WWBN AVideo 11.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in the functiongetOpenGraph videoName functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master commit 3c6bb3ff, allowing arbitrary Javascript execution. id: CVE-2023-48728 info: name: WWBN AVideo 11.6 - Cross-Site Scripting author: ritikchaddha severity: medium...

GHSA-WV8C-6MX2-XF4J Omni: Reader-level users can retrieve imported cluster CA keys via ResourceService

Summary Omni supports importing standalone Talos clusters. During this process, an ImportedClusterSecrets resource is created, which contains the full CA secrets bundle for the cluster being imported. If these secrets are not rotated by the importing actor, an authenticated Omni user with Reader...

Omni: Operator can traverse image-factory API paths via unsanitized `talos_version` in CreateSchematic

Summary managementServer.CreateSchematic internal/backend/grpc/schematics.go passes the caller-controlled TalosVersion field directly to imageFactoryClient.OverlaysVersions, which embeds it verbatim into a fmt.Sprintf"/version/%s/overlays/official", talosVersion path template. url.URL.JoinPath...

GHSA-C66C-VQ6W-FVH5 Omni: Operator can traverse image-factory API paths via unsanitized `talos_version` in CreateSchematic

Summary managementServer.CreateSchematic internal/backend/grpc/schematics.go passes the caller-controlled TalosVersion field directly to imageFactoryClient.OverlaysVersions, which embeds it verbatim into a fmt.Sprintf"/version/%s/overlays/official", talosVersion path template. url.URL.JoinPath...

Winning the cyber marathon with Tony Giandomenico

In the high-speed world of cybersecurity, the difference between a breach and a breakthrough often comes down to endurance. Tony Giandomenico, Senior Director of Product Management with Cisco Talos, joins me to discuss how he balances the intensity of leading major product launches with the...

Talos Linux has a local privilege escalation from untrusted workloads

Summary A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's algifaead subsystem CVE-2026-31431, "copy.fail" allows an unprivileged container workload to corrupt arbitrary file page-cache pages via the AFALG crypto interface and splice. On Talos Linux, this vulnerability can be chained into a complete node...

Arbitrary Code Execution

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution in crypto/algifaead.c. The authencesn cryptographic template has a 4-byte overwrite past the end of its buffer, which can be controlled to write into the page cache of any readable file. This allows a...

Five defender priorities from the Talos Year in Review

A familiar theme in security right now is that the barrier to entry for attackers is at an all-time low. AI tools can spin up websites within minutes that can easily direct data to disposable external data stores and send alerts for new captures -- all without code. One such case was recently...

More than pretty pictures: Wendy Bishop on visual storytelling in tech

In this episode of Humans of Talos, Amy sits down with Wendy Bishop, Head of Creative, to explore the vital role of design in the world of cybersecurity. From her early beginnings in web design and journalism to leading the creative vision for Talos, Wendy shares the unique challenges and rewards...

From the field to the report and back again: How incident responders can use the Year in Review

Every year, Cisco Talos publishes Year in Review, a comprehensive look at the previous year's threat landscape. It's drawn from an enormous volume of telemetry, such as endpoint detections, network traffic, email data, and boots-on-the-ground Cisco Talos Incident Response Talos IR engagements. As...

TP-Link, Canva, HikVision vulnerabilities

Cisco Talos' Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed a vulnerability in HikVision, as well as 10 in TP-Link, and 19 in Canva. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco 's third-party vulnerability...

A puppet made me cry and all I got was this t-shirt

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Anyone who spoke with me in the last several weeks has had to deal with me loudly waiting in anticipation for the long-awaited "Project Hail Mary" movie adaptation. I read and cried over the book by Andy Weir, who's also the author o...

Talos Takes: 2025 insights from Talos and Splunk

In this episode of Talos Takes, Amy is joined by William Largent Cisco Talos and Lou Stella Splunk for a "double-header" discussion. With the recent release of the Cisco Talos 2025 Year in Review and the Splunk Top 50 Cybersecurity Threats report, we're breaking down the most critical trends that...

Beers with Talos breaks down the 2025 Talos Year in Review

The Beers with Talos B team that's Hazel, Bill, Joe and Dave break down sometimes in the literal sense the 2025 Talos Year in Review which is available now. The team dives into the biggest cybersecurity trends of the year, including: The rapid weaponization of new vulnerabilities Why identity abu...

Canva Affinity EMF File EMR_EXTSELECTCLIPRGN CountRects Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

Talos Vulnerability Report TALOS-2025-2319 Canva Affinity EMF File EMREXTSELECTCLIPRGN CountRects Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability March 17, 2026 CVE Number CVE-2025-66042 SUMMARY An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the EMF functionality of Canva Affinity. By using a specially crafted E...

Spinning complex ideas into clear docs with Kri Dontje

Welcome back! This week, we're shining a spotlight on Kri Dontje, a technical writer who's become an essential voice in making Cisco Talos' work understandable for a wide audience. With a background in technical communications and a career that began at a small startup, Kri discusses the importan...

Foxit, Epic Games Store, MedDreams vulnerabilities

Cisco Talos' Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Editor, one in the Epic Games Store, and twenty-one in MedDream PACS. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco...

Brushstrokes and breaches with Terryn Valikodath

Cisco Talos is kicking off the new year with a behind-the-scenes look at incident response through the eyes of Terryn Valikodath, Senior Incident Response Consultant at Talos. In this episode, Amy sits down with Terryn to explore the realities of a job that blends technical know-how with...

Lexi DiScola’s guide to global teamwork and overflowing TBRs

Welcome back to Humans of Talos. This month, Amy chats with Senior Cyber Threat Analyst Lexi DiScola from the Strategic Analysis team. Lexi's journey into cybersecurity is anything but traditional -- she brings a background in political science and French to her work tracking global cyber threats...

Bill Largent: On epic reads, lifelong learning, and empathy

Welcome to another episode of Humans of Talos! This week, Amy sits down with William Bill Largent from the Strategic Planning and Communications team. Bill's role as Senior Security Researcher spans from threat research to communicating Talos's critical work to internal teams, partners, and...