Metasploit Wrap Up 05/22/2026

2026-05-26T07:23:49Z47b99d526072237735ebaa6f877d7798914ac29982e4d627b74dfb4b26bc6203
authentication-bypassbarracudaciscocpanelcredential-theftexploit-modulemetasploitnetwork-securitypalo-altopath-traversalprivilege-escalationrapid7remote-code-executionsd-wantenablezip-slip

What happened

Rapid7 Metasploit and research updates covering multiple high-impact vulnerabilities and new exploit modules. Most notable is a critical authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN Controller (CVE-2026-20182) allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to become an authenticated peer via the vdaemon DTLS service and perform privileged operations. Other significant items include a PAN-OS signature verification/auth bypass (CVE-2026-0265, High), a HUSTOJ zip-slip RCE (CVE-2026-24479), a Barracuda Email Security Gateway Excel eval RCE (CVE-2023-7102), a cPanel/WHM auth bypass escalating to root

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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Enrichment time
2026-05-26T07:23:49Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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