WhatsApp Usernames Will Let You Chat Without Sharing Your Phone Number

WhatsApp is letting users reserve usernames before its 2026 launch, giving people a way to chat without sharing phone numbers. Here is how it works, why it matters, and the security limits to know...

WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private

WhatsApp on Monday officially announced the start of global reservations of usernames with an aim to protect the privacy of more than three billion users on the messaging platform. The optional feature is designed to help users connect with someone on the service through usernames, as opposed to...

SUSE-SU-2026:2675-1 Security update for tomcat

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues Update to Tomcat 9.0.118: - CVE-2026-41284: Unbounded read in WebDAV LOCK and PROPFIND handling bsc1265162. - CVE-2026-41293: HTTP/2 request headers not validated bsc1265163. - CVE-2026-42498: WebSocket authentication header exposure bsc1265165. -...

Improper Authentication

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via the proxy authentication process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access and impersonate any user, including administrative accounts, by sending a forged HTTP header directly to the server. Additionally,...

CVE-2026-54089

File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Starting with 2.0.0-rc.1, when FileBrowser is configured with proxy authentication auth.method=proxy, any unauthenticated attacker who can reach the server...

PT-2026-52537

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions File Browser versions 2.0.0-rc.1 and later Description When configured with proxy authentication auth.method=proxy, the software improperly trusts upstream identity headers without validating that requests originate from a trusted proxy. An...

Snipe-IT's selectlist visibility is too permissive

Impact The GET /api/v1/object/selectlist API endpoint is missing an authorization check. Any user who can log into Snipe-IT - regardless of permissions - can retrieve a paginated list of all user accounts using only their web session cookie. No API token or elevated permissions are required. This...

CVE-2026-44960

A stored XSS can be exploited by leveraging the usernames as an attack vector. When an admin user viewed the audit log details for affected entries, any malicious JavaScript payload embedded in the username would be executed due to missing output sanitisation. Proper escaping has been added to th...

EUVD-2026-38503

A stored XSS can be exploited by leveraging the usernames as an attack vector. When an admin user viewed the audit log details for affected entries, any malicious JavaScript payload embedded in the username would be executed due to missing output sanitisation. Proper escaping has been added to th...

CVE-2019-25755

Joomla Component vReview 1.9.11 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the cmId parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the editReview task endpoint with URL-encoded SQL UNION...

EUVD-2019-20191

Joomla Component vReview 1.9.11 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the cmId parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the editReview task endpoint with URL-encoded SQL UNION...

CVE-2019-25755

Joomla Component vReview 1.9.11 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the cmId parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to the editReview task endpoint with URL-encoded SQL UNION...

PT-2026-48936

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mattermost versions prior to 11.6.2 Mattermost versions prior to 11.5.5 Mattermost versions prior to 10.11.17 Description A failure to validate that a username returned during bot registration belongs to a bot account allows an unprivileged...

VRChat says reported data breach never happened

A data breach notice has been filed with the Maine Attorney General, saying more than 2.4 million users of VRChat have had their data breached. The question is, was it VRChat who filed the breach notice, or did someone pretending to represent the company post it instead? On Reddit, a VRChat...

CVE-2026-48011

Shopware is an open commerce platform. Prior to versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1, an attacker is able to enumerate the usernames of administrator users by performing a timing attack. Versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1 fix the issue...

CVE-2026-48011 Shopware: Timing-attack on admin panel allowing enumeration of administrator usernames

Shopware is an open commerce platform. Prior to versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1, an attacker is able to enumerate the usernames of administrator users by performing a timing attack. Versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1 fix the issue...

EUVD-2026-36120

Shopware is an open commerce platform. Prior to versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1, an attacker is able to enumerate the usernames of administrator users by performing a timing attack. Versions 6.6.10.18 and 6.7.10.1 fix the issue...

CVE-2026-48011

Summary of CVE-2026-48011 (Shopware) : A timing-attack in the admin authentication flow enables an attacker to enumerate administrator usernames. The issue is in the OAuth user lookup path (UserRepository::getUserEntityByUserCredentials). If a username is not found, the code returns quickly; if f...

CVE-2026-49498

Ghidra 11.0 before 12.1 is affected by a SQL injection in PostgresFunctionDatabase.changePassword(), which fails to escape double quotes in usernames interpolated into ALTER ROLE statements. Authenticated attackers can craft username parameters in PasswordChange network messages to inject SQL com...

CVE-2026-21730

Verba is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability within its login logging mechanism. When an unauthenticated remote attacker attempts to log in using an incorrect username and password combination, the supplied username value is recorded in the application logs. Due to lack of...