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Vulnerabilities

Critical and actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, prioritised for systems common in finance.

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Vulnerabilities

BlueHammer (CVE-2026-33825): Defender Zero-Day Hits Saudi Banks

BlueHammer (CVE-2026-33825) abuses a TOCTOU race in Microsoft Defender to grant SYSTEM-level access without user interaction. Here is what Saudi banks must do today under SAMA CSCC and NCA ECC.

3 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-7399: Samsung MagicINFO Flaw Hits Saudi Bank Branches

CISA-listed CVE-2024-7399 in Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server is being weaponized by Mirai variants. Saudi bank branches running digital signage face a hidden OT/TPRM exposure under SAMA CSCC and NCA ECC.

3 May 2026 4 min
Compliance & Regulation

Cisco SD-WAN Manager Bugs in CISA KEV Threaten Saudi Banks

CISA flagged three Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities — CVE-2026-20122, CVE-2026-20128, and CVE-2026-20133 — as actively exploited. Saudi banks running branch SD-WAN must patch immediately to preserve SAMA CSCC and NCA ECC compliance.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-33827: Wormable Windows IPv6 RCE Threatens Saudi Bank Networks

Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses CVE-2026-33827, a wormable IPv6/IPSec race condition in the Windows TCP/IP stack — a direct threat to SAMA-regulated banks running IPv6 across branch networks and DR sites.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-32746: 32-Year-Old Telnetd RCE Threatens Saudi Bank Edges

A 32-year-old buffer overflow in GNU Inetutils Telnetd (CVE-2026-32746, CVSS 9.8) enables pre-auth RCE on legacy stacks still hiding inside Saudi bank perimeters and NetScaler fleets.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-33824: Windows IKE Zero-Click RCE Threatens Saudi Bank VPNs

Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday disclosed CVE-2026-33824, a critical double-free in Windows IKE Service Extensions (CVSS 9.8) that enables zero-click remote code execution on IPSec endpoints — the exact technology Saudi banks rely on for branch and partner connectivity.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-20700: Apple dyld Zero-Day Hits Saudi Bank Mobile Fleets

Apple's first actively exploited zero-day of 2026 — CVE-2026-20700 in dyld — was abused in a surveillance-grade chain against specific targets. Here is what Saudi banks under SAMA CSCC must do now.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-41940: cPanel Zero-Day Threatens Saudi Bank Hosting

A critical cPanel authentication bypass (CVE-2026-41940, CVSS 9.8) was exploited as a zero-day for two months before patch. Saudi banks must act on SAMA CSCC patch governance and third-party hosting risk obligations.

2 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-20133: Cisco SD-WAN Manager Leak Hits Saudi Bank Branches

CISA added Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw CVE-2026-20133 to KEV. Active exploitation exposes file-system data on the controller binding Saudi bank branches. Patch and assess now.

1 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-3854: GitHub RCE via Git Push Threatens Saudi Bank CI/CD

A critical 8.7 CVSS GitHub vulnerability lets any authenticated user execute code through a single git push command. Saudi banks running GHES face full source-code and secrets exposure under SAMA CSCC.

1 May 2026 4 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-27681: Critical SAP BPC SQL Injection Threatens Saudi Bank Financial Reporting

A near-maximum severity SQL injection flaw (CVSS 9.9) in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation lets low-privileged users execute arbitrary database commands — a direct hit on the financial reporting layer Saudi banks rely on for SAMA submissions.

1 May 2026 3 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience RCE Threatens Saudi Bank Web Properties

CISA just added CVE-2025-2749, an authenticated RCE in Kentico Xperience's Staging Sync Server, to the KEV catalog with a May 4, 2026 federal deadline. Here's why Saudi banks running public CMS portals must act now under SAMA CSCC.

1 May 2026 3 min

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