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CVE-2026-124194: Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office Outlook Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Outlook contains a missing user interaction for potentially unsafe action vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
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CVE-2026-111793: Openwave Messaging Limited Webtop Media Transcoder
Openwave Messaging Limited Webtop Media Transcoder Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres Vulnerability
Openwave Messaging Limited Webtop Media Transcoder contains an incorrect resource transfer between spheres vulnerability that may allow an authenticated user to process and convert unintended document types if bypassing the Webmail experience.
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CVE-2026-20320: Cisco BroadWorks
Cisco BroadWorks Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Vulnerability
Cisco BroadWorks contains an improper restriction of XML external entity reference vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read sensitive configuration information on an affected system.
Barracuda Networks Multiple Products OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG), Load Balancer, Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Message Archiver (BMA), WAF Control Center (WCC), Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Web Security Gateway (WSG) contain an OS command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated administrator to inject OS commands that execute with root privileges when the crafted timezone value is subsequently processed. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-116606
Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
Barracuda Networks Email Security Gateway (ESG) contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to invoke a configuration-import function and restore a crafted, compatible backup archive, resulting in unauthorized modification of the appliance’s global configuration. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-111560.
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CVE-2026-125350: Google Chromium
Google Chromium Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Google Chromium contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the XML component that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a specially crafted webpage. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Microsoft patches exploited Outlook zero-day in November 2026 security update
Microsoft's November 2026 security release fixes CVE-2026-124194, an actively exploited Outlook flaw that can expose NTLM authentication material when a user opens a crafted message file. The same release also addresses critical zero-interaction vulnerabilities in Windows Search and LDAP, making rapid, verified patching the priority.