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Code Injection in pytorch-lightning prior to 1.6.0

Code Execution in the context of the program can be achieved in pytorch-lightning prior to v1.6.0 It is possible to execute OS commands or snippets of python code in the context of the program by…
Developer Tools & Libraries
Remote Code Execution
CWE-94
2022-10-05
High
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Lack of Bluetooth LE pairing and access control in Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Lack of Bluetooth LE pairing and access control Time, date, and month on the smartwatch It was identified on analyzing the Bluetooth LE Characteristics of the device that, on handle 0x0017 the value…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-05
Medium
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Unauthenticated Firmware Update in Fastrack Reflex 2.0 Activity Tracker

Unauthenticated Firmware Update It was identified on analyzing the Bluetooth LE Characteristics of the device that it is using Nordic DFU 0.1 and has no signature verification for OTA Firmware…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
2022-10-04
High
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Denial of service (Device Crashing) on Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Fuzzing characteristic value leads to Device crash It was identified Fuzzing char value last 3 bytes of the watch was getting crashed after 5 minutes it restarts, Bluetooth doesn’t work and doesn’t…
IoT & Hardware
Denial of Service
2022-10-04
High
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Open Serial debug port Allows Dumping, and re-flashing Firmware in Fastrack reflex 2.0 activity tracker

Open Serial debug port Allows Dumping, and re- flashing Firmware It was identified in analyzing the PCB, that the SWD (Serial Wire Debug) the port was open and it gives access to the dumping and…
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
2022-10-04
High
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DoS in aedes MQTT broker

DoS on aedes broker because of incorrect error handling A specifically crafted payload which has published header and message length as 0 is sent to the server which crashes the server because of the…
IoT & Hardware
Denial of Service
CWE-755
2022-10-03
High
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Safari Login AutoFill

Safari Login AutoFill A malicious attacker may cause Safari to suggest a password for the wrong domain
Browser
Spoofing
CWE-346
2022-10-03
High
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Safari reader download permission bypass

Safari reader download permission bypass A malicious attacker may be able to change the origin of a frame for a download in Safari Reader mode
Browser
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-03
Low
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Safari reader same origin policy (SOP) bypass

Safari reader same origin policy (SOP) bypass An issue in Safari Reader mode may allow a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy
Browser
Authentication & Access Bypass
2022-10-03
High
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Critical

SAML 2.0 Authentication Bypass in SolarWinds Web Help Desk

Enterprise & Mobile
Authentication & Access Bypass
CWE-287
CWE-287
July 30, 2026
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CVE-2026-28323
CWE-287
2026-07-30
Medium

Extplorer Component up to 2.1.15 on Joomla cross site scripting

Web / CMS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79
CWE-79
July 7, 2026
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CVE-2023-40628
CWE-79
2026-07-07
Medium

Extension - advcomsys.com - XSS in oneVote component for Joomla <= 1.7.0

Web / CMS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-79
CWE-79
July 8, 2026
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CVE-2023-23756
CWE-79
2026-07-08
High

CVE-2026-8971: Mozilla Firefox Same-Origin Policy Bypass via JAR URI Null Byte Handling

Browser
Spoofing
CWE-158, CWE-346
CWE-158, CWE-346
June 17, 2026
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CVE-2026-8971, CVE-2025-1936, CVE-2026-2790
CWE-158, CWE-346
2026-06-17
Medium

Code Injection Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (Web Dynpro Java)

Enterprise & Mobile
Remote Code Execution
CWE-94
CWE-94
June 3, 2026
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CVE-2026-27674
CWE-94
2026-06-03
Medium

Path Traversal in Binwalk WinCE Extraction Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Code Execution

Developer Tools & Libraries
Remote Code Execution
CWE-22
CWE-22
May 27, 2026
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CVE-2026-7179
CWE-22
2026-05-27
Critical

Static GPS spoofing on Infotainment System

Automotive
Spoofing
CWE-941
CWE-941
April 22, 2026
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CVE-2025-69515
CWE-941
2026-04-22
Medium

Exposure of Stored Credentials via Open UART Logs and Firmware Dump

IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
Information Disclosure
CWE-200
CWE-200
April 22, 2026
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CVE-2026-30613
CWE-200
2026-04-22
Medium

Insecure Deserialization Leading to Arbitrary Code Execution in datrie.Trie

Developer Tools & Libraries
Remote Code Execution
CWE-502, CWE-20
CWE-502, CWE-20
April 8, 2026
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CVE-2026-5659
CWE-502, CWE-20
2026-04-08
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Dhabaleshwar Das Finds Critical SolarWinds SAML Authentication Bypass | CVE-2026-28323
Dhableshwar Das
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Dhableshwar Das
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Exploit dev & reverse engineering
Binwalk Path Traversal Vulnerability: Turning Firmware Analysis into Code Execution
June 10, 2026
8 min
IoT & hardware
Exploit dev & reverse engineering
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