Metasploit Wrap Up 05/22/2026

2026-05-23T07:23:47Z26741379780e562dec4d2549e03e7d0f6945bc4997c0f1404e5ee32e731f2ce7
BarracudaCRLF injectionCisco CatalystDTLSHUSTOJMetasploitPalo Alto PAN-OSSD‑WANTenable Security Centerauthentication bypasscPanelcredential thefteval() vulnerabilityprivilege escalationremote code executionzip-slip

What happened

Rapid7 blog roundup (May 2026) highlights multiple high-impact vulnerabilities and new Metasploit modules. Most notable is a critical authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN Controller (CVE-2026-20182) affecting the vdaemon DTLS service that allows remote unauthenticated actors to become authenticated peers and perform privileged operations (patched by Cisco). Other issues and modules discussed include Palo Alto PAN‑OS authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0265), a HUSTOJ zip-slip RCE (CVE-2026-24479), Barracuda Email Security Gateway Excel eval RCE (CVE-2023-7102), a cPanel/WHM auth bypass →

Why it matters

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2026-05-23T07:23:47Z
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