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.

QLNX: The Linux RAT Targeting Software Supply Chain Keys
Trend Micro discovered QLNX, a previously undocumented Linux RAT that combines a dual-tier rootkit, PAM backdoor, and P2P network to s…

Exploitarium Turns Zero-Day Disclosure into Permanent Infrastructure
The Exploitarium repository has published 204 zero-day exploits for open-source projects without vendor notification. CVE-2026-55200 a…

GhostLock: The Exploit That Unlocks Linux in 5 Seconds — 15 Years in the Shadows
On July 7, 2026, Nebula Security disclosed GhostLock, a working exploit for CVE-2026-43499, a use-after-free in the Linux kernel's fut…

NGINX Rift and Fragnesia: Two Critical Flaws at the Heart of Internet Infrastructure
An 18-year-old heap overflow hits nearly 19 million NGINX servers with unauthenticated RCE, while a local Linux exploit corrupts the p…

GStreamer RCE Flaw in rtpsbcdepay Codec: Patch Available
ZDI-26-467 (CVE-2026-18299) details a use-after-free in GStreamer's RTP SBC depayloader enabling remote code execution. The primary ri…

CVE-2026-6100: CPython Use-After-Free in Decompressors Rated CVSS 9.1 Critical
CVE-2026-6100 affects CPython with a use-after-free in the lzma, bz2, and gzip decompressors. The CVSS 4.0 score is 9.1 CRITICAL, thou…

Aeon RCE via Pickle Dataset: ML Pipeline Risk
CVE-2026-18285: The Python library Aeon executed arbitrary code through pickle deserialization of seemingly legitimate datasets. The b…

AsyncAPI: Five npm Packages Compromised with Valid Provenance
Attackers hijacked the AsyncAPI project's CI/CD pipeline on July 14, 2026, stealing the asyncapi-bot service account token and publish…

AI-Assisted Kernel Exploit: Researcher Publishes Root Escalation Code for Linux
STAR Labs researcher Lee Jia Jie has released exploit code for CVE-2026-53264, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ne…

Aeon RCE Flaw in Benchmark Loading: The Risk Lies in the Datasets
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative published advisory ZDI-26-470 assigning CVE-2026-18287 to a code injection vulnerability in the Pyth…

GIMP: APNG Integer Overflow Enables Code Execution, Patch Released
An integer overflow in GIMP's APNG parser allows remote arbitrary code execution when a user opens a malicious file. Tracked as CVE-20…

GStreamer RCE Bug in MRF Parsing: Urgent Update Required
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in GStreamer's MRF file parser enables remote code execution. User interaction is required, but t…