Security Alerts
The latest Security Alerts coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CISA Warns: ABB Gateway Bugs Expose Credentials, Enable Remote Reboot
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) republished a critical advisory from ABB on April 30, 2026, warning that three vulnerabilities in the company’s AWIN GW100 rev.2 and...
ABB Warns: Critical PostgreSQL Bugs in Symphony Plus S+ Engineering
CISA republished an ABB advisory on April 30, 2026, flagging four PostgreSQL vulnerabilities lurking inside ABB Ability Symphony Plus S+ Engineering. The industrial control system (ICS) software,...
CISA Issues Urgent Upgrade Advisory for ABB Symphony Plus S+ Engineering After Four Critical PostgreSQL Vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning industrial organizations to immediately upgrade ABB Ability Symphony Plus S+ Engineering software, following the disclosure of...
CVE-2026-31499 L2CAP Deadlock Shows Why Medium Linux Kernel CVEs Demand Action
A newly published Linux kernel vulnerability exposes a weakness in the Bluetooth subsystem's L2CAP layer—one that can freeze a system solid under the right conditions. CVE-2026-31499, rated medium...
Patch Released for CVE-2026-31540 Linux Intel GPU Crash on Suspend
A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux i915 graphics driver, now tracked as CVE-2026-31540, can crash Intel GPU systems when the required firmware is missing and a suspend/resume cycle is triggered....
CVE-2026-31508: Why a Linux Kernel Open vSwitch Race Condition Demands Immediate Windows Attention
CVE-2026-31508 landed in the National Vulnerability Database on April 22, 2026, with a high-severity score and a race condition that security teams cannot ignore. The flaw, which was updated on April...
CVE-2026-31546: Linux Kernel Bonding Driver debugfs NULL Dereference Exposes Windows Subsystem for Linux to Local DoS
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database published CVE-2026-31546 on April 24, 2026, flagging a medium-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s bonding driver. Modified on...
CVE-2026-31545: Linux Kernel NFC Driver Flaw Fixed, Sleepable GPIO Context Bug Resolved
The Linux kernel project has patched a medium-severity vulnerability in the NXP NCI NFC driver, tracked as CVE-2026-31545, that could allow local attackers to disrupt system availability. Disclosed...
CVE-2026-34978: CUPS RSS Path Traversal Corrupts Job Cache – What Windows Users Must Know
A newly disclosed vulnerability in OpenPrinting CUPS, tracked as CVE-2026-34978, lets remote attackers corrupt the critical job.cache file by injecting a malicious RSS notification URI. Published in...
Incus Image Cache Poisoning Bug Fixed in Version 6.23.0
Incus versions prior to 6.23.0 contain a medium-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-33542, disclosed in late March 2026. The flaw stems from a missing combined fingerprint verification when...
CISA Zero Trust Mandate Hits the Plant Floor: What Windows Admins Must Secure Now
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released joint guidance—backed by the Departments of Defense, Energy, State, and the FBI—ordering industrial operators to adapt zero trust...
Windows Users, Check Your Systems for libsoup Request Smuggling (CVE-2026-2708) — Patch Guide
Microsoft’s April security advisories include a tracking entry for CVE-2026-2708, a request smuggling flaw in the open‑source libsoup HTTP library. Though libsoup originates in the Linux/GNOME...