The Wednesday BriefingWednesday, September 2, 2026
Why OTP bots keep working against bank customers
Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Covers August 27, 2026 to September 2, 2026.
From the editor
OTP bots automate the social-engineering call that used to need a human. The weakness they exploit is the code itself: it works for whoever holds it.
In this issue
New Explainer
Why OTP bots keep working against bank customers
An OTP bot is an automated calling or messaging service that impersonates a bank or other service and persuades the victim to read out or type in a one-time passcode, which the criminal uses at the same moment to log in or approve a payment.
Route to Fraud & risk Product & payments
Exploited this week
12 additions to CISA’s KEV catalog, Aug 27 to Sep 2.
| CVE | Vendor and product | Vulnerability | Added | Due (federal) | Ransomware use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-9586 | Sangoma Switchvox | Sangoma Switchvox SQL Injection VulnerabilityCISA summarySangoma Switchvox contains a SQL injection vulnerability which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements against the backend PostgreSQL database using a single crafted request, including database operations and remote code execution. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-83549 | SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances OS Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA summarySonicWall SMA1000 Appliances contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could enable a remote authenticated attacker as administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands, resulting in remote code execution. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-83548 | SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances | SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Server-Side Request Forgery VulnerabilityCISA summarySonicWall SMA1000 Appliances contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive functionality and perform unauthorized operations. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-82329 | JFrog Artifactory | JFrog Artifactory Improper Authentication VulnerabilityCISA summaryJFrog Artifactory contains an improper authentication vulnerability that under default configuration can allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to obtain administrative privileges. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-59822 | BerriAI LiteLLM | BerriAI LiteLLM Improper Authentication VulnerabilityCISA summaryBerriAI LiteLLM contains an improper authentication vulnerability in the MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to establish an authenticated MCP session using an arbitrary Bearer token. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-49869 | Kestra Kestra OSS | Kestra OSS OS Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA summaryKestra OSS contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create and execute arbitrary workflows without credentials. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-48710 | Kludex Starlette | Kludex Starlette HTTP Request/Response Smuggling VulnerabilityCISA summaryKludex Starlette contains a HTTP request/response smuggling vulnerability that could allow attackers to inject paths into the host part, prepending the actual path leading to issues such as authentication bypass when the authentication depends on the reconstructed URL’s path. This vulnerability could be chaned with CVE-2026-42271. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-82078 | PaperCut NG/MF | PaperCut NG/MF Unsafe Reflection VulnerabilityCISA summaryPaperCut NG/MF contains an unsafe reflection vulnerability that allows an attacker to manipulate system configuration parameters and execute arbitrary Java bytecode residing on the application classpath under the security context of the PaperCut server process. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-81578. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-81578 | PaperCut NG/MF | PaperCut NG/MF Missing Authentication for Critical Function VulnerabilityCISA summaryPaperCut NG/MF contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to modify certain system configurations. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-82078. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-66384 | JFrog Artifactory | JFrog Artifactory Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory VulnerabilityCISA summaryJFrog Artifactory contains an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability. This can allow an authenticated user to write data outside the intended Docker cache path under specific remote-repository conditions. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2026-53362 | Linux Kernel | Linux Kernel Unspecified VulnerabilityCISA summaryLinux Kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that can allow for privilege escalation via IPv6 networking subsystem. This vulnerability can impact multiple products, including but not limited to Suse, Red Hat, and other products using Linux. | Unknown | ||
| CVE-2023-49105 | ownCloud ownCloud | ownCloud Improper Authentication VulnerabilityCISA summaryownCloud contains an improper authentication vulnerability that allows an attacker to access, modify, or delete any file without authentication if the username of a victim is known, and the victim has no signing-key configured. | Unknown |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, version 2026.09.23. Due dates apply to US federal civilian agencies; summaries are CISA’s.