Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, Day Two: $385,750 more, Microsoft Exchange falls, and the running total crosses $900K

2026-05-16T02:51:44Z58768929cbc6c7856d8ecd690a6505d69bc8e21af80af81670278596b4da2aa7

What happened

Multiple high‑impact vulnerabilities and active campaigns were reported: Microsoft confirmed active exploitation of an Exchange zero‑day (CVE‑2026‑42897, XSS, CVSS 8.1). Researchers disclosed critical NGINX Rift (CVE‑2026‑42945, heap overflow) and a Linux local root flaw Fragnesia (CVE‑2026‑46300). CISA added a Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN flaw (CVE‑2026‑20182, CVSS 10.0) to its KEV catalog. Broadcom patched a VMware Fusion TOCTOU local‑root bug (CVE‑2026‑41702). Independent researchers also revealed two Windows zero‑days (YellowKey and GreenPlasma) impacting BitLocker and CTFMON, and threat actors (

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2026-05-16T02:51:44Z
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