The Wednesday BriefingWednesday, August 26, 2026
Exploited-vulnerability roundup
Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Covers August 20, 2026 to August 26, 2026.
No new Tradecraft stories this week, so this issue is a vulnerability roundup only. It is kept out of search indexes; the week’s catalog entries are CISA’s.
From the editor
No new Tradecraft stories this week. Here are the vulnerabilities CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Exploited this week
11 additions to CISA’s KEV catalog, Aug 20 to Aug 26.
| CVE | Vendor and product | Vulnerability | Added | Due (federal) | Ransomware use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-8452 | Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway | Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulnerabilityCISA summaryCitrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway contain an improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability which could lead to denial of service. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2022-0995 | Linux Kernel | Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write VulnerabilityCISA summaryLinux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds memory write vulnerability which could allow a local user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service on the system. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2021-23758 | Ajax.NET Professional Ajax.NET Professional | Ajax.NET Professional Deserialization of Untrusted Data VulnerabilityCISA summaryAjax.NET Professional (AjaxPro) contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that could allow for remote code execution via arbitrary .NET classes. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2019-1068 | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCISA summaryMicrosoft SQL Server contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the SQL Server Database Engine service account. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2015-5287 | Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool | Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityCISA summaryRed Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow local users with certain permissions to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file with a predictable name. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2015-3246 | Red Hat Libuser | Red Hat Libuser Race Condition VulnerabilityCISA summaryRed Hat libuser contains a race condition vulnerability that allows authenticated local users to corrupt the /etc/passwd file to cause a denial of service or privilege escalation. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-60004 | Gitea Gitea | Gitea Code Injection VulnerabilityCISA summaryGitea contains a code injection vulnerability that allows an attacker with repository write access to send a malicious patch to the diffpatch API endpoint to plant an executable Git hook and run shell commands as the Gitea service account. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-21962 | Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in | Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in Improper Access Control VulnerabilityCISA summaryOracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in contain an improper access control vulnerability that can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in accessible data. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-73570 | Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) | Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) OS Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA summaryZimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) contains an OS command injection vulnerability which could allow an unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted SMTP requests that may result in execution of arbitrary operating system commands as the Zimbra user. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-72530 | TrueConf Server | TrueConf Server Code Injection VulnerabilityCISA summaryTrueConf Server contains a code injection vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized remote attacker with network access via port 4307/TCP to use a specially crafted script to break out of the isolated environment and execute arbitrary code on the host system. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-72529 | TrueConf Server | TrueConf Server Missing Authentication for Critical Function VulnerabilityCISA summaryTrueConf Server contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability which could allow a remote unauthorized attacker with network access via port 4307/TCP to execute an arbitrary script. | Unknown |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, version 2026.09.23. Due dates apply to US federal civilian agencies; summaries are CISA’s.