Development & Open Source
Software development and open source follows supply chain, dependencies, tooling, repositories and code security. The cluster highlights vulnerabilities, updates and useful practices for developers and maintainers.
DarkMoon: Open-Source AI Pentesting at $10 a Scan — and the Hard Limit of Vendor LLM Classifiers
DarkMoon separates LLM reasoning from execution via MCP to bypass Anthropic's safety classifiers. At roughly $10 per web-app scan, the…
ZDI-26-397: Use-After-Free in X.Org Server Opens Door to Local Privilege Escalation
A Use-After-Free flaw in X.Org Server's CreateSaverWindow function (CVE-2026-50263) lets a local low-privilege attacker leak sensitive…
ZDI-26-393: Stack Buffer Overflow in X.Org Server XKB Subsystem Enables Local Root Escalation
The Zero Day Initiative disclosed ZDI-26-393 on June 24, 2026, detailing a local privilege escalation vulnerability in X.Org Server. A…
Masquerading Linux: When ps Lies and eBPF Exposes the Truth
A SANS ISC post demonstrates how prctl and argv overwriting make ps and top unreliable on Linux, and why only eBPF tools like Kunai ca…
Miasma: The Malware Turning npm Into a Developer Trap
Miasma compromised 109 npm packages and GitHub Actions using Phantom Gyp and the Bun runtime. It extracts CI/CD secrets from memory an…
CVE-2026-46331: Linux 'pedit COW' Exploit Gains Root in 24 Hours
A Linux kernel bug corrupts the page cache of setuid binaries such as /bin/su without touching disk, bypassing all integrity checks.
DirtyClone: The Fourth Variant in the DirtyFrag Family
CVE-2026-43503, the fourth variant in the DirtyFrag family, exploits cloned packets to corrupt file-backed memory. JFrog published a f…
Linux Foundation Launches Akrites: A Shared SIRT for Open Source Software
Akrites brings 19 tech giants under one shared SIRT for open source vulnerabilities. A 5% patch rate and Dolan's admission: the road a…
Edgecution: Malicious Edge Extension Bypasses Sandbox via Native Messaging
Zscaler ThreatLabz documents a campaign where the Edgecution extension abuses Chrome's Native Messaging API to escape the browser sand…
Unraid: Command Injection in ToggleState.php Enables RCE
CVE-2026-9773 in the Unraid web server: command injection in ToggleState.php allows authenticated remote code execution. CVSS 8.8, fix…
Linux Process Masquerading Tricks ps and top
On Linux, malicious processes mask their name and command line by abusing prctl and argv memory overwrites. Standard tools like ps and…
The Fake kworker: How APTs Masquerade Linux Processes
Ps and top become unreliable: APTs overwrite argv[0] and use prctl to impersonate kworker. eBPF tools like Kunai detect the real binar…