Technology/Software, Manufacturing, Retail/E-commerce, and Healthcare/Life Sciences.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:19:39 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model-provider APIs, yet the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute almost none of them use today; a majority intend to switch or add providers within the year, many within a quarter. Buying decisions turn on integration and total cost of ownership rather than headline token price — which is fortunate, because most enterprises cannot yet see their unit economics clearly: GPUs sit at half utilization or less, and fewer than half rigorously track what their compute actually costs. The result is a compute gap — heavy, fast-moving investment running ahead of the visibility needed to control it.</p><p>This wave of VentureBeat Pulse Research examines enterprise AI infrastructure and compute: where organizations are in their deployment journey, what they run AI on today, how satisfied they are, what would make them switch, where they plan to evaluate their investments, and — most revealingly — how well they can measure and control the economics of the compute underneath it all.</p><p>The central finding is a compute gap — the distance between how aggressively enterprises are investing in AI infrastructure and how little of its economics they can see. Only about one in five (21%) run AI in production at scale, yet spending intentions are outrunning that maturity: the single largest planned area enterprises plan to evaluate over the next year is AI-specialized clouds (45%), a layer almost none of these enterprises use today. Meanwhile the compute already in place runs cold — 83% report GPU utilization of 50% or less — and fewer than half (44%) can rigorously track what their AI compute costs. Enterprises are buying more infrastructure faster than they can account for what they already own.</p><p>Enterprises are not settled on their infrastructure vendors, either: A clear majority (64%) plan to switch or add an infrastructure provider within twelve months, and 38% within the next quarter — unusually high churn intent for a category this foundational. When they choose, they choose on integration with the existing stack (41%) and total cost of ownership (35%), not on headline price: cost per million tokens is the deciding factor for just 8%. And the frontier constraint that will shape the next round of decisions — the shift from GPU compute to memory bandwidth as inference scales — is barely on the radar, with roughly one in five enterprises either unaware of it or yet to address it.</p><h2>Methodology</h2><p>VentureBeat fielded this survey as part of its ongoing Pulse Research series, this survey focused on enterprise AI infrastructure, compute, and inference economics. Responses are filtered to organizations with more than 100 employees (n=107; the survey’s smallest size band, 1–100 employees, is excluded), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the report reads cross-sectionally and does not infer month-over-month trends. Several questions were multiple-select, so those shares can sum to more than 100%.</p><p>By organization size the sample concentrates in the mid-market: 101–250 employees (36%) and 251–1,000 (27%) lead, with 1,001–5,000 (22%), 5,001–10,000 (8%), and 10,001+ (7%) above them. By role it spans managers (38%), individual contributors (28%), VPs and directors (19%), and the C-suite (13%); on purchasing authority it is buyer-credible, with 45% final decision-makers and another 30% recommenders or influencers for AI solutions. Technology/Software is the largest industry at 26%, followed by Healthcare/Life Sciences (15%), Financial Services (13%), and Retail/E-commerce (12%).</p><p>At 107 respondents the sample is large enough to read directionally but should be treated as a directional signal rather than a precise measurement; it is self-selected and is not a probability sample. It also skews toward the mid-market and toward earlier-stage adopters, so it is best read as the view from organizations actively building out AI infrastructure rather than from the largest hyperscale operators.</p><h2>Finding 1: Ambition outpaces production</h2><p><b>Only one in five run AI in production at scale</b></p><p>We asked where organizations sit in their AI deployment journey. Most are still building toward production rather than operating at scale.</p><div></div><p>The maturity curve is front-loaded. Three-quarters of enterprises (76%) are either experimenting or running only some workloads in production, and just 21% describe AI in production at scale. This matters for everything that follows: the infrastructure decisions in this report are being made largely by organizations still early in deployment, whose compute footprint — and whose costs — are about to grow. The evaluation and switching intentions in Findings 3 and 4 are the leading edge of that build-out, not the settled preferences of operators who have already found what works.</p><h2>Finding 2: Enterprises run on hyperscalers and model APIs</h2><p><b>The specialized GPU clouds barely register — today</b></p><p>We asked which providers and platforms enterprises currently use to run their AI. The answer is a familiar one: the incumbents.</p><div></div><p>The current stack is hyperscaler-and-API. Google Cloud leads at 48%, and the general-purpose clouds (Google, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle) together with the major model APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic) account for essentially all current deployment. The specialized “neocloud” GPU providers that dominate AI-infrastructure headlines — CoreWeave, Lambda, Crusoe, Nebius and peers — register at or near zero among these enterprises today. Only 6% run their own on-prem GPU clusters and 4% a custom open-source stack. Enterprises are, for now, running AI on the providers they already buy from — which makes the evaluation intentions in Finding 3 all the more striking.</p><p><i>(A note on reading these shares. As described in the methodology section, this sample is self-selected and skews mid-market, and this question counted every provider a respondent uses — an average of 2.1 selections each — so the figures measure presence in the stack rather than spending or primary status. A sample built this way will show a different provider mix than a spend-weighted census of the broader market; Google's strength here, for example, is consistent with its long-standing position among smaller enterprises building on AI. Read these shares as a portrait of what this AI-active cohort runs today, and treat gaps between these figures and industry-wide market share estimates as a property of the sample rather than a contradiction of either.)</i></p><h2>Finding 3: The next dollar goes to infrastructure they don’t yet run</h2><p><b>AI-specialized clouds top the evaluations list</b></p><p>We asked where enterprises planned to evaluate AI infrastructure over the next 12 months. Their answers point away from the stack they run today.</p><div></div><p>Here is the report’s sharpest tension. The single most-cited planned evaluation area — AI-specialized clouds, at 45% — is the very category almost none of these enterprises use today (Finding 2). Nearly a third (32%) intend to evaluate non-Nvidia accelerators, and 28% in next-generation Nvidia silicon; even decentralized compute networks (16%) and sovereign compute (11%) draw meaningful interest. Read against current usage, this is not incremental — it is the leading edge of a re-platforming. The direction-of-travel question tells the same story: every infrastructure approach is net-expanding, but specialized AI clouds carry the highest net momentum (+24), edging out even the hyperscalers (+22). Enterprises are preparing to move a meaningful share of AI compute off the general-purpose cloud.</p><p>This continues a trend we saw in our April-May survey wave. Back then, usage of the AI-specialized clouds was equally marginal — CoreWeave at 3%, Lambda at 4%, Crusoe at 2% of enterprises. When we asked enterprises what change they planned in their AI infrastructure strategy over the next twelve months, the most-cited answer was moving workloads to specialized AI clouds, at 33%. Asked in April-May which emerging compute option they were most likely to evaluate AI-specialized clouds again drew the most responses. Two waves, two differently worded questions, one consistent picture: the type of cloud enterprises are most eager to assess is the type they have barely begun to use.</p><h2>Finding 4: A switching wave is building</h2><p><b>Six in 10 plan to change providers within a year — many within a quarter</b></p><p>We asked whether and when enterprises plan to switch or add an infrastructure provider. Very few intend to stand still.</p><div></div><p>For a category as foundational as compute, this is a remarkable amount of intended movement. Only 36% have no plans to change, meaning a clear majority (64%) intend to switch or add a provider within twelve months — and 38% within the next quarter alone. Where that interest points is telling: the providers drawing the most switching consideration are again the incumbents — Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud (33% each), OpenAI (30%), and Gemini (22%) — which suggests much of the near-term movement is reshuffling among the majors and consolidating spend rather than defecting to new entrants. The neocloud interest in Finding 3 is a 12-month evaluation thesis; the switching in the next quarter is mostly incumbents trading share.</p><p>(<i>Method note: Respondents who selected both "no plans to change" and a specific switching window are counted as switchers, on the logic that naming a timeframe is the more specific answer; three respondents were reclassified under this rule.</i>)</p><h2>Finding 5: Nobody buys on token price</h2><p><b>Integration and total cost of ownership decide — not sticker price</b></p><p>We asked what matters most when enterprises select an AI infrastructure provider. Headline price finished last.</p><div></div><p>Enterprises do not buy AI infrastructure on pricing, which is the place vendors compete on hardest. Integration with the existing stack (41%) and total cost of ownership (35%) dominate, while the headline metric — cost per million tokens — is the deciding factor for just 8%, dead last. The pattern is coherent: buyers are optimizing for how a provider fits and what it truly costs to operate, not for the advertised unit rate. It also foreshadows Finding 7 — enterprises say TCO matters most, yet most cannot yet measure it rigorously. The stated priority and the measured capability are out of step.</p><h2>Finding 6: Expensive GPUs, idle most of the time</h2><p><b>83% report GPU utilization of 50% or less</b></p><p>We asked what share of their GPU capacity enterprises actually utilize. The answer is a well-known but rarely quantified inefficiency.</p><div></div><p><i>Disclosure: Band percentages count every selection against all 107 qualified respondents; 14 respondents selected more than one band, so bands overlap. At the respondent level, 83 of the 100 GPU-operating enterprises reported utilization at or below 50%</i></p><p>The compute already in place runs cold. Adding the bands at or below half capacity, 83% of enterprises that operate GPUs report utilization of 50% or less, and nearly half (49%) run at 25% or below. Only 12% clear the 50% mark, and a further 8% do not measure utilization at all. Idle accelerators are expensive accelerators, and this is the clearest single measure of the compute gap: enterprises are planning to buy more GPUs and specialized compute (Finding 3) while the capacity they already own sits substantially unused. The efficiency headroom in the current fleet is large — and largely unmeasured.</p><h2>Finding 7: Spending fast, measuring slowly</h2><p><b>Fewer than half rigorously track what their compute costs</b></p><p>We asked whether enterprises can quantify the cost and return of their AI infrastructure spend, and how satisfied they are with what they run. Confidence in the ledger lags the spending.</p><div></div><p>Measurement trails money. Fewer than half of enterprises (44%) rigorously track the cost and return of their AI compute; the majority track only partially (39%), cannot quantify it yet (20%), or have not prioritized it (6%). That gap is consequential given Finding 5, where total cost of ownership was the second-ranked buying criterion — enterprises are choosing providers on an economic basis they mostly cannot yet measure. Satisfaction with current infrastructure is moderately positive but not enthusiastic: on a five-point scale, overall satisfaction averages 4.0, with ease of implementation (3.8) and value for money (3.9) trailing slightly — the softness landing, tellingly, on cost. Enterprises are spending quickly and accounting slowly.</p><h2>Finding 8: The next bottleneck few are watching</h2><p><b>As inference shifts from compute to memory, the field scatters</b></p><p>Finally, we asked how enterprises would address the emerging constraint in large-scale inference — the shift from GPU compute to memory, specifically KV-cache capacity. The responses reveal a frontier that is not yet a priority.</p><div></div><p>The memory frontier is real but barely governed. Asked which approach they would rely on as the binding constraint in inference shifts from compute to memory bandwidth, enterprises scatter: Dell leads at 31%, Nvidia follows at 16%, and the rest fragments across storage vendors, open-source tooling, and model-level efficiency techniques. Most telling is that roughly one in five (18%) either do not recognize the constraint or have not begun to address it. For a shift that will reshape inference cost and architecture, this is an early and unsettled market — and, consistent with the measurement gap in Finding 7, one where many enterprises simply do not yet have a view. It is the next chapter of the compute gap, arriving before most have closed the current one.</p><h2>The bottom line: A compute gap that faster spending will widen, not close</h2><p>Organizations with more than 100 employees are investing in AI infrastructure faster than they can measure it. Most are still early in deployment, yet their spending intentions point past their current stack — toward specialized clouds and alternative accelerators almost none of them run today — and a clear majority intend to change providers within the year. They buy on integration and total cost of ownership rather than headline price, which is rational; the difficulty is that most cannot yet see those economics clearly.</p><p>The visibility gap is concrete. The GPUs enterprises already own run at half utilization or less for the overwhelming majority, and fewer than half can rigorously track what their compute costs or returns. Satisfaction is decent but unenthusiastic, softest on value for money — the dimension hardest to judge without measurement. And the next constraint, the shift from compute to memory in large-scale inference, is arriving while most enterprises are still unaware of it. At 107 respondents in a single Q2 wave this is a directional read, skewed toward the mid-market and earlier-stage adopters — but the direction is consistent: the appetite to spend is running well ahead of the instrumentation to spend well. The compute gap is not a capacity problem that more hardware will solve on its own; it is, first, a problem of seeing what the hardware already costs. The open question for later waves is whether enterprises build that visibility before the re-platforming arrives — or buy the next layer of infrastructure as blind to its economics as the last.</p><hr><p><i>Based on survey responses from 107 qualified enterprise respondents (100+ employees), drawn from a single Q2 2026 (June) wave. Because this is one wave rather than a pooled multi-month sample, the results read cross-sectionally rather than as a month-over-month trend, and at 107 respondents this is a directional signal rather than a precise measurement — the sample is self-selected, skews mid-market, and leans toward earlier-stage adopters rather than the largest hyperscale operators. Respondents include managers, individual contributors, VPs/directors, and the C-suite, with buyer-credible purchasing authority, across Technology/Software, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Financial Services, Retail/E-commerce, and other industries.</i></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  The European Union has reignited a fierce debate over privacy and surveillance with the revival of its so‑called “Chat Control 1.0” framework. The measure restores a legal basis for major technology companies to voluntarily scan users’ private communications for…</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent L...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent LLMs at an almost monthly cadence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His comments came a day after <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash</a> and 3.5 Flash Cyber but offered no update on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, the company’s delayed flagship reasoning model that many developers had expected to arrive weeks earlier.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google introduced the Gemini 3.5 family at its annual I/O conference, promising to release the Pro model in June. That timeline has since slipped, with <a href="http://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bloomberg suggesting Gemini 3.5 Pro is months late</a> because the model’s coding performance is falling short of internal expectations, especially when compared to better performance by similar models from OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of revisiting the Gemini 3.5 Pro timeline, Pichai used the earnings call to shift the discussion toward Gemini 4, when asked about how his company planned to navigate an increasingly competitive race to release frontier AI models by to Barclays Investment Bank analyst Ross Sandler.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We are creating a baseline on top of which you will see us rapidly iterate on subsequent model releases. And so picking up pace and releasing models almost at a monthly cadence is part of our road map as we are building Gemini 4 as well,” Pichai said during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzExSq9DU9w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">call</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sandler’s question followed one from JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co analyst <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-anmuth-9229621/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Douglas Anmuth</a>, who asked Pichai if Google was releasing frontier AI models frequently enough to keep pace with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pichai had responded to Anmuth’s question that Google remained confident of competing at the frontier and was investing heavily in a larger Gemini 4 base model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts, though, aren’t as confident as Pichai.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While delays to Google’s frontier model roadmap have not triggered an exodus of existing customers, either because of high switching costs or because many enterprises already running multi-model architectures, they have made CIOs evaluating AI platforms more cautious about making new commitments, said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhupendrachopra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bhupendra Chopra</a>, chief revenue officer at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A monthly model release cadence could prove to be a double-edged sword for enterprises and their CIOs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While a monthly release cadence could help enterprises gain faster access to improvements in model performance, cost and capabilities, it will also require CIOs to invest more heavily in testing, governance and version management to safely adopt those updates, said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, <a href="https://pareekh.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, principal analyst at Pareekh Consulting, said enterprises will embrace a faster release cadence only if each successive model delivers measurable improvements in performance, cost or safety, rather than simply changing version number.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The challenge for CIOs, Jain said, is not just keeping up with model releases; it’s deciding whether each new version is worth the cost of validating it.</p>



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<title><![CDATA[The RAM crisis just forced Framework into a nasty price hike — and Apple's rumored solution to the memory crunch is renting Macs to cash-strapped consumers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple's plan to sidestep the RAM crisis could be renting Macs, iPhones and iPads to consumers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google CEO distracts from Gemini 3.5 Pro delay with talk of Gemini 4 and monthly releases]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent L...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent LLMs at an almost monthly cadence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His comments came a day after <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash</a> and 3.5 Flash Cyber but offered no update on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, the company’s delayed flagship reasoning model that many developers had expected to arrive weeks earlier.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google introduced the Gemini 3.5 family at its annual I/O conference, promising to release the Pro model in June. That timeline has since slipped, with <a href="http://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bloomberg suggesting Gemini 3.5 Pro is months late</a> because the model’s coding performance is falling short of internal expectations, especially when compared to better performance by similar models from OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of revisiting the Gemini 3.5 Pro timeline, Pichai used the earnings call to shift the discussion toward Gemini 4, when asked about how his company planned to navigate an increasingly competitive race to release frontier AI models by to Barclays Investment Bank analyst Ross Sandler.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We are creating a baseline on top of which you will see us rapidly iterate on subsequent model releases. And so picking up pace and releasing models almost at a monthly cadence is part of our road map as we are building Gemini 4 as well,” Pichai said during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzExSq9DU9w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">call</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sandler’s question followed one from JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co analyst <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-anmuth-9229621/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Douglas Anmuth</a>, who asked Pichai if Google was releasing frontier AI models frequently enough to keep pace with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pichai had responded to Anmuth’s question that Google remained confident of competing at the frontier and was investing heavily in a larger Gemini 4 base model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts, though, aren’t as confident as Pichai.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While delays to Google’s frontier model roadmap have not triggered an exodus of existing customers, either because of high switching costs or because many enterprises already running multi-model architectures, they have made CIOs evaluating AI platforms more cautious about making new commitments, said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhupendrachopra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bhupendra Chopra</a>, chief revenue officer at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A monthly model release cadence could prove to be a double-edged sword for enterprises and their CIOs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While a monthly release cadence could help enterprises gain faster access to improvements in model performance, cost and capabilities, it will also require CIOs to invest more heavily in testing, governance and version management to safely adopt those updates, said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, <a href="https://pareekh.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, principal analyst at Pareekh Consulting, said enterprises will embrace a faster release cadence only if each successive model delivers measurable improvements in performance, cost or safety, rather than simply changing version number.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The challenge for CIOs, Jain said, is not just keeping up with model releases; it’s deciding whether each new version is worth the cost of validating it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4200818/google-ceo-distracts-from-gemini-3-5-pro-delay-with-talk-of-gemini-4-and-monthly-releases.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Google CEO distracts from Gemini 3.5 Pro delay with talk of Gemini 4 and monthly releases]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent L...]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to allay concerns over the delayed release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro large language model. He dodged questions about it in Google’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday by focusing on the company’s next frontier AI model, Gemini 4, and plans to release subsequent LLMs at an almost monthly cadence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His comments came a day after <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google unveiled Gemini 3.6 Flash</a> and 3.5 Flash Cyber but offered no update on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, the company’s delayed flagship reasoning model that many developers had expected to arrive weeks earlier.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google introduced the Gemini 3.5 family at its annual I/O conference, promising to release the Pro model in June. That timeline has since slipped, with <a href="http://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/google-gemini-launch-delayed-as-tech-falls-short-of-internal-goals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bloomberg suggesting Gemini 3.5 Pro is months late</a> because the model’s coding performance is falling short of internal expectations, especially when compared to better performance by similar models from OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instead of revisiting the Gemini 3.5 Pro timeline, Pichai used the earnings call to shift the discussion toward Gemini 4, when asked about how his company planned to navigate an increasingly competitive race to release frontier AI models by to Barclays Investment Bank analyst Ross Sandler.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We are creating a baseline on top of which you will see us rapidly iterate on subsequent model releases. And so picking up pace and releasing models almost at a monthly cadence is part of our road map as we are building Gemini 4 as well,” Pichai said during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzExSq9DU9w" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">call</a>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sandler’s question followed one from JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co analyst <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-anmuth-9229621/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Douglas Anmuth</a>, who asked Pichai if Google was releasing frontier AI models frequently enough to keep pace with rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pichai had responded to Anmuth’s question that Google remained confident of competing at the frontier and was investing heavily in a larger Gemini 4 base model.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Analysts, though, aren’t as confident as Pichai.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While delays to Google’s frontier model roadmap have not triggered an exodus of existing customers, either because of high switching costs or because many enterprises already running multi-model architectures, they have made CIOs evaluating AI platforms more cautious about making new commitments, said <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhupendrachopra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bhupendra Chopra</a>, chief revenue officer at IT consulting firm Kanerika.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A monthly model release cadence could prove to be a double-edged sword for enterprises and their CIOs.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While a monthly release cadence could help enterprises gain faster access to improvements in model performance, cost and capabilities, it will also require CIOs to invest more heavily in testing, governance and version management to safely adopt those updates, said <a href="https://greyhoundresearch.com/svg/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sanchit Vir Gogia</a>, chief analyst at Greyhound Research.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Similarly, <a href="https://pareekh.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pareekh Jain</a>, principal analyst at Pareekh Consulting, said enterprises will embrace a faster release cadence only if each successive model delivers measurable improvements in performance, cost or safety, rather than simply changing version number.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The challenge for CIOs, Jain said, is not just keeping up with model releases; it’s deciding whether each new version is worth the cost of validating it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This article first appeared on <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/4200818/google-ceo-distracts-from-gemini-3-5-pro-delay-with-talk-of-gemini-4-and-monthly-releases.html">InfoWorld</a>.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Startup Founders Urge Trump Not to Shut Off Chinese Open Weight AI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, are urging the Trump administration not to block U.S. access to Chinese open-weight AI models or risk crippling the next generation of U.S. startups. Politico reports: On Wednesday, the newly-formed Little Tech Association se...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:18:19 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton and Y Combinator, are urging the Trump administration not to block U.S. access to Chinese open-weight AI models or risk crippling the next generation of U.S. startups. Politico reports: On Wednesday, the newly-formed Little Tech Association sent letters to President Donald Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others in the administration with its appeal, marking the first coordinated effort by Silicon Valley's wider influential startup community to weigh in on one of the Trump administration's most closely watched AI debates. At issue: whether Washington should restrict access to increasingly powerful open-weight -- meaning, AI models whose weights are publicly available -- AI models released by Chinese companies such as Moonshot AI and Alibaba.
 
"American leadership requires two things: world-leading American open-weight models and continued access for U.S. builders to open models already available worldwide," the startup founders wrote in the letter (PDF) obtained by POLITICO, also sent to Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios. Instead of broad prohibitions, they argue the government should adopt targeted safeguards.
 
And they warn that banning Americans from downloading Chinese open-weight models wouldn't stop their proliferation -- but would weaken U.S. startups. "There'll be hundreds of companies that instantly die," said Suhail Doshi, founder of AI infrastructure startup Particle and a member of the association, which POLITICO first wrote about exclusively, in an interview. "It's great for Anthropic. We're all going to have to spend money on Anthropic." Last week, the Beijing-based AI company "Moonshot" released a massive new model that reset the AI race overnight, immediately vaulting into the top tier of global AI, beating Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in front-end coding tests. 
China's Xi Jinping also used his first appearance at China's World AI Conference to promote a vision of low-cost, broadly accessible AI and call for international cooperation rather than technological rivalry.<p></p><div class="share_submission">
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Xbox Insiders can stream games from their libraries for free in ad-supported streaming sessions starting today. The free streaming sessions are limited to games you already own, and sessions are capped at one hour. However, ads will only play "before sessions begin." It's also optional - you won'...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AIElon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:35:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI</p><p>Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge).</p><p>The world’s richest person, and briefly its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jun/12/spacex-float-us-stock-market-share-elon-musk-trillionaire-largest-ipo-ever-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a2c6faa8f08b3c2b5d2e143#block-6a2c6faa8f08b3c2b5d2e143">first trillionaire</a> after his SpaceX company floated on the US stock exchange in June, made the confession in a <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/23/elon-musks-vision-of-the-future">wide-ranging interview</a> with the Economist published on Thursday. He shared his positions on subjects from foreign wars to AI, and made a number of eye-opening predictions for the future.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/elon-musk-regret-trump-doge-ai">Continue reading...</a>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Gartner: Billionen US-Dollar für KI werden sich über neue Produkte amortisieren]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Die Rechenzentren erwirtschaften vielleicht nie die Einnahmen, um die KI-Investitionen zu amortisieren, aber sie ermöglichen neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen, die dies laut Gartner schaffen werden. Ein Interview von Achim Sawall (Gartner, KI)]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Die Rechenzentren erwirtschaften vielleicht nie die Einnahmen, um die KI-Investitionen zu amortisieren, aber sie ermöglichen neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen, die dies laut Gartner schaffen werden. Ein Interview von Achim Sawall (<a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/gartner/">Gartner</a>, <a href="https://www.golem.de/specials/ki/">KI</a>) <img src="https://cpx.golem.de/cpx.php?class=17&amp;aid=211217&amp;page=1&amp;ts=1784819042" alt="" width="1" height="1">]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Campaign Evolved proves that the first Halo adventure is still fun to play 25 years later]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Halo: Campaign Evolved brings the classic sci-fi shooter to modern standards.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689427/it-nachrichten/campaign-evolved-proves-that-the-first-halo-adventure-is-still-fun-to-play-25-years-later/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russian State-Supported Cyber Actors Conduct Phishing Campaign Targeting Users of Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Executive summary 
A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboratio...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:59:29 +0200</pubDate>
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<h2><strong>Executive summary</strong> </h2>
<p>A group of Russian state-supported cyber actors has been targeting and compromising various Western government and commercial organizations using the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) software since at least July 2025. The Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) group’s activity is tracked in the cybersecurity community under several names (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#cyber1">Cybersecurity industry tracking</a>), primarily as “LAUNDRY BEAR,” a name initially coined by the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>].</p>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR’s targeting is almost certainly to gather sensitive information for the Russian Federation, with these actors primarily focusing on the covert acquisition of email data. Previous campaigns indicated LAUNDRY BEAR relied on unsophisticated initial access techniques—including password spraying, phishing, and pass-the-cookie—allowing the group to successfully run high-volume operations. The latest campaign targeting ZCS uses a novel exploit that was a zero-day vulnerability when first exploited and continues to be successfully exploited. The vulnerability, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, was patched in November 2025. This demonstrates LAUNDRY BEAR’s intent and ability to deploy increasingly sophisticated technical capabilities.</p>
<p>Unlike traditional phishing campaigns that persuade a user into taking an action, such as clicking a link or opening a file, LAUNDRY BEAR’s latest campaign leverages a view-based exploit that only requires a user to view a malicious email within a vulnerable version of the webmail service. Once viewed, the exploit attempts to exfiltrate the victim’s last 90 days of email communications, the organization email directory (i.e., Global Address List [GAL]), and other sensitive information to servers controlled by LAUNDRY BEAR. The exploit also attempts to establish persistent access to victim accounts through a variety of means as detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section.</p>
<p>This Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) warns of this ongoing malicious threat activity and urges organizations to update their vulnerable software and implement additional mitigations to thwart these Russian state-supported actors’ continued success. The CSA is being released by the following authoring and co-sealing agencies:</p>
<ul>
<li>United States National Security Agency (NSA)</li>
<li>United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)</li>
<li>Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD)</li>
<li>Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)</li>
<li>United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)</li>
<li>United States Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)</li>
<li>United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3)</li>
<li>United States Department of the Treasury</li>
<li>United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)</li>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC)</li>
<li>Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSE’s) Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre)</li>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)</li>
<li>United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)</li>
<li>Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li>Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f4"><sup>4</sup></a></li>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li>French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li>French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f8"><sup>8</sup></a></li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f9"><sup>9</sup></a></li>
<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f10"><sup>10</sup></a></li>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f11"><sup>11</sup></a></li>
<li>The Military Counterintelligence Service of Poland (SKW)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f12"><sup>12</sup></a></li>
<li>Spain National Intelligence Centre (CNI)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f13"><sup>13</sup></a></li>
<li>Sweden National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-SE)<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f14"><sup>14</sup></a></li>
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<p>The authoring agencies urge any organizations using ZCS to implement the recommendations listed within the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#mitigations1">Mitigations</a> section of this advisory to reduce the risk associated with this activity. This CSA also includes specific remediations for organizations to implement if they discover the presence of the listed <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">Indicators of compromise</a> (IOCs).  </p>
<p>As more organizations update their ZCS software based on this CSA, LAUNDRY BEAR may discontinue the current campaign exploiting this vulnerability; however, based on the success of this and previous campaigns, it is very likely that the group will continue to target ZCS and other email systems used by organizations in Western countries. The actors will almost certainly continue to rely on email to engage potential victims by exploiting novel vulnerabilities and, when necessary, use social engineering techniques to assist with their efforts. The authoring agencies recommend organizations regularly update their mail service software and continuously monitor their email systems and emails for malicious activity.</p>
<p>For a downloadable list of IOCs, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.xml">AA26-204A.stix.xml</a> (STIX XML)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/AA26-204A.stix_.json">AA26-204A.stix.json</a> (STIX JSON)</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Cybersecurity industry tracking</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>The cybersecurity industry provides overlapping cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and mitigation recommendations related to these Russian state-supported cyber actors. While not exhaustive, the following are threat group names commonly used for these actors within the cybersecurity community:</p>
<ul>
<li>LAUNDRY BEAR</li>
<li>Void Blizzard [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]</li>
<li>CL-STA-1114 [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc3">3</a>]</li>
<li>TA488 (formerly UNK_PitStop) [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc4">4</a>]</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Cybersecurity companies have different methods of tracking and attributing cyber actors, and this may not be a 1:1 correlation to the U.S. government’s understanding for all activity related to these groupings.</p>
<h2><strong>Background</strong></h2>
<p>Public advisories from Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), and Microsoft highlighted these Russian state-supported advanced persistent threat (APT) actors in May 2025, calling them LAUNDRY BEAR and Void Blizzard respectively [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc1">1</a>] [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc2">2</a>]. Both advisories assessed that the group was engaged in malicious cyber activity as early as April 2024.  </p>
<p>The May 2025 advisories highlighted a cluster of activity targeting cloud-based email environments, including Microsoft Exchange in particular, and abusing legitimate APIs to perform data exfiltration in bulk [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank">T1114.002</a>]. The group relied on unsophisticated means of initial access, including procuring stolen credentials on criminal marketplaces [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank">T1078</a>], and using social engineering techniques to lure targets into interacting with a malicious site masquerading as a legitimate one. As of April 2025, one of these sites resembled a European Defence &amp; Security Summit registration portal that required registrants to sign in to their Microsoft account to view. Once a user entered their Microsoft credentials into this malicious site, LAUNDRY BEAR’s modified version of the open source adversary emulation toolkit, Evilginx, intercepted the user’s credentials. LAUNDRY BEAR then used this authentication data, including passwords and session tokens, to access the compromised account and conduct mass email exfiltration, as well as harvest other information. This method of compromise is commonly known as an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank">T1557</a>].  </p>
<p>Beginning around July 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR shifted toward a more technical method of email compromise, highlighting their continued efforts to covertly acquire email communications from a variety of Western organizations of interest and deliver them to the Russian Federation. Using a custom-developed capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/001/" target="_blank">T1587.001</a>] named “<em>Улей</em>” or “<em>Ulej</em>” (Russian for beehive), LAUNDRY BEAR successfully targeted and exfiltrated sensitive user information from organizations who use the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) product [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank">T1114</a>]. Data LAUNDRY BEAR attempted to exfiltrate from compromised accounts included:</p>
<ul>
<li>Last 90 days of emails,</li>
<li>Email address,</li>
<li>Password [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank">T1589.001</a>],</li>
<li>Global Address List (GAL) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>],</li>
<li>Two-factor authentication (2FA) tokens, and</li>
<li>Newly-created Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank">T1098</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>The covert and persistent nature of this activity, along with the absence of any known financial extortion, almost certainly indicates this group’s involvement in espionage activities with Russian government backing. Additionally, extensive Ukrainian targeting, prior to use against U.S. and other NATO allies, outlines an increasing trend within Russian cyber threat groups to target Ukrainian users first—both as a priority target and as a testbench for malicious cyber techniques before broader global deployment.</p>
<h2><strong>Targeting details</strong></h2>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has targeted and compromised users in various organizations, including those associated with:</p>
<ul>
<li>the Defense Industrial Base (DIB),  </li>
<li>the federal and local government,</li>
<li>education,</li>
<li>energy,</li>
<li>law enforcement,  </li>
<li>media,  </li>
<li>non-governmental organizations, and</li>
<li>technology.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Technical details</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This advisory uses the <a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/matrices/enterprise/" target="_blank">MITRE ATT&amp;CK® Matrix for Enterprise</a> framework, version 19. This advisory also uses <a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/" target="_blank">MITRE D3FEND<sup>TM</sup></a> version 1.4.0<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#f15"><sup>15</sup></a>. See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixa">Appendix A</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#appendixb">Appendix B</a> for tables of the activity mapped to MITRE ATT&amp;CK and D3FEND tactics, techniques, and countermeasures.</p>
<p><em>Ulej </em>is a novel data exfiltration and aggregation capability, that currently (as of the publication of this report) supports a campaign specifically targeting users of ZCS webmail servers. This capability is used to exploit <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> [Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html" target="_blank">CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'</a>)], but likely could be adapted to exploit other vulnerabilities. It exfiltrates emails and other sensitive user data from a victim’s system immediately after exploitation and stores the data in an actor-controlled unattributable virtual private server (VPS) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank">T1074.002</a>] running LAUNDRY BEAR’s “Flowerbed” collection framework. The collected data is almost certainly further exfiltrated to internal network resources for review and long-term retention.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Reconnaissance</strong></em></h3>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR uses the <em>Ulej </em>capability to exploit the <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> vulnerability in organizations using ZCS. This campaign’s targeted victimology and limited exploitation capabilities likely indicate this group manually identifies and targets the victim organizations. LAUNDRY BEAR likely identifies organizations with public-facing Zimbra infrastructure by port scanning [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank">T1595</a>] and fingerprinting datasets easily procured through various commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank">T1596.005</a>].  </p>
<p>After identifying a target organization, the group likely compiles email addresses for individual users to target with the exploit [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank">T1589.002</a>] from datasets offered by commercial vendors [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank">T1597.002</a>], open source intelligence [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank">T1593</a>], or previously exfiltrated data [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank">T1597</a>].  </p>
<h3><em><strong>Resource development </strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>The actors procure VPSs from a variety of providers [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank">T1583.003</a>], including those with Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, and often use fabricated identities. LAUNDRY BEAR primarily uses Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/">T1583</a>] when interacting with these servers, further demonstrating the group’s intent to mask their identity and maintain operations security (OPSEC). After the server is provisioned, an automated process deploys the Docker containers necessary for <em>Ulej’s</em> Flowerbed framework [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/">T1608</a>], which then receives and aggregates the data <em>Ulej</em> exfiltrates. These servers are typically only used for 7-60 days before moving to new infrastructure.</p>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed framework</strong></h4>
<p>Flowerbed is a Python project that uses Docker for containerization. The project includes four different Docker containers:</p>
<ul>
<li>Catcher,</li>
<li>Certbot,</li>
<li>Nginx, and</li>
<li>Gardener.</li>
</ul>
<p>Catcher acts as both a DNS and HTTP server to receive and aggregate exfiltrated victim information [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/">T1048</a>]. For additional information on Catcher, refer to the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory. Flowerbed’s next container, Certbot, is based on one of the official Certbot containers, which allows for automated generation of Let’s Encrypt certificates using DNS challenges through Cloudflare. This certificate can then be used by the Nginx container, which serves as an HTTPS reverse proxy for Catcher, enabling Flowerbed to disguise some of its exfiltration activity through an encrypted communications channel [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank">T1048.002</a>]. The Nginx reverse proxy also validates that the Server Name Indicator (SNI) value contains “*.i.*” prior to forwarding the traffic to Catcher. If the SNI does not contain that string, the Nginx server returns a 444 error to the client. This is likely an attempt to reject non-Ulej connections. Finally, the Gardener container functions as a health check for the Catcher service. Gardener is a simple Python script that validates Catcher correctly receives and processes data.</p>
<p>The simplistic Flowerbed codebase has indications that artificial intelligence (AI) played a role in its development. This highlights how AI is increasingly being used to develop malicious capabilities [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank">T1588.007</a>]. The dependence on AI for a simple capability, such as Flowerbed, alongside a previous reliance on open source capabilities, such as Evilginx2 [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank">T1588.002</a>], likely indicates a lack of advanced technical knowledge within LAUNDRY BEAR, especially in relation to true software development capabilities.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Initial access</strong></em></h3>
<p>To gain initial access, LAUNDRY BEAR sends an email containing a malicious JavaScript payload to the target [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank">T1566</a>]. Through exploitation of <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>, this JavaScript payload is immediately executed once the user views the malicious email [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank">T1203</a>], such as the one shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure1"><strong>Figure 1</strong></a>, in the ZCS webmail platform. Since at least November 2025, LAUNDRY BEAR began sending these phishing emails from victim infrastructure through compromised accounts [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank">T1199</a>], as shown in the email metadata in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>. These compromised accounts were likely previous victims of this, or another LAUNDRY BEAR, campaign and their use is intended to further obfuscate and frustrate anti-phishing tools and training.</p>
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<p>According to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was initially published on 5 January 2026. This vulnerability allows for execution of a JavaScript payload included in email content due to improper sanitization of Cascading Style Sheet’s (CSS) @import directives within an email [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#wc5">5</a>]. Because the activity attributed to this campaign began in July 2025—months before Synacor released a patch and the CVE was published—the payload initially exploited a zero-day vulnerability at that time [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank">T1587.004</a>].  </p>
<p><strong>Utilization of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability.</strong></p>
<p>Hidden in LAUNDRY BEAR’s email is a Base64 encoded payload within the “onload” field of a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) element [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank">T1027.017</a>], as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>. Leading up to the inclusion of this payload in the SVG element are various instances of @import directives, as required to leverage <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a>. This payload includes an XOR encrypted final script encoded in a Base64 inner payload (see <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure3"><strong>Figure 3</strong></a>) [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank">T1027.013</a>]. The outer payload decodes and decrypts the inner payload using an XOR function and a hardcoded key and then executes the script contained within the inner payload containing the collection and exfiltration logic. By changing the key used for the XOR encryption of the inner payload or adding additional @import directives with non-functional code [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank">T1027.010</a>], LAUNDRY BEAR can easily generate new payloads that bypass basic threat detection signatures. This malicious payload attempts to collect and exfiltrate information in 12 asynchronous stages [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/">T1119</a>]. The stages in order of appearance within the payload are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>sendStartPing,</li>
<li>gather_email,</li>
<li>gather_environment,</li>
<li>gather_2fa_codes,</li>
<li>gather_app_password,</li>
<li>gather_device_status,</li>
<li>gather_oauth_consumers,</li>
<li>gather_autocomplete_password,</li>
<li>enable_mail_protocols,</li>
<li>gather_gal,</li>
<li>sendArchives, and</li>
<li>sendFinishPing. </li>
</ol>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 3: Malicious payload of example email</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>Use of a zero-day exploit within this campaign demonstrates the ability for even emerging threat groups like LAUNDRY BEAR to operationalize novel exploits into a highly successful capability [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/" target="_blank">T1587</a>].</p>
<h3><em><strong>Persistence and credential access</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>To establish sustained persistence into the victim’s email account, the script attempts to modify account preferences and collect authentication information. Any collected credentials are later exfiltrated, as further described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. Other campaigns attributed to LAUNDRY BEAR also demonstrated the group’s ability to circumvent multi-factor authentication through session token replay [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank">T1550.004</a>], and the Zimbra campaign follows a similar trend.</p>
<p>The script used in this campaign tries to discover the victim’s email address during the <em>gather_email</em> stage [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank">T1087</a>]. The script searches for this email address in two ways. First, it examines the <em>batchInfoResponse </em>variable, which an HTML script element on the webpage can define, for an email address. Even if the script finds an email address there, it also checks whether it acquired a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) token as described later in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory. If so, the script uses the “GetIdentitiesRequest” Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to determine the victim’s email address [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank">T1185</a>] and then exfiltrates it. However, if the script does not have a CSRF token or the SOAP request fails, the script exfiltrates the email value recovered from the first method instead. If both attempts fail to capture the victim’s email, the script sends a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) payload with a key of “email” and value of <em>null </em>over HTTPS and does not attempt DNS exfiltration.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_autocomplete_password</em> stage, the script attempts to collect the victim’s saved password via the autocomplete feature of the victim’s password manager. The script injects two HTML div elements requesting login credentials onto the page outside of the victim’s view, as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a><strong> </strong>and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. After waiting five seconds, the script then attempts to extract the password provided automatically by the password manager from the input element shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure4"><strong>Figure 4</strong></a>. If there is no value in that input field, it checks the password input field shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure5"><strong>Figure 5</strong></a>. If neither input field contains a value, a JSON payload with a key of “autocomplete_password” and value of <em>null </em>is sent over HTTPS and DNS exfiltration is not attempted.</p>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR almost certainly relies on a mail client using the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for persistent access to the victim’s mailbox. During the <em>enable_mail_protocols</em> stage, a SOAP request leveraging the “ModifyPrefsRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace is sent. This request attempts to set the “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” preference to TRUE. While the default setting for “zimbraPrefImapEnabled” is not well documented, this action is almost certainly intended to ensure that IMAP access to the victim’s mailbox is enabled.</p>
<p>ZCS does not support 2FA for some mail clients, including IMAP. To support users who rely on IMAP clients, ZCS allows for the generation of Application Passcodes. Application Passcodes are randomly generated passwords that can be used for clients that cannot support the normal 2FA process to authenticate. During the <em>gather_app_password</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace to create a new Application Passcode [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank">T1556.006</a>]. The SOAP request uses “ZimbraWeb” as the name of the application.</p>
<p>Additionally, the script also attempts to collect 2FA tokens. During the <em>gather_2fa_codes</em> stage, the script makes a SOAP request using the “GetScratchCodesRequest” command under the “ZimbraAccount” namespace. The script then attempts to exfiltrate any non-null 2FA codes collected this way. The number of codes can vary, and each code is exfiltrated to Flowerbed individually.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Collection</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>As demonstrated in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, this script relies heavily on SOAP requests to collect victim information. To make these requests, the script aims to acquire the victim’s current CSRF token, which it attempts to access within the webpage’s local storage using localStorage.getItem("csrfToken"). If the script is unable to acquire this CSRF token, it will be unable to make any SOAP requests. In addition to the SOAP commands documented in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> section, other SOAP commands executed to collect victim information are shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table1"><strong>Table 1</strong></a>.</p>
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<table dir="ltr" class="tablesaw tablesaw-stack" data-tablesaw-mode="stack" data-tablesaw-minimap>
<caption><em><strong>Table 1: Additional SOAP commands used</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>SOAP Command </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Namespace </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p><strong>Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetInfoRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraSync </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>SearchGalRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>zimbraAccount </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW195872110 BCX8">
<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script attempts to collect the victim’s GAL through brute force by searching for each two-character combination from a character set of “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890.-_”. These queries are conducted using 20 batches of SOAP requests with 77 “SearchGalRequest” SOAP commands in each batch except for the last request containing only 58.</p>
<p>During the <em>gather_environment</em> stage, the script attempts to determine which type of ZCS webmail client the victim is using. The script checks the user’s current URL to determine the client type being used, checking for certain indicators (shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table2"><strong>Table 2</strong></a>) to determine the client type. The corresponding value is then used as the payload when exfiltrating the client type.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 2: ZCS webmail client types</strong></em></caption>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Indicator </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Client Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p><strong>Associated Value </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>?client=advanced </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Advanced </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/h/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>Standard </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>h </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW28945023 BCX8">
<p>/modern/ </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<p>Modern </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW28945023 BCX8">
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<p>m </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>As part of collection, the script attempts to harvest any emails not marked as “junk” from the last 90 days from the victim’s account. Emails are collected daily by an HTTP GET request to the URL path, “/home/~/?fmt=tgz&amp;meta=0&amp;query=date:-{DAY_OFFSET}d AND (not in:junk)”. The <em>{DAY_OFFSET}</em> value would be between 0 and 89 representing how many days ago the email was sent or received. To prevent redundant collection and exfiltration of emails, a variable with a name based on the email date being queried, using a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD</em>, and value of <em>true</em>, is saved to the <em>window.top.localStorage</em> property. This variable is saved regardless of whether the email is successfully exfiltrated.  </p>
<p>According to Mozilla documentation, if the user is not in a private browsing session, any data stored to localStorage does not typically expire. This means that if the user happens to execute the script again from the same computer, the script avoids attempting to re-exfiltrate previously captured emails. However, the script always attempts to pull any emails with a <em>{DAY_OFFSET} </em>of zero. In other words, the script always pulls emails sent or received the same day it is run. After email results are returned from the query for each day of email activity, those results are then passed to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section.</p>
<p>The script also provides LAUNDRY BEAR with telemetry on any errors that occur during the collection process. This is accomplished by executing any collection or exfiltration code through helper functions that contain error handling logic. If an error occurs, a payload containing information on the error itself, the context of the error happening, and the stage in which the error occurred is sent to Flowerbed as described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section below. For cases where the error occurs within a SOAP request, “:api” is concatenated to the stage value in the payload. If an error occurs during the batch SOAP requests that occur when collecting the GAL of the victim, the stage value will use a format of <em>gather_gal:{VAL}:api</em>. The <em>{VAL}</em> placeholder indicates which batch request, a number from 0 to 19, the error occurred in. Errors that occur during the password autocomplete interception process will use “gather_autocomplete_password:dom” for the stage value. Finally, if an error occurs when attempting to collect or exfiltrate a specific day’s emails, the stage will include which day the error occurred on, using the previously defined placeholder <em>{DAY_OFFSET},</em> with a format of <em>sendArchive:day-{DAY_OFFSET}</em>.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Exfiltration</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>At the end of each stage in the collection process, the script attempts to exfiltrate acquired information to Flowerbed. The script primarily relies on two forms of data exfiltration: DNS [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank">T1048.003</a>] and HTTPS. Some information is exfiltrated over both the DNS and HTTPS channels.</p>
<p>Prior to exfiltration, a randomized 10- or 11-character alphanumeric string is generated as an identifier for the victim. This identifier is included in the URL of both the DNS- and HTTPS-based exfiltration.  </p>
<h4><strong>DNS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>DNS exfiltration occurs through DNS A record queries. To ensure data exfiltrated through DNS is not corrupted when traversing through non-actor-controlled DNS infrastructure, <em>Ulej </em>maintains compliance with RFC 1035, Domain Names - Implementation and Specification, specifically accounting for the case insensitivity and subdomain length requirements. Base32 encoding is used to create a case-insensitive payload. Once the payload is encoded, a period (“.”) is added every 60 characters to ensure each subdomain is under 63 characters long. The script then creates a new image object sourced from a URL with the scheme defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a>. Any traffic involving DNS exfiltration will have “d-“ prefixing the victim identifier, and the subdomain immediately following indicates the type of information being exfiltrated.</p>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 6: Structure for information exfiltrated by DNS</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>When the script generates an image object, the browser tries to retrieve the complete domain of the URL specified as the source of the image. This triggers a DNS request sent to the actor-controlled server and processed by Flowerbed. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table3"><strong>Table 3</strong></a> lists both the information exfiltrated via DNS and their corresponding data type identifiers in the DNS queries.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 3: DNS exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
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<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
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<p><strong>Data Type </strong></p>
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</th>
</tr>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>e </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Client Type </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>c </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Zimbra Version </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment  </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>v </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>URL at Time of Exploitation </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2FA Scratch Codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>2fa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pa </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW258158484 BCX8">
<p>pw </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4><strong>HTTPS exfiltration</strong></h4>
<p>Any information exfiltrated via DNS is also exfiltrated through HTTPS, as well as additional data including email content, contacts, attachments, and error logging information. By using Let’s Encrypt certificates, this group can quickly deploy new infrastructure and leverage encrypted HTTPS communications with valid server certificates when exfiltrating information from the victim’s environment. The HTTPS exfiltration capability only uses two HTTP content types, defined in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table4"><strong>Table 4</strong></a>. Traffic associated with HTTPS exfiltration will use the URL scheme shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 4: HTTPS exfiltration types</strong></em></caption>
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<tr>
<th role="columnheader" data-tablesaw-priority="persist">
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<p><strong>Content Type </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p><strong>URL Path </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>application/json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>/v/p </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>application/octet-stream </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW3397685 BCX8">
<p>/v/d </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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      <figcaption class="c-figure__caption"><em><strong>Figure 7: Structure for information exfiltrated by HTTPS</strong></em></figcaption>
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<p>Some of the data transmitted via HTTPS uses the standard JSON content type format. The script includes the information in a POST request to actor-controlled infrastructure.  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> provides a summary of the JSON-based exfiltration.</p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 5: HTTPS JSON exfiltration  </strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
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</th>
<th role="columnheader">
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<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p><strong>JSON Key(s) </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Victim’s Email Address </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>email </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Client Type, Version, and Current URL </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>client, version, full_url </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Newly Created Application Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>app_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>Harvested Autocomplete Password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>gather_autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25077005 BCX8">
<p>autocomplete_password </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The script transmits all HTTPS exfiltration not identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table5"><strong>Table 5</strong></a> using the Octet-Stream content type as binary data. The POST requests for this method include a filename in the “X-Filename” header. Traditionally, developers use headers prefixed with “X-” to denote custom headers that do not follow a defined standard. The purpose of including this header remains unclear since the Catcher capability ignores the provided filename when saving the data. <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> summarizes the data exfiltrated in this format.</p>
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<caption><em><strong> Table 6: HTTPS binary exfiltration</strong></em></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
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<p><strong>Type of Information </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p><strong>Exfiltration Stage </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p><strong>X-Filename Header </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetInfoRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_environment </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetScratchCodesRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_2fa_codes </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>SOAP request for GetDeviceStatusRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_device_status </p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
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<p>SOAP request for GetOAuthConsumersRequest </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_oauth_consumers </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>zimbra_batch_analytics.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>Victim Organization’s Global Address List </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>gather_gal </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>telemetry_{1-20}.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>Last 90 Days of Victim’s Emails </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>sendArchives </p>
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</div>
</td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW189907655 BCX8">
<p>telemetryData_{0-89}.json </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<p>The script sends all exfiltrated data identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> to the Catcher service exactly as received from the SOAP request in a JSON payload, except for email exfiltration. For email exfiltration, the script sends it as a GZIP compressed archive [<a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank">T1560</a>]. Although most of the exfiltration consists of valid JSON, the script still attempts to exfiltrate all information identified in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table6"><strong>Table 6</strong></a> using the application/octet-stream content typing rather than application/json.</p>
<p>At the beginning and end of the collection and exfiltration activity, during the <em>sendStartPing</em> and <em>sendFinishPing </em>stages respectively, the script submits a POST request with a JSON payload to indicate that the script is starting or finishing execution. Throughout execution, the script also logs error events and send the logs using similar JSON payloads. The script sends the JSON in a POST request to the URL documented in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure2"><strong>Figure 2</strong></a>, using a URL path of “/v/p” and with a “subtype” key that shows which type of action it logged (<em>start, finish, or error</em>).  </p>
<h4><strong>Catcher</strong></h4>
<p><em>Ulej </em>exfiltrates information to Flowerbed to be handled by a service named Catcher. Catcher is a containerized Python application, running in Docker as part of Flowerbed, which is detailed in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section. It receives exfiltrated data and temporarily stores it, enabling its eventual transfer to infrastructure designed for long-term, secure storage.</p>
<p>Catcher acts as an HTTP server over port 8000 and a DNS server on port 53. As described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#resourcedev1">Resource development</a> section, the Flowerbed project uses an additional Docker container running an Nginx reverse proxy to enable HTTPS support. This reverse proxy uses a certificate generated by Let’s Encrypt and forwards all traffic with an SNI containing “*.i.*” to port 8000 within the Catcher container.</p>
<p>The DNS service can accept A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and CAA queries. For any MX, AAAA, or CAA queries, the server will always provide an empty response. The system only supports TXT records as needed to process Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) requests, which enable the assignment of Let’s Encrypt certificates. If the server receives an A query, Catcher will always respond with the public IP address of the Flowerbed server.  </p>
<p>However, if a query includes a domain formatted as shown in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>, the service saves a log file in JSON format to disk containing the following details of the DNS query:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time of query,</li>
<li>Source IP address for query,</li>
<li>Queried domain, and</li>
<li>Type of query.</li>
</ul>
<p>The HTTP server typically responds with OK, except in cases where the path is “pixel.gif” when the response contains a 1x1 gif image with a SHA-256 hash of ef1955ae757c8b966c83248350331bd3a30f658ced11f387f8ebf05ab3368629. Like the DNS service, the HTTP service will only log entries when the domain found in the host header of the request follows the expected formatting as seen in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure6"><strong>Figure 6</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure7"><strong>Figure 7</strong></a>. As the HTTPS exfiltration uses non-standardized binary and JSON-formatted payloads when exfiltrating to Catcher, Catcher will check the content type of the request. If the content type is set to “application/json”, Catcher encodes the data in Base64 and includes it in the JSON log entry written to disk. If the content type is set to any other value, Catcher leaves the Base64 payload in the JSON log entry blank and saves the payload to a separate file with the same filename as the JSON log entry with a “.bin” file extension. An HTTPS exfiltration event causes Catcher to save a JSON formatted log file to disk containing the following information from the HTTP request:</p>
<ul>
<li>Time,</li>
<li>Source IP address,</li>
<li>Request method,</li>
<li>Host,</li>
<li>Path,</li>
<li>Query string,</li>
<li>Headers, and</li>
<li>Base64 payload.</li>
</ul>
<p>These JSON event log files and binary output files are then initially saved to the directory <em>/root/hits/tmp</em> and later moved to the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory once processed. This prevents incomplete files, which are still being uploaded to Catcher, from premature exfiltration from the server. Approximately every 60 seconds, a likely automated workflow establishes a Secure Shell (SSH) connection with the server hosting Flowerbed for a few seconds, almost certainly exfiltrating the data processed by Catcher to non-public-facing infrastructure. The command in <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#figure8"><strong>Figure 8</strong></a> also executes hourly to remove all files last modified at least two days ago from the <em>/root/hits/ready</em> directory.</p>
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<h2><strong>Response strategies</strong></h2>
<h3><em><strong>Mitigations</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<p>In many cases, by the time an organization identifies a compromise related to this campaign, numerous sensitive and proprietary emails have already been exfiltrated. The significant risk posed by this cyber threat emphasizes the importance for organizations that use ZCS and other similar webmail solutions to take proactive steps to mitigate this risk.</p>
<p>All organizations that use the ZCS webmail service should <strong>immediately prioritize</strong> ensuring that their ZCS is not running a vulnerable version. A patch for <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a> was released for both 10.1.13 and 10.0.18 versions of ZCS [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening">D3-AH</a>]. If immediate patching is not feasible, organizations should advise employees to use alternative mail clients to access email and avoid using the Classic ZCS webmail client until ZCS is updated to a non-vulnerable version [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/tactic/d3f:Isolate/" target="_blank">d3f:Isolate</a>].</p>
<p>System administrators should closely monitor any Internet-connected ZCS or other email systems and the workstations that access those systems and promptly apply available software updates [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ApplicationHardening" target="_blank">D3-AH</a>]. Administrators can maintain awareness of active vulnerability exploitation by referencing open source resources, including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog">CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog</a> and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/vulnerability-management/guidance/responding-to-active-exploitation" target="_blank">NCSC-UK’s Responding to active exploitation of vulnerabilities</a> guidance.</p>
<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys for authentication to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. By doing so, organizations can work to eliminate the possibility of automated password collection from autocomplete or password reuse [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:CredentialHardening" target="_blank">D3-CH</a>]. However, Application Passcodes may still be necessary and should be monitored closely.  </p>
<p>Organizations should implement network monitoring capabilities with collection and short-term retention of packet capture or NetFlow data and maintain log collection and storage [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#MaintainLogCollectionStorage3Q">CPG 3.Q</a>]. This will allow organizations to monitor for and identify suspicious network activity [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#IdentifyAdverseEvents4B">CPG 4.B</a>], such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-NTA</a>];</li>
<li>Frequent DNS queries for a suspicious domain with seemingly random subdomains [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:DNSTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-DNSTA</a>];</li>
<li>A sudden spike of connections to a server associated with a recently established domain [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>]; and  </li>
<li>Connections to internal services, such as webmail, from VPN providers frequently leveraged by this group for nefarious activity, such as Mullvad VPN [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficCommunityDeviation">D3-NTCD</a>].</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, for organizations that can inspect the content of outbound HTTPS connections via break-and-inspect infrastructure, security teams should identify traffic matching the characteristics described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#exfil1">Exfiltration</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<h3><em><strong>Indicators of compromise (IOCs)</strong></em><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h3>
<h4><strong>Flowerbed infrastructure</strong></h4>
<p>The following indicators have been attributed to use by LAUNDRY BEAR for their campaign targeting ZCS’s webmail service as of the publication of this advisory. (<strong>Disclaimer: </strong>Due to the frequency of operational structure changes by this group, these indicators are intended solely for historic attribution purposes. Some indicators, such as IPs, compromised emails, and domains, may be outdated, so organizations should check for current activity before acting on these IOCs.) <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table7"><strong>Table 7</strong></a> provides details about the server infrastructure used to host Flowerbed, and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table8"><strong>Table 8</strong></a> lists the corresponding SHA-1 hash values for the Let’s Encrypt certificates used by that infrastructure [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:IdentifierActivityAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-IAA</a>].</p>
<p><a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 7: Flowerbed server infrastructure</strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Domain </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>IP Address </strong></p>
</div>
</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]104 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<p>8 July 2025 </p>
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</td>
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<p>15 October 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>zimbra-metadata[.]com </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]18 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>20 August 2025 </p>
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</td>
<td>
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<p>14 October 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>analyticemailmeter[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>37.120.247[.]228 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>emailanalytics.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>185.86.79[.]95 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>24 September 2025 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<p>mailnalysis[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>104.248.134[.]194 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>11 November 2025 </p>
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<p>17 February 2026 </p>
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<td>
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<p>zimbrastat[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>64.226.124[.]190 </p>
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</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>18 December 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>zimbrasoft.com[.]ua </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>193.238.152[.]66 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>20 January 2026 </p>
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<p>18 March 2026 </p>
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<p>synacorzimbra[.]nl </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>216.252.238[.]64 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>3 February 2026 </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>30 March 2026 </p>
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<tr>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
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<p>istc-cloud[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>194.156.103[.]193 </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193774983 BCX8">
<p>5 February 2026 </p>
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<td>
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<p>30 March 2026 </p>
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</div>
</td>
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</tbody>
</table>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 8: Flowerbed X.509 certificate SHA-1 hashes  </strong></em></caption>
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<p><strong>Associated Domain </strong></p>
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<p><strong>X.509 SHA-1 Hash </strong></p>
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</th>
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<p><strong>First Seen </strong></p>
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</th>
<th role="columnheader">
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p><strong>Last Seen </strong></p>
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</div>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
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<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>2e4f314bc9943cab5005d6fde0b271c74d47bc9d </p>
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</div>
</td>
<td>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW66173475 BCX8">
<p>8 Jul 2025 </p>
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<td>
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<p>6 Aug 2025 </p>
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<div class="TableCellContent SCXW66173475 BCX8">
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<p>*.i.zmailanalytics[.]com </p>
</div>
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<p>LAUNDRY BEAR has used the following email addresses to procure resources used for this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>ivanka.zurabishvili@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>zmul1@buildandconsulting[.]com,</li>
<li>garrysmithme@pinmx[.]net, and</li>
<li>hostingclient@pinmx[.]net.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Phishing distribution</strong></h4>
<p>LAUNDRY BEAR primarily relied on ProtonMail for distribution of malicious email. However, as stated above, LAUNDRY BEAR’s more recent efforts likely have shifted to distributing the payload through previous victims.  </p>
<p>The following email addresses have distributed payloads attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>c.laurent.ejfa@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>j.moreau.epsc@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>liberty.insights@proton[.]me,</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the isofts.kiev[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @isofts.kiev[.]ua), and</li>
<li>certain email addresses (presumably compromised) at the navs.edu[.]ua domain (i.e., ending with @navs.edu[.]ua).</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, the following are SHA-256 hashes of email samples containing the malicious payload attributed to this campaign:</p>
<ul>
<li>98df604ecc57f884a2e6ce3266a0013ad64455cac48442c2312cfa4765007aaf,</li>
<li>60db9abae75cd8ccc49dd7ea5feb41677566dcd442f12ebc5745ffd2810fb874,</li>
<li>b1f5beb1175fc5c7d1806a2f0d900eb124c54f0286c5c52b66eea7a6633adb1d, and</li>
<li>1517b3caa495f6c4e832df9c75fc94667e3c233773f7fa4e056d5e30e5ead760.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>Post-compromise artifacts</strong></h4>
<p>Currently, the script does not remove artifacts. This leaves additional opportunities to identify victims of this activity. While emphasis should always be placed on consistent monitoring of network traffic and endpoint activity, there are a variety of persistent artifacts described below that can be used to identify victims of this campaign.</p>
<p>This <em>Ulej </em>capability relies on creating a significant number of SOAP requests to collect account information for exfiltration. ZCS logs from these requests are stored, by default, in the <em>/opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log</em> file [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. A significant amount of SOAP request activity that aligns with what was described in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#persistence1">Persistence and credential access</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> sections of this advisory could indicate a potential compromise. Specific examples of high-risk SOAP request activity might include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Many <em>SearchGalRequest </em>command requests from a single user over a short period of time;</li>
<li>Use of the <em>CreateAppSpecificPasswordRequest</em> command, especially in cases where it is creating an Application Passcode named “ZimbraWeb”; and</li>
<li>Use of the GetScratchCodesRequest command.</li>
</ul>
<p>While LAUNDRY BEAR uses the localStorage property to track what days had emails previously exfiltrated, defenders can use this property to identify victims of this campaign and determine the scope of exfiltrated information [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:ProcessAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-PA</a>]. Review of the items stored in that property for an organization’s ZCS webmail client page on an endpoint device could indicate compromise if there are items named with a format of <em>zd_comp_YYYY-MM-DD,</em> as explained in the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#collection1">Collection</a> section of this advisory.</p>
<p>While Application Passcodes have non-malicious purposes, in this case instances of these passcodes with the name “ZimbraWeb” are almost certainly malicious. The ZCS webmail application can support 2FA natively and does not require the use of an Application Passcode, so there is no reason that there should be one named “ZimbraWeb.”</p>
<p>In instances where organizations identify victims of this campaign, they should also examine the inbox of the suspected victim for the original phishing email [<a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:MessageAnalysis" target="_blank">D3-MA</a>]. If an email that has a payload exploiting <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376">CVE-2025-66376</a> is discovered, <strong>steps should be taken immediately to identify and quarantine other instances of emails with similar body content, senders, and subject lines to prevent further exploitation and exfiltration.  </strong></p>
<h3><em><strong>Remediation</strong></em></h3>
<p>In the event an organization identifies activity associated with this campaign, that organization should take steps to minimize further exploitation. The organization should consider requesting that employees minimize use of the ZCS webmail client until the organization updates to a patched version that is not vulnerable to <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank">CVE-2025-66376</a>.</p>
<p>Organizations should use identifiers from the <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#ioc1">IOCs</a> section of this report to identify any individuals compromised by this campaign and record the date(s) of compromise(s) to determine the scale and scope of emails exfiltrated.</p>
<p>All users from the organization should have all Application Passcodes and 2FA scratch keys revoked. Affected organizations should require all employees to change passwords in line with establishing minimum password strength requirements [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#EstablishMinimumPasswordStrength3B">CPG 3.B</a>] and creating unique credentials [<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-performance-goals-2-0-cpg-2-0#CreateUniqueCredentials3C">CPG 3.C</a>], specifically noting that compromised employees might have had any password stored in a password manager exfiltrated.</p>
<h2><strong>Works cited</strong></h2>
<p>[1<a class="ck-anchor"></a>] Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD). AIVD and MIVD identify a new Russian cyber threat actor. 2025. <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.aivd.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/05/27/aivd-en-mivd-onderkennen-nieuwe-russische-cyberactor/Advisory+AIVD+en+MIVD+Public+report+on+new+cyber+actor.pdf</a></p>
<p>[2]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Microsoft Corporation. New Russia-affiliated actor Void Blizzard targets critical sectors for espionage. 2025. <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/05/27/new-russia-affiliated-actor-void-blizzard-targets-critical-sectors-for-espionage/</a></p>
<p>[3]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. Russian Global Webmail Espionage. 2026. <a href="https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/">https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/russian-webmail-espionage/ </a></p>
<p>[4]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Proofpoint. TA488 Targets Zimbra Mailservers with Half-Click Exploits. 2026. <a href="https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit">https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/ta488-zcs-exploit</a></p>
<p>[5]<a class="ck-anchor"></a> Seqrite. Operation GhostMail: Russian APT exploits Zimbra Webmail to Target Ukraine State Agency. 2026. <a href="https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/" target="_blank">https://www.seqrite.com/blog/operation-ghostmail-zimbra-xss-russian-apt-ukraine/  </a></p>
<h2><strong>Footnotes</strong></h2>
<p><sup>1</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Národní úřad pro kybernetickou a informační bezpečnost<br><sup>2</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste<br><sup>3</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Välisluureamet<br><sup>4</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Sotilastiedustelu<br><sup>5</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup> Suojelupoliisi<br><sup>6</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure<br><sup>7</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information<br><sup>8</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna<br><sup>9</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Interna<br><sup>10</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> Serviciul de Informații și Securitate al Republicii Moldova<br><sup>11 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Agencja Wywiadu<br><sup>12</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego<br><sup>13</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a><sup> </sup>Centro Nacional de Inteligencia<br><sup>14 </sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a>Nationellt Cybersäkerhetscenter<br><sup>15</sup><a class="ck-anchor"></a> MITRE and ATT&amp;CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation. MITRE D3FEND is a trademark of The MITRE Corporation.</p>
<h2><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></h2>
<p>The authoring agencies acknowledge the contributions to this advisory from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and Proofpoint.</p>
<h2><strong>Disclaimer of endorsement</strong></h2>
<p>The information and opinions contained in this document are provided "as is" and without any warranties or guarantees. Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, and this guidance shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.</p>
<p>Organizations have no obligation to respond or provide information back to the authoring organizations in response to this joint advisory. If, after reviewing the information provided, an organization decides to provide information to the authoring organizations, reporting must be consistent with all applicable laws and policies.</p>
<h2><strong>Purpose</strong></h2>
<p>This document was developed in furtherance of the authoring agencies’ cybersecurity missions, including their responsibilities to identify and disseminate threats, and to develop and issue cybersecurity specifications and mitigations. This information may be shared broadly to reach all appropriate stakeholders.</p>
<h2><strong>Contact</strong></h2>
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<p><strong>United States organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>National Security Agency</strong> <br>Cybersecurity Report Feedback: <a href="mailto:CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>CybersecurityReports@nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>DIB_Defense@cyber.nsa.gov</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: NSA Media Relations: 443-634-0721, <a href="mailto:MediaRelations@nsa.gov" target="_blank"><u>MediaRelations@nsa.gov</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</strong> <br>CISA’s 24/7 Operations Center (<a href="mailto:contact@cisa.dhs.gov" target="_blank"><u>contact@cisa.dhs.gov</u></a>), or by calling 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472). </li>
<li><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation</strong> <br>If you or someone you know has fallen victim to this campaign, file a complaint with <a class="Hyperlink SCXW95230887 BCX8" href="https://www.ic3.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><u>IC3</u></a>. </li>
<li><strong>Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency </strong> <br>DCSA Counterintelligence, Cyber Mission Center, Cyber Threat Operations Branch: <a href="mailto:DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>DCSA.CI.CyberOps@mail.mil</u></a> <br>Cleared Contactors (CCs) should contact their DCSA Counterintelligence Special Agent to report information pertaining to suspicious contacts or physical/digital efforts to obtain illegal or unauthorized access to the CC’s cleared facility/information, as required by 32 CFR 117. <br>Media/Public Inquiries: <a href="mailto:dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil" target="_blank"><u>dcsa.quantico.dcsa-hq.mbx.pa@mail.mil</u></a>  </li>
<li><strong>Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center </strong> <br>Defense Industrial Base Inquiries and Cybersecurity Services: <a href="mailto:DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.DCISE@us.af.mil</u></a> <br>Defense Industrial Base mandatory cyber incident reporting as required by 10 U.S. Code Sections 391 and 393 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 is submitted at <a href="https://dibnet.dod.mil/" target="_blank"><u>https://dibnet.dod.mil</u></a> <br>Media Inquiries / Press Desk: <a href="mailto:DC3.Information@us.af.mil" target="_blank"><u>DC3.Information@us.af.mil</u></a> </li>
<li><strong>Naval Criminal Investigative Service</strong> <br>To report criminal activity impacting the United States Navy, go to <a href="http://www.ncis.navy.mil/" target="_blank"><u>www.ncis.navy.mil</u></a> and click “Submit a Tip”</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Dutch organizations</strong> </p>
<ul>
<li>Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD): <a href="https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid" target="_blank"><u>https://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/m/militaire-inlichtingen-en-veiligheid</u></a>  </li>
<li>General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD): <a href="https://www.aivd.nl/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.aivd.nl</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Australian organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Australian Signals Directorate <br>Visit <a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/about-asd-acsc/contact-us#no-back" target="_blank"><u>cyber.gov.au</u></a> or call 1300 292 371 (1300 CYBER 1) to report cybersecurity incidents and access alerts and advisories. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Canadian organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), part of the Communications Security Establishment, encourages Canadian organizations to report cyber incidents and to strengthen the security of their networking devices.  <br>Report an incident or suspicious activity to the Cyber Centre by email at <a href="mailto:contact@cyber.gc.ca" target="_blank"><u>contact@cyber.gc.ca</u></a>, online via the reporting tool <a href="https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/incident-management" target="_blank"><u>Report a cyber incident - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security</u></a> or by phone at 1-833-CYBER-88 (1-833-292-3788). </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Zealand organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ): <a href="mailto:info@ncsc.govt.nz" target="_blank"><u>info@ncsc.govt.nz</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>United Kingdom organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Report significant cyber security incidents to <a href="https://ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident" target="_blank"><u>ncsc.gov.uk/report-an-incident</u></a> (monitored 24/7) </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Estonia organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS): <a href="mailto:info@valisluureamet.ee" target="_blank"><u>info@valisluureamet.ee</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finnish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Finnish Security and Intelligence Service: <a href="https://supo.fi/en/contact" target="_blank"><u>supo.fi/en/contact</u></a> </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>French organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>French organizations are encouraged to report suspicious activity or incident related information found in this advisory by contacting ANSSI/CERT-FR at: <a href="mailto:cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr" target="_blank"><u>cert-fr@ssi.gouv.fr</u></a> or by phone at: 3218 or +33 9 70 83 32 18. </li>
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<p><strong>Italian Organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Italian External Intelligence and Security Agency (AISE):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a>  </li>
<li>Italian Internal Intelligence and Security Agency (AISI):  <br>Visit <a href="https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/" target="_blank"><u>https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/</u></a> </li>
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<li>Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (SIS RM): <a href="mailto:cybersec@sis.md" target="_blank"><u>cybersec@sis.md</u></a> </li>
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<p><strong>Polish organizations </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW): <a href="mailto:ctiteam@aw.gov.pl" target="_blank"><u>ctiteam@aw.gov.pl</u></a></li>
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<h2><strong>Appendix A: MITRE ATT&amp;CK tactics and techniques</strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table9"><strong>Table 9</strong></a> through <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table19"><strong>Table 19</strong></a> for all the threat actor tactics and techniques referenced in this advisory.<a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Credentials </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/001/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.001</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to intercept a victim’s password from their password manager. </p>
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<p>Gather Victim Identity Information: Email Addresses </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1589/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1589.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload attempts to grab the victim’s email address from various data stores. </p>
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<p>Search Open Websites/Domains </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1593/" target="_blank"><u>T1593</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group likely leverages public information to support target development. </p>
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<p>Active Scanning </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1595/" target="_blank"><u>T1595</u></a> </p>
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<p>Port scanning can be used by this group to assist with determining exploitability of identified targets. </p>
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<p>Search Open Technical Databases: Scan Databases </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1596/005/" target="_blank"><u>T1596.005</u></a> </p>
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<p>Various public datasets can provide information to support discovery of exploitable targets. </p>
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<p>Search Closed Sources </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/" target="_blank"><u>T1597</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previously exfiltrated data can be used to enhance target development efforts. </p>
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<p>Search Closed Sources: Purchase Technical Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1597/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1597.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Commercial datasets can also be used to support target development efforts. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/" target="_blank"><u>T1583</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group used Mullvad VPN to anonymize traffic sent to operational infrastructure. </p>
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<p>Acquire Infrastructure: Virtual Private Server </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1583/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1583.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group procured VPS servers from a variety of vendors. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/" target="_blank"><u>T1587</u></a> </p>
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<p>The <em>Ulej</em> capability was developed likely for use by this group to conduct spear phishing campaigns. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities: Malware </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/001/" target="_blank"><u>T1587.001</u></a> </p>
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<p>Development of a novel payload that steals a victim’s emails and other sensitive account information. </p>
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<p>Develop Capabilities: Exploits </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1587/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1587.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Development of a novel, at the time, cross-site-scripting (XSS) exploit that enables execution of arbitrary JavaScript. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Tool </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Open source tools, such as Evilginx2, have also been used by the group. </p>
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<p>Obtain Capabilities: Artificial Intelligence </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1588/007/" target="_blank"><u>T1588.007</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group appears to have leveraged AI to support development efforts. </p>
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<p>Stage Capabilities </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1608/" target="_blank"><u>T1608</u></a> </p>
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<p>Flowerbed is deployed to a procured server in the cloud. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized access to accounts. Additionally, this actor is believed to use previously compromised accounts to conduct spear phishing.  </p>
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<p>Trusted Relationship </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1199/" target="_blank"><u>T1199</u></a> </p>
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<p>The group sends malicious payloads to targeted individuals using previously compromised accounts that might have an established relationship with the target.  </p>
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<p>Phishing </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1566/" target="_blank"><u>T1566</u></a> </p>
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<p>The actors used spear phishing to lure users into opening malicious email. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Exploitation for Client Execution </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1203/" target="_blank"><u>T1203</u></a> </p>
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<p>An XSS vulnerability was leveraged to execute the JavaScript payload. </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Manipulation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1098/" target="_blank"><u>T1098</u></a> </p>
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<p>Enabling IMAP and Application Passcodes provides persistent access to the compromised account. </p>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 14: Privilege Escalation </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Valid Accounts </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1078/" target="_blank"><u>T1078</u></a> </p>
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<p>This actor has used commercial datasets to acquire account credentials and gain unauthorized privileged access to accounts.  </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 15: Stealth </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/010/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.010</u></a> </p>
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<p>Obfuscated JavaScript payload sent to targets to exploit the XSS vulnerability. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: Encrypted/Encoded File </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/013/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.013</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload included both a Base64-encoded and XOR-encrypted inner payload. </p>
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<p>Obfuscated Files or Information: SVG Smuggling </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1027/017/" target="_blank"><u>T1027.017</u></a> </p>
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<p>The payload was contained in an “onload” attribute within an SVG image included in the malicious email. </p>
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<p>Use Alternate Authentication Material: Web Session Cookie </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1550/004/" target="_blank"><u>T1550.004</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previous campaigns using AiTM leveraged stealing and use of a victim’s session cookies to authenticate. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 16: Credential Access </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Modify Authentication Process: Multi-Factor Authentication </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1556/006/" target="_blank"><u>T1556.006</u></a> </p>
</div>
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<p>Creating Application Passcodes to bypass 2FA and stealing a user’s “Scratch Keys,” which can be used in place of a 2FA token. </p>
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<p>Adversary-in-the-Middle </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1557/" target="_blank"><u>T1557</u></a> </p>
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<p>Previous campaigns used Evilginx2 as an AiTM toolkit to intercept credentials and session cookies. </p>
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</tbody>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 17: Collection </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Data Staged: Remote Data Staging </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1074/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1074.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Exfiltrated data was sent to an actor-controlled VPS prior to assumed long-term storage solutions. </p>
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<p>Email Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/" target="_blank"><u>T1114</u></a> </p>
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<p>This group has emphasized collection of emails. </p>
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<p>Email Collection: Remote Email Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1114/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1114.002</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are collected via API calls to the ZCS mail server and are not collected from emails stored directly on the victim’s device. </p>
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<p>Automated Collection </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1119/" target="_blank"><u>T1119</u></a> </p>
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<p>Upon execution, the JavaScript payload automatically collects all relevant information in stages. </p>
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<p>Browser Session Hijacking </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1185/" target="_blank"><u>T1185</u></a> </p>
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<p>The JavaScript payload leverages the user’s authenticated browser session to make API requests as the user. </p>
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<p>Archive Collected Data </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1560/" target="_blank"><u>T1560</u></a> </p>
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<p>Emails are exfiltrated with GZIP compression. </p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 18: Discovery </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Technique Title</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Account Discovery </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1087/" target="_blank"><u>T1087</u></a> </p>
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<p>Stolen Global Access Lists provide the group with new users to target. </p>
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</tbody>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 19: Exfiltration </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>ID</strong> </p>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Use</strong> </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/" target="_blank"><u>T1048</u></a> </p>
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<p>Victim information was exfiltrated over both HTTPS and DNS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/002/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.002</u></a> </p>
</div>
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<p>Some payloads, especially ones with large amounts of data, were exfiltrated over HTTPS. </p>
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<p>Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol </p>
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<p><a href="https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v19/techniques/T1048/003/" target="_blank"><u>T1048.003</u></a> </p>
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<p>Some smaller bandwidth payloads were exfiltrated over DNS using Base32 encoding. </p>
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</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<h2><strong>Appendix B: MITRE D3FEND countermeasures </strong><a class="ck-anchor"></a></h2>
<p>See <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/#table20"><strong>Table 20</strong></a> for a mapping of several of the cybersecurity countermeasures mentioned in this advisory. <a class="ck-anchor"></a></p>
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<caption><em><strong>Table 20: MITRE D3FEND Countermeasures </strong></em></caption>
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<p class="text-align-center"><strong>Countermeasure Title</strong> </p>
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<li>Organizations should immediately prioritize patching <a href="https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66376" target="_blank"><u>CVE-2025-66376</u></a>.  </li>
<li>Organizations should promptly apply software updates to all email systems. </li>
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<p>Organizations that cannot feasibly patch should use alternative mail clients. </p>
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<p>Organizations should consider using a third-party authentication service that supports passkeys to mediate access to ZCS and other services that do not natively support passkeys. </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:NetworkTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank"><u>D3-NTA</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should monitor for significant amounts of outbound data being sent to IPs associated with VPS providers not used by the organization. </p>
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<p><a href="https://d3fend.mitre.org/technique/d3f:DNSTrafficAnalysis" target="_blank"><u>D3-DNSTA</u></a> </p>
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<p>Organizations should monitor for frequent DNS queries to a suspicious domain for seemingly random subdomains. </p>
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<li>Organizations should monitor for a sudden spike of connections to a server associated with a recently established domain. </li>
<li>Organizations should monitor for connections to internal services, such as webmail, from VPN providers. </li>
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<li>Organizations should search ZCS log files for specific commands used by the malicious script. </li>
<li>Organizations should search the localStorage property in web browsers for the ZCS webmail client for “ZimbraWeb” Application Passcodes. </li>
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<title><![CDATA[Next.js Patches Nine Security Flaws Enabling SSRF, Authentication Bypass, and DoS Attacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Vercel has disclosed and patched nine security vulnerabilities in Next.js, the widely used React framework, addressing flaws that could enable server-side request forgery (SSRF), middleware authentication bypass, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and sensitive data exposure. All nine advisories we...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689374/it-security-nachrichten/nextjs-patches-nine-security-flaws-enabling-ssrf-authentication-bypass-and-dos-attacks/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:41:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vercel has disclosed and patched nine security vulnerabilities in Next.js, the widely used React framework, addressing flaws that could enable server-side request forgery (SSRF), middleware authentication bypass, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, and sensitive data exposure. All nine advisories were published two days ago by security researcher KarimPwnz and are now fixed in Next.js versions 15.5.21 and […]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/next-js-patches-nine-security-flaws/">Next.js Patches Nine Security Flaws Enabling SSRF, Authentication Bypass, and DoS Attacks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cybersecuritynews.com/">Cyber Security News</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Teurer Speicher sorgt für Neu­konfigurationen bei Käufern]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Der Marktstart des Framework Laptop 13 Pro läuft erneut nicht so, wie sich das das Unternehmen und vermutlich auch die Käufer vorgestellt hatten. Nach der Verzögerung aufgrund von Problemen bei Touchpad und Bildschirm sind es nun extrem hohe Speicherpreise, die Framework zu Neukonfigurationen bei...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689360/it-nachrichten/framework-laptop-13-pro-teurer-speicher-sorgt-fuer-neukonfigurationen-bei-kaeufern/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:34:01 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://pics.computerbase.de/1/2/3/9/3/9-698dbb9783618321/article-640x360.59a22bfe.jpg"><p>Der Marktstart des Framework Laptop 13 Pro läuft erneut nicht so, wie sich das das Unternehmen und vermutlich auch die Käufer vorgestellt hatten. Nach der Verzögerung aufgrund von Problemen bei Touchpad und Bildschirm sind es nun extrem hohe Speicherpreise, die Framework zu Neukonfigurationen bei einigen Käufern zwingen.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Mozilla Addons Blog: Firefox 153 WebExtensions API updates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We had a bumper release of WebExtensions API updates in Firefox 153. To start, there is a permissions change that affects how your extensions access local files. We then have two contributions from the community members: userScripts.execute() and the new publicSuffix API. We’re covering those con...]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689274/tools/mozilla-addons-blog-firefox-153-webextensions-api-updates/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:06:24 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had a bumper release of <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/153#changes_for_add-on_developers">WebExtensions API updates in Firefox 153</a>. To start, there is a permissions change that affects how your extensions access local files. We then have two contributions from the community members: <span>userScripts.execute()</span> and the new <span>publicSuffix</span> API. We’re covering those contributions in more depth, including the people behind them, in a separate post. And there is more, read on…</p>
<h3><b>File access now requires a dedicated permission</b></h3>
<p>Extensions that need to read <span>file://</span> URLs used to get that access as part of the “Access your data for all websites” host permission. Starting in Firefox 153, file access is a separate, explicit permission, “Access local files on your computer”, shown in the extension’s permissions settings. It’s off by default for every extension, including ones already installed.</p>
<p>This change has a few concrete effects on code:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Before:</b> an extension with <span>&lt;all_urls&gt;</span> or a matching host permission could read <span>file://</span> pages without any additional grant, and <span>extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess()</span> always returned <span>false</span> regardless of the permission setting.</li>
<li><b>After:</b> the extension must have the new file-access permission granted, and <span>extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess()</span> correctly reflects whether the user has granted it.</li>
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<pre>async function checkFileSchemeAccess() {
  const isAllowed = await browser.extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess();

  if (!isAllowed) {
    await browser.notifications.create("file-scheme-access-needed", {
      type: "basic",
      iconUrl: browser.runtime.getURL("icons/icon-48.png"),
      title: "Local file access required",
      message:
        'This extension needs "Allow access to file URLs" enabled to work ' +
        "with local files. Go to about:addons → select this extension → " +
        "turn on that setting, then reload the page.",
    });
    return false;
  }

  return true;
}</pre>
<p><span>devtools.inspectedWindow.eval()</span> calls targeting <span>file://</span> URLs are affected the same way; they now require this permission to succeed.</p>
<p>If your extension depends on <span>file://</span> access, expect existing users to see that access stops after upgrading (until they enable the permission), and consider adding a prompt or fallback path, for example by specifying an embedded options page (<span>options_ui</span>) and calling <span>browser.runtime.openOptionsPage()</span> to open <span>about:addons</span> and including instructions to toggle the setting in the “Permissions and data” tab.</p>
<h3><b>userScripts.execute() and publicSuffix: covered in our next post</b></h3>
<p>Firefox 153 adds two community-contributed APIs:</p>
<ul>
<li><span>userScripts.execute()</span>, which provides for one-off injection of one or more user script sources into a tab or frame, in a defined order, as a complement to the persistent, URL-pattern-based <span>userScripts.register()</span>.</li>
<li><span>publicSuffix</span>, which enables synchronous lookups against the browser’s built-in <a href="https://publicsuffix.org/">Public Suffix List</a> using <span>publicSuffix.isKnownSuffix()</span>, <span>publicSuffix.getKnownSuffix()</span>, and <span>publicSuffix.getDomain()</span>. This API means that extensions no longer need to bundle or maintain a suffix list to determine a hostname’s registrable domain (eTLD+1).</li>
</ul>
<p>Both APIs were built by contributors motivated by real needs in their extensions. We take an in-depth look at these contributions, their developers, impact, and history in a forthcoming post.</p>
<h3><b>documentId support across more APIs</b></h3>
<p>Firefox 153 introduces <span>documentId</span>, a stable identifier for a document instance, including a new <span>runtime.getDocumentId()</span> method, several <span>webNavigation</span> events and methods, <span>webRequest</span> events, scripting injection targets, and the extension messaging APIs.</p>
<p>Many WebExtension APIs use <span>tabId</span> and <span>frameId</span> to identify where to perform an operation. However, because <span>frameId</span> identifies the frame rather than its content, the loaded document can change and the extension’s subsequent operation ends up targeting the new (intended) document. <span>documentId</span> addresses this problem by providing a unique ID for the document. Now, if an extension uses the ID and the frame’s document has changed, the operation fails rather than silently targeting the wrong document.</p>
<p>See <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Work_with_documentId">Work with documentId</a> for the full list of supported events and methods, along with guidance on using it.</p>
<h3><b>Content scripts can read and modify adopted stylesheets</b></h3>
<p>Content scripts can now access <span>document.adoptedStyleSheets</span> and <span>ShadowRoot.adoptedStyleSheets</span> directly.</p>
<pre>const sheet = new CSSStyleSheet();
sheet.replaceSync("* { background: pink; }");
document.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];</pre>
<p>This enables extensions to inspect or modify constructed stylesheets from a content script, without using <span>.wrappedJSObject</span>, a workaround that risks interference from the web page.</p>
<h3><b>Theme manifest key: gradients in additional backgrounds</b></h3>
<p>The <span>theme</span> manifest key’s <span>images.additional_backgrounds</span> property now accepts CSS gradients alongside image URLs. A new <span>properties.additional_backgrounds_size</span> property controls the size of each additional background item.</p>
<h3><b>Contextual identities (containers)</b></h3>
<p>If your extension supports contextual identities, you now have access to two new methods: <span>contextualIdentities.getSupportedColors()</span> and <span>contextualIdentities.getSupportedIcons()</span>. These methods return the supported colors and icons, so your extension doesn’t need to hardcode either list.</p>
<p>Also, the colors have been updated to align with the new UI theme: <span>“turquoise”</span> is now <span>“cyan”</span>, <span>“toolbar”</span> is now <span>“gray”</span>, and <span>“violet”</span> has been added. The old names still work for backward compatibility, but your extension should switch to using <span>getSupportedColors()</span> rather than hardcoding either the old or new names.</p>
<h3><b>Add a build-for-amo script</b></h3>
<p>While this isn’t about new APIs, I wanted to mention a change that’s part of our work to make source code review faster and more reliable. When you submit an extension version, AMO now attempts to build your extensions from the submitted source code and compares the result to the package you uploaded. When the two match, reviewers don’t have to verify the build manually. This means submission can move through its review faster.</p>
<p>For now, this applies only if you submit source code that includes a <span>package.json</span> file to build your extension. If your extension has no build step, or you use a different build system, nothing changes. The AMO builder keeps its zero-config approach.</p>
<p>So, if your extension’s source code uses a <span>package.json</span> file, add an <a href="https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/using-npm/scripts">npm script</a> named <span>build-for-amo</span> that runs the commands needed to build your extension for Firefox:</p>
<pre>{
  "scripts": {
    "fx-build": "some commands to build your add-on for Firefox",
    "build-for-amo": "npm run fx-build"
  }
}</pre>
<p>If you’ve a Firefox-specific build command, just point <span>build-for-amo</span> at it. When present, the builder invokes this script instead of guessing how to build your extension. And while you are at it, make sure all your dev dependencies are listed in the <span>package.json</span> file.</p>
<hr>
<p>For more information, including documentation and Bugzilla links, see the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/153#changes_for_add-on_developers">Changes for add-on developers</a> section of the Firefox 153 for developers release notes on MDN.</p>
<p>As always, file extension-related issues on <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/">Bugzilla</a> under the WebExtensions product, cross-browser API proposals are discussed in the <a href="https://github.com/w3c/webextensions">W3C WebExtensions Community Group</a>, and questions are welcome on the <a href="https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons/35">Add-ons Discourse</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2026/07/23/firefox-153-webextensions-api-updates/">Firefox 153 WebExtensions API updates</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons">Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung Is Removing Galaxy Watch Vascular Load in the US, but the Reason Is Unclear]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Samsung is removing Galaxy Watch Vascular Load in the US and replacing it with Blood Pressure Trend, raising questions about long-term support for experimental health features.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689217/it-nachrichten/samsung-is-removing-galaxy-watch-vascular-load-in-the-us-but-the-reason-is-unclear/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:34:42 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Samsung is removing Galaxy Watch Vascular Load in the US and replacing it with Blood Pressure Trend, raising questions about long-term support for experimental health features.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Dutton Ranch season 2 has all-but confirmed a release window after Ed Harris revealed filming complaints — and there's a huge change to the Yellowstone spinoff that nobody is talking about]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[By now, most Dutton Ranch fans will have seen Variety's explosive interview with star Ed Harris — but we've not properly addressed what this means for season 2.]]></description>
<link>https://tsecurity.de/de/3689206/it-nachrichten/dutton-ranch-season-2-has-all-but-confirmed-a-release-window-after-ed-harris-revealed-filming-complaints-and-theres-a-huge-change-to-the-yellowstone-spinoff-that-nobody-is-talking-about/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:34:17 +0200</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[By now, most Dutton Ranch fans will have seen Variety's explosive interview with star Ed Harris — but we've not properly addressed what this means for season 2.]]></content:encoded>
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