Updated Oct 24, 2026

Security alerts. What to patch this week.

We review vendor advisories, CISA's catalog of exploited vulnerabilities and CVE records, and keep only what affects companies running web systems. Each alert lists affected versions and what to do.

This week

Vulnerabilities October 10–24, 2026.

21alerts
9critical
12exploited
9in CISA catalog
CriticalCVSS 9.2Exploited
PHP

PHP2Shell: remote code execution in PHP

Affected
8.2 < 8.2.35 · 8.3 < 8.3.36 · 8.4 < 8.4.27 · 8.5 < 8.5.12. PHP 7.4, 8.0 and 8.1 have no official fixed release.
What to do
Update PHP today and restart PHP-FPM. On 7.4–8.1, migrate or ask your provider for a backport.
CVE-2026-109618 · CVE-2026-109619 · Oct 21, 2026Source ↗
9.2CVSS v4

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CriticalCVSS 10.0Exploited
WordPress · Bricksforge

Bricksforge: site takeover without logging in

Affected
Bricksforge plugin before 3.1.8.10. Attacks since October 7.
What to do
Update Bricksforge to 3.1.8.10 and review admin users and new files.
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CVE-2026-85097 · Oct 7, 2026Source ↗
CriticalExploitedCISA KEV
Ahsay AhsayCBS

Ahsay backup software: auth bypass and command injection

Affected
AhsayCBS servers without the vendor patch.
What to do
Patch AhsayCBS and verify your backups weren't tampered with.
CVE-2026-105133 · 105134 · Oct 14, 2026Source ↗
CriticalCVSS 8.6ExploitedCISA KEV
Ivanti Connect Secure

Ivanti VPN: bypass login and run commands

Affected
Ivanti Connect Secure before 25.1.3.0.
What to do
Update to 25.1.3.0, 25.1.3.1 or 22.8R2.5 and review suspicious access.
CVE-2026-104935 · Oct 13, 2026Source ↗
CriticalExploitedCISA KEV
Palo Alto PAN-OS

Palo Alto firewall: code injection as root

Affected
PAN-OS; versions in the Palo Alto advisory. Requires an authenticated user.
What to do
Check the vendor advisory and patch the firewall.
CVE-2026-0322 · Oct 14, 2026Source ↗
CriticalExploitedCISA KEV
Cisco Secure Email Gateway

Cisco Secure Email Gateway: writes files without authentication

Affected
Cisco Secure Email Gateway; versions in the Cisco advisory.
What to do
Patch per the Cisco advisory.
CVE-2026-76519 · Oct 14, 2026Source ↗
CriticalCVSS 9.3ExploitedCISA KEV
Atlassian Data Center

Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket Data Center

Affected
Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Crowd and Bamboo Data Center, several versions.
What to do
Update: Jira 9.12.40 / 10.3.26 / 11.3.12; Confluence 9.2.26 / 10.2.19; Bitbucket 9.4.26 / 10.2.8 / 10.5.1.
CVE-2026-21589 · Oct 15, 2026Source ↗
CriticalCVSS 9.3ExploitedCISA KEV
BeyondTrust Remote Support

BeyondTrust Remote Support: authentication bypass

Affected
BeyondTrust Remote Support up to 26.2.3.
What to do
Apply the patch from BeyondTrust advisory bt26-05.
CVE-2026-102764 · Oct 16, 2026Source ↗
CriticalCVSS 9.2
Laravel

Laravel: log in as another user without a token

Affected
laravel/framework < 12.68.0 and 13.x < 13.29.0 with the “token” guard on MySQL/MariaDB. Laravel 11 gets no patch.
What to do
composer update laravel/framework to 12.68.0 or 13.29.0. On Laravel 11, migrate.
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CVE-2026-114509 · Oct 19, 2026Source ↗
HighExploited
WordPress

Backdoor campaign using UpdraftCentral keys

Affected
WordPress sites with exposed UpdraftCentral keys; attackers install fake plugins (99 names found).
What to do
Revoke and regenerate UpdraftCentral keys and review plugins you didn't install.
UpdraftCentral · Oct 20, 2026Source ↗
HighCVSS 8.8ExploitedCISA KEV
Windows

Windows Shell: bypasses the downloaded-file warning

Affected
Windows 10, 11 and Server 2012 R2–2025 without the October update.
What to do
Install the October cumulative update on every PC and server.
CVE-2026-96951 · Oct 13, 2026Source ↗
HighExploitedCISA KEV
Nextcloud · Collabora Online

Collabora Online in Nextcloud: command injection

Affected
Collabora CODE server bundled with Nextcloud.
What to do
Update Collabora Online / CODE on your Nextcloud.
CVE-2026-110447 · Oct 23, 2026Source ↗
High
PHP 8.2

PHP 8.2 stops getting patches on December 31

Affected
Every system on PHP 8.2 or older. 8.1 has had no patches since December 2025.
What to do
Plan the move to PHP 8.4 before year end: review Composer dependencies and extensions.
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PHP 8.2 EOL · Dec 31, 2026Source ↗
HighCVSS 8.1
nginx

nginx: heap overflow with alias

Affected
nginx before 1.30.6 and 1.31.0–1.31.6, when the config combines alias with $request_filename.
What to do
Update to 1.30.6 or 1.31.7. Meanwhile, avoid alias together with $request_filename.
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CVE-2026-15176 · Oct 14, 2026Source ↗
HighCVSS 8.1
SharePoint Server

SharePoint Server: privilege escalation

Affected
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition before 16.0.20326.20190.
What to do
Install the October patch on on-premises SharePoint.
CVE-2026-102866 · Oct 13, 2026Source ↗
MediumCVSS 5.4ExploitedCISA KEV
Fortinet FortiOS

FortiOS: admin flaw now exploited

Affected
FortiOS 7.6.0–7.6.4, 7.4.0–7.4.9 and all of 7.2, 7.0 and 6.4. Requires an authenticated admin.
What to do
Update to 7.6.5, 7.4.10 or 8.0; restrict admin access and review admin accounts.
CVE-2025-61624 · Oct 16, 2026Source ↗
Medium
PHP

Second PHP flaw, still unpatched

Affected
Sites that switch session.serialize_handler to “php” at runtime with upload progress enabled.
What to do
Until the patch ships: session.upload_progress.enabled = 0 in php.ini.
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CVE-2026-115560 · Oct 23, 2026Source ↗
MediumCVSS 6.5
Laravel · Livewire

Laravel and Livewire: two authorization flaws

Affected
Laravel 12.45–12.67 and 13.x < 13.27.0 (a read endpoint can delete a related table). Livewire 4.3.0–4.4.7 (#[Authorize] bypass).
What to do
Update laravel/framework, and livewire/livewire to 4.4.8 or later.
CVE-2026-114508 · GHSA-mhf7-xp6r-6qrc · Oct 23, 2026Source ↗
Medium
Symfony

Symfony: three flaws in http-foundation, expression-language and yaml

Affected
Symfony components; Laravel also uses http-foundation (ReDoS via Cache-Control).
What to do
composer update symfony/* to the versions in the October 15 advisory.
CVE-2026-108082 · 109449 · 109413 · Oct 15, 2026Source ↗
MediumCVSS 7.5
WordPress

WordPress 7.1.3 (7 fixes) and unpatched Music Store plugin

Affected
WordPress 7.1.2 or older. Music Store ≤ 1.4.7: file read without login, no fixed version published.
What to do
Confirm 7.1.3 was applied. If you use Music Store, disable it until a fix ships.
WordPress 7.1.3 · CVE-2026-115497 · Oct 23, 2026Source ↗
Info
OpenSSH

OpenSSH 10.6: hardening release

Affected
OpenSSH 10.5 or older. Improves sftp path validation and tunnel forwarding.
What to do
Update with your distribution's package and make sure port 22 isn't open to the whole internet.
OpenSSH 10.6 · Oct 6, 2026Source ↗

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