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21 stories taggedauthentication bypass.

Fortinet Patches Eight Flaws, Including Two That Let Attackers Log In Without Real Credentials
Two high-severity bugs in Fortinet's security products could let criminals talk their way past login screens they should never be able to reach.

SharePoint Flaw Lets Attackers Log In as Anyone. Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-55040.
Researchers used an AI agent to help chain bugs in Microsoft SharePoint into an unauthenticated takeover. The flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.1 and affects three server editions still widely used across government and enterprise.

SAP Patches Four Critical Flaws on August 2026 Patch Day, Including a Perfect-10 Severity Bug
A maximum-severity authentication bypass in SAP Commerce Cloud leads a batch of 28 new security fixes. Organisations running SAP software should patch now.

Microsoft and Apple Rush Out Patches for Flaws That Let Attackers In Without a Password
Several of the Microsoft bugs score a perfect 10 out of 10 for severity. Apple quietly fixed a flaw that lets someone access your screen without logging in.

CISA flags N-able N-central bug as actively exploited, orders federal fix
The remote monitoring platform used by thousands of IT providers carries an authentication bypass that attackers are already using in the wild.

N-able confirms hackers seized N-central servers through a login-bypass flaw
The remote-management platform's first patch didn't hold. A second fix, in build 2026.3.1.7, closes CVE-2026-18577.

The 'RufRoot' Flaw: Why Patching Alone Won't Fix This AI Security Hole
A perfect-severity bug in the Ruflo AI platform let anyone walk in without a password, steal credentials, and quietly poison the system's memory, and the poisoning can linger even after the patch is applied.

Check Point's Admin Console Has a Critical Flaw That Hands Attackers the Keys to Everything
A security hole in Check Point's management software lets criminals walk in without a password and rewrite the rules of an entire network. Ten organisations have already been hit.

Hackers Are Actively Exploiting a Flaw in Check Point Security Software
A newly discovered hole in Check Point's network management tools let attackers log in as administrators without a password. Real attacks were already happening before the patch arrived.

Check Point Rushes Fix for SmartConsole Flaw Already Being Exploited
A critical authentication bypass in Check Point's management console let attackers waltz past the login screen. The vendor confirms real-world attacks are already happening.

Seven Security Flaws Fixed in VMware Avi Load Balancer, One Rated Critical
Broadcom has patched a critical flaw that lets attackers break into a core networking component without a password, plus six more serious bugs found by two outside researchers.

BeyondTrust patches two critical bugs that let attackers walk past the login screen
The remote-access vendor rushed out fixes for four flaws in its Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access products, two of which allow unauthenticated attackers to reach powerful admin accounts under certain configurations.

Hackers Race to Exploit Gitea Flaw That Lets Anyone Log In as Admin
A missing check in Gitea's Docker images let attackers claim any username by adding a single header. Sysdig says probing began within days of the patch.

SimpleHelp OIDC Bypass Gets Weaponized: TaskWeaver and Djinn Stealer Land on Unpatched Servers
An unauthenticated auth bypass scoring a perfect 10.0 is dropping two new malware families on remote-support boxes that nobody remembered were internet-facing.

Palo Alto Confirms In-the-Wild Abuse of GlobalProtect Auth Bypass (CVE-2026-0257)
An unknown actor is exploiting a 7.8-rated authentication bypass in PAN-OS portals and gateways to slip past GlobalProtect logins.