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Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

Next.js Patches Critical AVIF and Windows Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated RCE

Credit: Hacktron Vercel has released security patches for two critical-severity vulnerabilities in the Next.js web framework, both of which allow unauthenticated remote code execution, one exploitable via specially crafted AVIF image files and the other through… 

296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New Stories

296K IoT Botnet, 100+ Water Systems Targeted, SharePoint RCE Chain + 27 New Stories

Ravie LakshmananAug 27, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News A fake login page. A fake security scan. A fake productivity app. Apparently, pretending to be useful is still one of the easier ways into a machine.… 

Amazon Kiro Prompt Injection Can Exfiltrate Sensitive Data Through Kiro Powers

Amazon Kiro Prompt Injection Can Exfiltrate Sensitive Data Through Kiro Powers

Ravie LakshmananAug 27, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in Amazon Kiro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, agentic integrated development environment (IDE), that could facilitate data exfiltration via prompt injection…