Threat Brief: NetScaler Zero Days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 Exploited in the Wild (Updated September 30)

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CVE-2026-88771CVE-2026-88772AI-assisted-attacksAI-enabled-malwareAMOS-stealerAWS-IAMCitrixKubernetesLatin-AmericaMicrosoft-TeamsNetScalerRBACSEO-poisoningSPIFFESPIREcloud-securitycredential-exposureexploited-in-the-wildidentity-abuseinformation-stealermacOS-malwaremalware-deliveryprompt-injectionvoice-phishingzero-day

What happened

Unit 42 threat intelligence feed covering active exploitation of NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772, cloud and Kubernetes identity abuse, exposed AWS credentials, AI-assisted attacks, macOS information stealers, phishing campaigns, and AI-enabled malware. The most urgent item reports that both NetScaler vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild.

Why it matters

A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.

Evidence and limitations

Source ID
paloalto_unit42
Record identifier
a51d50d0f50ea6955fee9aa9d0034c96e9db229a40e12daf7210a01ff291bf2a
Enrichment time
2026-10-01T20:51:31Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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