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Kyverno SSRF: Breaking Kubernetes Namespace Isolation (CVE-2026-4789)

A critical SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery, where an attacker tricks a server into making HTTP requests on their behalf) vulnerability affects Kyverno versions 1.16.0 and later. Users with namespace-scoped permissions can make arbitrary HTTP requests from the Kyverno admission controller pod, bypassing Kubernetes RBAC entirely. This enables access to internal cluster services, cross-namespace data theft, …

  • April 09, 2026
  • By Igor Stepansky

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CVE-2026-23226: How a Missing Lock in ksmbd's Channel List Exposes Your Linux SMB3 Server

Overview The Orca Security Research Pod discovered a use-after-free race condition in the Linux kernel's ksmbd SMB3 server. When two connections share a session over SMB3 multichannel, the kernel can read a freed channel struct – exposing the per-channel AES-128-CMAC signing key and causing a kernel panic. An attacker needs valid SMB credentials and network …

  • April 08, 2026
  • By Igor Stepansky
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Pickle in the Pipeline: Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in SGLang's LLM Serving Framework

  • March 11, 2026
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Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day May Impact Enterprise, Developer, and Automation Environments

  • February 23, 2026
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Hacking GitHub Codespaces via VS Code Defaults: A Supply-Chain Attack Vector

  • February 04, 2026
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New runC Vulnerabilities Expose Docker and Kubernetes to Container Escape Attacks

  • November 10, 2025
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