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Vulnerabilities

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

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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-40361: Zero-Click Outlook RCE Lets Attackers Compromise Executives by Simply Sending an Email

A critical zero-click use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook lets attackers achieve remote code execution through the Preview Pane alone. Learn why Saudi financial institutions must patch CVE-2026-40361 immediately.

15 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-32202: APT28 Exploits Zero-Click Windows Shell Flaw to Steal NTLM Credentials

Russian APT28 weaponizes an incomplete Windows Shell patch to silently harvest NTLM hashes — no clicks required. Here's what Saudi CISOs must do now.

15 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-42897: Actively Exploited Exchange Server Zero-Day Hits On-Prem Email with No Patch Available

Microsoft confirms active exploitation of CVE-2026-42897 in Exchange Server OWA — no patch available yet. Here's what Saudi financial institutions must do now to protect their on-prem email infrastructure.

15 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

Google Catches First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit: A New Era of Cyber Threats

Google detected the first confirmed AI-generated zero-day exploit — a 2FA bypass built by the OpenClaw model. Here's why Saudi CISOs need to rethink their threat models immediately.

14 May 2026 6 min
Vulnerabilities

Fragnesia CVE-2026-46300: Linux Kernel Root Exploit Threatens Every Server in Saudi Financial Infrastructure

A new Linux kernel vulnerability lets any unprivileged user gain root access in a single command. Saudi financial institutions running Linux-based core banking, SOC platforms, and API gateways face immediate risk.

14 May 2026 6 min
Vulnerabilities

NGINX Rift CVE-2026-42945: An 18-Year-Old Zero-Click RCE Flaw Threatening Every API Gateway in Saudi Finance

A single HTTP request can give attackers full control of your NGINX server. CVE-2026-42945 has lurked in NGINX's rewrite module since 2008 — here's what Saudi financial institutions must do immediately.

14 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-40403: Win32K Graphics RCE Lets Attackers Gain Kernel Access Through a Single Malicious Image

A single malicious image or font file can hand attackers full kernel privileges on any unpatched Windows system. CVE-2026-40403 demands immediate action from every Saudi financial institution.

14 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-41940: cPanel Authentication Bypass Exposes 1.5M Hosting Servers to Full Root Takeover

A CRLF injection in cPanel & WHM session handling lets unauthenticated attackers promote themselves to root — bypassing passwords and 2FA entirely. With 1.5 million servers exposed, Saudi organizations must act now.

14 May 2026 5 min
Network & Infrastructure

CVE-2026-0300: Palo Alto PAN-OS Zero-Day Gives Attackers Root on Your Perimeter Firewall

A critical buffer overflow in Palo Alto PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal is being exploited in the wild—giving attackers root-level code execution on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls without any credentials.

14 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-23918: Apache HTTP/2 Double-Free Flaw Turns Two Frames into Full Server Takeover

A single TCP connection and two HTTP/2 frames can crash — or fully compromise — Apache web servers running mod_http2. CVE-2026-23918 scored 8.8 CVSS and demands immediate patching across Saudi financial infrastructure.

14 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

Dead.Letter CVE-2026-45185: Critical Exim RCE Threatens Every Mail Server in Your Financial Infrastructure

A single malformed TLS handshake can give attackers root access to your Exim mail server. CVE-2026-45185 scores 9.8 CVSS and requires no authentication — here's what SAMA-regulated institutions must do now.

14 May 2026 5 min
Vulnerabilities

Critical SAP Commerce Cloud and S/4HANA Flaws CVE-2026-34263 & CVE-2026-34260: CVSS 9.6 Threats to Saudi ERP Infrastructure

SAP's May 2026 Patch Day fixes two critical CVSS 9.6 vulnerabilities — an unauthenticated RCE in Commerce Cloud and a SQL injection in S/4HANA. Here's why Saudi financial institutions running SAP must patch immediately.

13 May 2026 5 min

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