Oracle's Security Alert for CVE-2026-114820, rated CVSS 9.1, removes four eMudhra-linked root CA certificates from Java SE and GraalVM; Oracle lists it under JSSE, but the fix is a trust-store change.
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CISA says it added Linux kernel flaw CVE-2026-46300 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct. 28, with a federal deadline of Oct. 31 and forensic triage required. CISA says it can be chained with two PHP flaws to implant webshells and run commands as root.
CISA says it added CVE-2026-41709, an insufficient logging flaw in Broadcom's VMware ESX, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct. 28. The flaw requires admin access, and CISA lists a Nov. 11 federal deadline; it has not said who is exploiting it.
Sony Network Communications, the wholly owned Sony Group company behind the So-net internet service provider, says a third party accessed its So-net member database on Oct 19 and that up to about 2.6 million member records leaked, including 443,495 from plala (S Course) and 16 bank-account records. No credit card data leaked, Sony says.
Microsoft published CVE-2026-62765 on Oct. 27, describing a type-confusion flaw in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that could allow remote code execution, rated Important with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5. Microsoft's advisory lists it as not exploited and not publicly disclosed. The advisory's fixed-build number conflicts with Edge's own release notes, so the exact patched version is unconfirmed.
