Metasploit Wrap Up 05/22/2026
2026-05-24T07:23:44Z•42ba8c2db3e5679ea8a995502bf75a8cac93d57fa642c941100d70deca3251a4
BarracudaCRLF injectionCisco Catalyst SD-WANMetasploitPAN-OSRCETenableauthentication bypasscPanel/WHMcredential theftexploit modulespatch availableremote unauthenticatedthreat landscapezero-clickzip-slip
What happened
Rapid7 blog posts (May 2026) highlight multiple new Metasploit modules and vulnerability reports. Most notable is a critical authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN Controller (CVE-2026-20182) that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to become an authenticated peer and perform privileged operations (Cisco has released a patch). Palo Alto PAN-OS also has an authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0265) rated High (7.2). Other tracked issues include HUSTOJ zip‑slip RCE (CVE-2026-24479), Barracuda Email Security Gateway Excel eval() vuln (CVE-2023-7102), a cPanel/WHM auth bypass escalating to
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- rapid7_blog
- Record identifier
- 42ba8c2db3e5679ea8a995502bf75a8cac93d57fa642c941100d70deca3251a4
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-24T07:23:44Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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