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Actively exploited vulnerabilities
Current entries from CISA’s official Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. These are confirmed weaknesses attackers have used, not simulated attack-map traffic.
Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator on-prem contains a SQL injection vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal functionality and impact the VCO host. Successful exploitation may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the orchestrator and data managed by the orchestrator.
ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
CVE-2026-110447: Collabora Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server
Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Collabora Collabora Online – Built-in CODE Server when used within the NextCloud platform contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows for remote code execution when the CODE server isn't running.
ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
CVE-2026-106931: EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition
EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition OS Command Injection Vulnerability
EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard Server Edition contains an OS command injection vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands with root or SYSTEM privileges on the system running the affected product.
ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
CVE-2026-96656: Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability
Plex Media Server contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability which can allow an admin user to write arbitrary files that may be executed on load. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-96652, CVE-2026-96654, and CVE-2026-96655.
ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
CVE-2026-96655: Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
Plex Media Server contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user to request arbitrary internal or external addresses via the '/video/:/transcode/universal' path parameter. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-96652, CVE-2026-96654, and CVE-2026-96656.
ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
CVE-2026-96654: Plex Media Server
Plex Media Server Improper Neutralization of Encoded URI Schemes in a Web Page Vulnerability
Plex Media Server contains an improper neutralization of encoded URI schemes in a web page vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call other plugins' functions and supply their own parameters. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2026-96652, CVE-2026-96655, and CVE-2026-96656.
Node.js Brotli RCE flaw CVE-2026-111497: patch now
CVE-2026-111497 is a critical Brotli decompression flaw that can let unauthenticated attackers crash a process, expose memory, or potentially execute code when an application decodes malicious compressed data. Node.js has released fixed versions, and no confirmed exploitation has been publicly reported.