Vulnerability
The latest Vulnerability coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2023-26819: Critical cJSON DoS Vulnerability Patched in Version 1.7.15
A critical denial-of-service vulnerability in the widely-used cJSON library has been patched in version 1.7.15, addressing a parsing defect that could allow attackers to crash applications by sending...
Linux Kernel Patches ext4 Race That Could Crash Servers During Unmount—Here’s Who Needs to Update Fast
Linux kernel maintainers have shipped a targeted fix for a race condition in the ext4 file system that could crash a server cold if a background superblock update collided with journal teardown...
CVE-2024-23848: Linux Kernel CEC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Analysis and Windows Security Implications
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) subsystem, tracked as CVE-2024-23848, has been disclosed, revealing a use-after-free flaw that could allow local...
CVE-2024-35794: Critical Linux Kernel dm-raid Vulnerability Threatens Azure Infrastructure
A critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's device-mapper RAID (dm-raid) subsystem has been disclosed, posing significant risks to cloud infrastructure and enterprise systems. Designated...
Microsoft Flags Kernel Memory Leak in Azure Linux – Patch CVE-2024-57872 Before Stability Slips
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a Linux kernel bug that leaks memory every time a storage controller is unloaded, slowly eating away at system resources until stability crumbles. The...
CVE-2024-38796: EDK II Vulnerability Impacts Azure Linux, Windows & Cloud Security
The discovery of CVE-2024-38796, an integer overflow vulnerability in the EDK II firmware's PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage function, has sent ripples through the security community, revealing a critical...
CVE-2025-10158: Critical Rsync Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Memory Corruption Attacks
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the widely used file-synchronization utility rsync—tracked as CVE-2025-10158—allows a malicious rsync receiver to induce an out-of-bounds read of a heap buffer,...
KubeVirt TLS Flaw Could Let Attackers Disrupt Your Virtual Machines: Patch Now
KubeVirt maintainers released patches in early November 2025 for a vulnerability that could allow a compromised virt-handler pod to impersonate the API server and wreak havoc on virtual machines...
CVE-2025-7424: Critical libxslt Vulnerability Threatens Windows Systems via XML Processing
A newly disclosed vulnerability in libxslt, the widely used XSLT processing library, has security researchers and system administrators on high alert. Designated CVE-2025-7424, this critical type...
CVE-2025-8277: Critical Libssh Memory Leak Vulnerability Threatens SSH Security
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the widely used libssh library poses a significant threat to SSH server security across multiple operating systems, including Windows environments where SSH has...
Flaw in Go’s HTTP Client Exposes Sensitive Headers on Redirect Chains: Patches Available, Windows Users Must Rebuild
A bug in the Go programming language’s standard HTTP client can inadvertently leak sensitive headers—like Authorization tokens and session cookies—to unintended servers during a specific...
How a Stale Cache Bug in OCFS2 Can Crash Your Linux Server—and the Fix You Need Now
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40233, can cause system-crashing kernel panics on servers using the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2). The bug, rooted in a stale...