Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2026 Security Update Review

The August 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday release delivers security fixes for vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Microsoft products and services. As attackers continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities, timely patching remains critical for reducing exposure and strengthening enterprise...

CVE-2026-5917 libgit2 v0.27.0-v1.9.0 Shell Command Injection via ssh_libssh2 Backend

libgit2 versions v0.27.0 through v1.9.0 built with the libssh2 SSH backend USESSH=libssh2 contain a shell command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an SSH server by supplying a repository path containing unescaped shell metacharacters such as...

CVE-2026-5917 libgit2 v0.27.0-v1.9.0 Shell Command Injection via ssh_libssh2 Backend

libgit2 versions v0.27.0 through v1.9.0 built with the libssh2 SSH backend USESSH=libssh2 contain a shell command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an SSH server by supplying a repository path containing unescaped shell metacharacters such as...

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes

Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already being actively exploited and two others that were publicly detailed prior to today. Image: Shutterstock, Mallika Home...

CVE-2026-19560

CVE-2026-19560 is a use-after-free in Blink used by Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137. The issue allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the Chrome sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Affected component: Blink (core rendering engine); root cause: use-after-free in Blink on HTML...

CVE-2026-19560

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...

CVE-2026-19560

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...

CVE-2026-19560

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...

CVE-2026-19559

Use after free in HTML in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...

CVE-2026-19559

Use after free in HTML in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...

CVE-2026-19556

CVE-2026-19556 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.137, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox when a user visits a crafted HTML page. Multiple sources (NVD, Red Hat, Debian OSV, EUVD) desc...

CVE-2026-66147

An unauthenticated command injection vulnerability was identified in the GMS Dispatcher Service in GMS 9.5.1 and earlier versions which allows remote attacker to perform remote code execution through specially crafted requests...

CVE-2026-55676

Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. The file-upload component FilePond PHP backend accepts uploads at POST /server/php/submit.php and stores them in a directory served by the same nginx and php-fpm instance. The allow-list that should restrict accepted file types is an empty array b...

CVE-2026-29035

CivetWeb commit 4a4f0c95 contains a heap and stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the readwebsocket function that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to corrupt memory by sending compressed WebSocket frames when both USEZLIB and MGEXPERIMENTALINTERFACES are defined. Attackers can negotiate...

CVE-2026-14863

FileRun up to and including version 2026.2.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading a file with a malicious filename containing shell command substitution sequences. The thumbnail generation system passes...

Patch Tuesday - August 2026

Microsoft is publishing 421 vulnerabilities on August 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 236 vulnerabilities in Windows. This is lower volume than last month’s record-breaking behemoth, but still one of the largest Patch Tuesday totals ever. There is no reason to suppose that Patch Tuesday will ever...

CVE-2026-14863 FileRun 2026.2.0 RCE via Thumbnail Generation Command Injection

FileRun up to and including version 2026.2.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading a file with a malicious filename containing shell command substitution sequences. The thumbnail generation system passes...

CVE-2026-14863

FileRun up to and including version 2026.2.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading a file with a malicious filename containing shell command substitution sequences. The thumbnail generation system passes...

EUVD-2026-56976

FileRun up to and including version 2026.2.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading a file with a malicious filename containing shell command substitution sequences. The thumbnail generation system passes...

CVE-2026-14863 FileRun 2026.2.0 RCE via Thumbnail Generation Command Injection

FileRun up to and including version 2026.2.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by uploading a file with a malicious filename containing shell command substitution sequences. The thumbnail generation system passes...