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Remote code execution (RCE) is the ability of an attacker to make a system run attacker-chosen code from a remote position, usually by exploiting a flaw in a network-facing application, service, protocol, or the processing of untrusted content. Unlike simple unauthorized access, successful RCE can run with the privileges of the affected process, enabling actions such as accessing data, changing configuration, disrupting a service, establishing persistence, or moving to other systems. Exploitability depends on factors including network reachability, authentication requirements, configuration, and whether execution is constrained.
Defenders should prioritize exposed RCE vulnerabilities in vulnerability management: inventory reachable assets, apply fixes or vendor mitigations, and restrict access or disable vulnerable functionality where patching is not immediately possible. Least privilege and service isolation limit the damage if exploitation succeeds. Secure input handling, safe deserialization, and avoiding unnecessary shell invocation reduce common attack paths. Monitoring for unusual process creation and outbound connections can support detection; suspected exploitation warrants prompt investigation, preservation of relevant logs, credential rotation where appropriate, and checks for persistence.
Splunk has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in Splunk Enterprise that could be exploited to conduct unauthenticated file operations and even remote code execution
ShinyHunters exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to breach over 100 organizations, mostly universities, before a patch was available. Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published an analysis of an active ShinyHunters campaign on June 11, one day after Oracle finally issued an advisory for the vulnerability being exploited. The gap matters: the activity ran […]
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of three now-patched security flaws impacting LangGraph, including a critical vulnerability chain that could result in remote code execution
Oracle is warning about a critical PeopleSoft Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-35273 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution, with the flaw actively exploited in ShinyHunter data theft attacks. [...]
Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]
Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]
A high-severity security flaw in Langflow, an open-source low-code platform to build artificial intelligence (AI) applications, has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to findings from VulnCheck
Remote, unauthenticated RCE with root privileges is about as bad as it gets
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for a record 206 security vulnerabilities impacting its software portfolio, including three flaws that have been publicly disclosed at the time of release
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged half a dozen vulnerabilities in protobuf.js, a JavaScript and TypeScript implementation of Protocol Buffers (Protobuf), that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 fix a record 208 CVEs, including one actively exploited zero-day and multiple critical RCE flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 mark a record. Microsoft shipped fixes for 208 CVEs across Windows, Office, Azure, Exchange, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, BitLocker, and a range of AI tooling. […]
Veeam addressed a critical RCE vulnerability flaw in Backup & Replication that lets low-privileged domain users take control of backup servers. Veeam has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-44963 (CVSS v4 Score of 9.4), affecting Backup & Replication version 12.x. The flaw could allow a low-privileged domain user to execute code on […]
Veeam has released security patches to address a critical flaw in its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution
Veeam has released security updates to patch a critical Backup & Replication security flaw that can be exploited to gain remote code execution (RCE) on domain-joined backup servers. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity flaw impacting BerriAI LiteLLM to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation
Gogs has patched a critical security zero-day flaw that can allow attackers to compromise Internet-facing instances and access any repositories (including private ones). [...]
Mythos is real. I know a big chunk of the industry thinks it's a marketing stunt, and I get why. I get it. But I've seen the findings, and they're bad. These aren't "whoops, this line right here is wrong, and that's RCE." They're novel combinations of a few dozen issues out of thousands of things every SAST scanner already finds, chained together into something much worse. It's real creativity,