A critical flaw in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE), one of the most widely used editor extensions for the Joomla CMS, is being actively exploited to take over websites. The bug (CVE-2026-48907, rated a perfect 10) is an access-control failure that lets an unauthenticated attacker create editor profiles and then upload and run arbitrary PHP code, leading to full server compromise. CISA added it to its known-exploited list and ordered federal agencies to patch by June 19. Working exploit code is public and attacks are automated, so even sites with no public registration are at risk. Patching closes the hole but does not remove anything attackers already planted.
CISA has added a LiteSpeed cPanel plugin flaw to its known-exploited list and given federal agencies until June 18 to patch. The bug (CVE-2026-54420, rated 8.5) lets a user who already has FTP or web-shell access on a shared hosting server escalate to root by abusing how the plugin follows symbolic links, on servers running CloudLinux or CageFS. On multi-tenant hosting that turns one compromised account into full control of the whole server and every site on it. Namecheap reported it after spotting suspicious activity, and LiteSpeed flagged active exploitation in early June. The fix is LiteSpeed WHM Plugin 5.3.2.1 with cPanel plugin 2.4.8.
Threat-intelligence firm Defused reports that attackers are now exploiting three critical flaws in Fortinet's FortiSandbox, the appliance other Fortinet products rely on to judge whether files are malicious. Two (CVE-2026-39813, a JRPC API path traversal that bypasses authentication, and CVE-2026-39808, an unauthenticated command-injection that runs code as root) were patched in April; the third (CVE-2026-25089) only last week. All are unauthenticated and rated critical. Compromising a sandbox is especially dangerous because attackers can make it wave real malware through as clean. Notably, the exploit for one flaw appears to have been generated with AI and is likely faulty, yet attackers are trying it anyway.
Cisco has patched a flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage), the console used to manage thousands of SD-WAN devices, that attackers were already exploiting as a zero-day to gain root. The bug (CVE-2026-20262) stems from weak validation of file uploads in the web interface, letting an authenticated low-privilege remote attacker create or overwrite any file on the system by sending crafted HTTP requests, and from there run commands as root. It affects every deployment type, including on-premises, Cisco-managed cloud, and the FedRAMP government edition, regardless of configuration. It is the latest in a run of exploited Cisco SD-WAN Manager zero-days this year.
The critical Ivanti Sentry flaw covered yesterday is now under active attack, with researchers reporting compromised gateways within about 24 hours of the patch and public patch analysis. CVE-2026-10520, rated a perfect 10, is an OS command injection in an internal configuration API that accepts commands from anyone who can reach it over the internet, granting remote code execution as root with no login. A second flaw, CVE-2026-10523, lets attackers create their own admin accounts. With exploitation confirmed and detection tooling public, the time to patch has effectively run out for internet-exposed appliances. Ivanti released fixes earlier this week.
VulnCheck reports that attackers are actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in Langflow, a popular open-source platform for building AI applications. The bug (CVE-2026-5027, rated 8.8) is a path-traversal weakness: the file-upload endpoint does not clean the supplied filename, so an attacker can use directory-climbing sequences to write files anywhere on the server, a foothold that leads to remote code execution. Tenable, which found it, says the maintainers did not respond after three contact attempts in early 2026, and there is still no official fix. Early exploitation appears to be probing, with attackers writing harmless test files, but that usually precedes heavier attacks.
Microsoft has shipped the first full patch for an Exchange Server zero-day that attackers have been exploiting since May. The flaw (CVE-2026-42897) is a cross-site scripting bug in Outlook Web Access: an attacker emails a victim, and when the message is opened in OWA, malicious JavaScript runs inside the victim's authenticated session, allowing session-token theft and mailbox impersonation without ever touching the server. It affects Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition, and CISA added it to its known-exploited list back in May. Until this week only temporary mitigations existed; the June security updates provide the permanent fix.
Google has shipped an emergency Chrome fix for a zero-day in V8, the browser's JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. The flaw (CVE-2026-11645, rated 8.8) is an out-of-bounds memory read and write that lets a malicious web page run code inside Chrome's sandbox, and can help defeat protections like ASLR to set up a fuller compromise. Google confirmed an exploit exists but withheld details until most users update. It is the fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026. The fix is in Chrome 149.0.7827.102/103 for desktop; Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Brave need the same update.
Attackers are actively exploiting a flaw in LiteLLM, a widely used open-source gateway that routes requests to AI models, and CISA has added it to its known-exploited-vulnerabilities list. The bug (CVE-2026-42271) lets any authenticated user run commands on the host through test endpoints that spawn whatever command is supplied in the request. Chained with a separate Host-header bypass in the Starlette web framework (CVE-2026-48710), it becomes unauthenticated remote code execution, giving full control of the server, credential theft, and a foothold in connected AI infrastructure. Horizon3.ai has published a proof-of-concept. It follows a LiteLLM SQL injection flaw exploited within 36 hours last month.
Check Point has rushed out a fix for a critical flaw in its Remote Access VPN, Mobile Access, and Spark firewall products that attackers have been exploiting since May 7. The bug (CVE-2026-50751, rated 9.3) is a logic error in how the software checks certificates, letting an unauthenticated attacker log into the VPN with no password, but only on gateways still using the old IKEv1 key-exchange protocol. So far a few dozen organizations have been hit, and at least one intrusion was tied to an affiliate of the Qilin ransomware gang, which used the access to steal data with Rclone before deploying ransomware. A second, unexploited flaw was also patched.