NLTK: FileSystemPathPointer.open() sandbox check is dead code — arbitrary file read via file:// protocol

Summary There's a logic bug in FileSystemPathPointer.open inside nltk/data.py that makes the sandbox check permanently inert. The guard condition is always False — meaning any file the process can read is accessible by passing a file:// URL to nltk.data.load. --- Details In nltk/data.py,...

Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-053369)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-053369 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iouring: drop any code related to SCMRIGHTS This is dead code after we dropped support for passin...

CVE-2026-80861 usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci: bail out of setup if the controller is inaccessible xhcigensetup locates the operational registers using the capability length read from the very first register: xhci-opregs = hcd-regs +...

Malicious code in megan-baileys (npm)

megan-baileys is a renamed fork of the Baileys WhatsApp Web library. In lib/Socket/newsletter.js, 90 seconds after makeNewsletterSocket is constructed, a base64-encoded string is decoded to https://files.gifted.co.ke/file/chJids.json, fetched with node-fetch, and every channel id in the response ...

MAL-2026-15919 Malicious code in megan-baileys (npm)

megan-baileys is a renamed fork of the Baileys WhatsApp Web library. In lib/Socket/newsletter.js, 90 seconds after makeNewsletterSocket is constructed, a base64-encoded string is decoded to https://files.gifted.co.ke/file/chJids.json, fetched with node-fetch, and every channel id in the response ...

SUSE CVE-2026-72451

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix xfrm state cache insertion race The xfrm input state cache insertion code checks the validity of the state before acquiring the global xfrmstatelock. Thus it's possible for someone else to kill the state after it passed...

Malicious code in mn4xcouzvhus (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in mndsxcusiwlk1 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

MAL-2026-15604 Malicious code in @worrisome/reutil (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

MAL-2026-15607 Malicious code in mbxcnsuwgs1 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in @worrisome/reutil (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in mobiwaefhxc3 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

MAL-2026-15613 Malicious code in mobiwaefhxc3 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in skxcmwuncbg2 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in mn3sadkoiewu (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in mn2adskhweox (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

MAL-2026-15611 Malicious code in mn4xcouzvhus (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

MAL-2026-15617 Malicious code in skxcmwuncbg2 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

Malicious code in mbxcnsuwgs1 (npm)

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security see reference. The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute a...

E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers DDRs to deliver two previously unreported remote access trojans RATs tracked as E4del and PINHOLE. While threat actors are known to abuse legitimate services to point to additional...