Why metaphor may dictate your security strategy

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Metaphor is a powerful tool for understanding emerging issues in cybersecurity. Framing the unfamiliar in terms of the well understood helps us remove the burden of extraneous detail to draw focus to the real issues. Recent reports o...

Cisco Patches 12 SD-WAN and IOS XE Flaws, Including Three 9.8 CVSS Score Bugs

Cisco has rolled out updates to address multiple critical security vulnerabilities impacting Catalyst SD-WAN and IOS XE Software as part of a comprehensive internal security review. The security issues affect Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Software, regardless of device configuration, and Cisco IOS XE...

urllib3: urllib3: Information disclosure via cross-origin redirects forwarding sensitive headers

A flaw was found in urllib3, an HTTP client library for Python. When using the low-level API via ProxyManager.connectionfromurl.urlopen with assertsamehost=False, cross-origin redirects can still forward sensitive headers. This could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitiv...

urllib3: urllib3: Information disclosure via cross-origin redirects forwarding sensitive headers

A flaw was found in urllib3, an HTTP client library for Python. When using the low-level API via ProxyManager.connectionfromurl.urlopen with assertsamehost=False, cross-origin redirects can still forward sensitive headers. This could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitiv...

ThreatsDay: Odysseus RCE, Samsung One-Click Takeover, iCloud Backdoor Fight + 27 More Stories

Apparently, opening the thing is now enough. A repo can run before the first prompt, a package can hide among hundreds, and a harmless-looking PDF can finish the job. This week runs on cheap leverage: exposed servers, recycled bugs, poisoned agent instructions, remote-access tools dressed as...

CVE-2026-20288

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-06 12:45:09+00:00| seen| https://www.acn.gov.it/portale/w/risolte-vulnerabilita-in-prodotti-cisco-29 2026-08-06 13:10:12+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/o2cloud.bsky.social/post/3msg4htwlvh2m...

urllib3: urllib3: Information disclosure via cross-origin redirects forwarding sensitive headers

A flaw was found in urllib3, an HTTP client library for Python. When using the low-level API via ProxyManager.connectionfromurl.urlopen with assertsamehost=False, cross-origin redirects can still forward sensitive headers. This could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitiv...

Vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Cisco has identified several vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. The identified issues include incorrect input validation, incorrect access control, incorrect link resolution before file access, and the storage of sensitive information in cleartext. Due to these vulnerabilities, the softwar...

Akkadian Provisioning Manager - Information Disclosure

Akkadian Provisioning Manager is susceptible to information disclosure. The restricted shell provided can be escaped by abusing the Edit MySQL Configuration command. This command launches a standard VI editor interface which can then be escaped. id: CVE-2021-31581 info: name: Akkadian Provisionin...

Cisco ASA/FTD Software - Cross-Site Scripting

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense FTD Software are vulnerable to cross-site scripting and could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct attacks against a user of the web services interface of an affected device. The vulnerabilities are...

IBM Data Risk Manager - Authentication Bypass via SAML

IBM Data Risk Manager versions 2.0.1 through 2.0.6 are vulnerable to authentication bypass when configured with SAML authentication. A remote attacker can bypass security restrictions by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the SAML idpSelection endpoint, allowing them to bypass the...

Cisco CUCM, UCCX, and Unified IP-IVR- Directory Traversal

A directory traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager CUCM 5.x and 6.x before 6.15SU2, 7.x before 7.15bSU2, and 8.x before 8.03, and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express aka Unified CCX or UCCX and Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response Unified IP-IVR before 6.01SR1ES8,...

Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software - Local File Inclusion

Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software in the application data endpoints is vulnerable to local file inclusion which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. id: CVE-2020-26073 info: name: Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software - Local File Inclusion author: madrobot...

Cisco Small Business 200,300 and 500 Series Switches - Open Redirect

Cisco Small Business 200,300 and 500 Series Switches contain an open redirect vulnerability in the Web UI. An attacker can redirect a user to a malicious site and possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations. id: CVE-2019-1943 info: name: Cisco Small...

Cisco IOS HTTP Configuration - Authentication Bypass

HTTP server for Cisco IOS 11.3 to 12.2 allows attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands, when local authorization is being used, by specifying a high access level in the URL. id: CVE-2001-0537 info: name: Cisco IOS HTTP Configuration - Authentication Bypass author:...

Cisco ISE < 3.4P2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Cisco ISE and Cisco ISE-PIC contain an unrestricted file upload vulnerability caused by lack of file validation in an internal API, letting unauthenticated remote attackers upload and execute files as root, exploit requires crafted file upload. id: CVE-2025-20282 info: name: Cisco ISE 3.4P2 -...

Cisco Finesse - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Cisco Finesse contains an SSRF caused by insufficient validation of user-supplied input in HTTP requests, letting unauthenticated remote attackers access limited sensitive information, exploit requires sending crafted HTTP requests. id: CVE-2024-20404 info: name: Cisco Finesse - Server-Side Reque...

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center - Authentication Bypass

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software contains an authentication bypass caused by improper system process creation at boot, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute scripts and gain root access, exploit requires crafted HTTP requests. id: CVE-2026-20079 info: name: Cisco Secure...

Lantronix PremierWave 2050 8.9.0.0R4 - Remote Command Injection

Lantronix PremierWave 2050 8.9.0.0R4 contains an OS command injection vulnerability. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to command in the Web Manager Wireless Network Scanner. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. id: CVE-2021-21881 info: name:...

Cisco RV132W/RV134W Router - Information Disclosure

Cisco RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN Routers and Cisco RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view configuration parameters for an affected device via the web interface, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. id: CVE-2018-012...