PostgreSQL Hit by 12-Year-Old Vulnerability Allowing Server Takeover

2026-09-04T14:51:38Z9c392cc9d78b4aa086520a85b36b2df5506b2f97260974391b0ff52ea55488e3
CVE-2026-20212CVE-2026-6471CVE-2026-85046AI-assisted-attacksChina-linked-threat-actorCisco Nexus 9000Google ChromeNoviSpyPegasusPostgreSQLRussia-linked-threat-actoractive-exploitationcyberespionagedark-webdata-breachidentity-theftprivilege-escalationremote-code-executionspywarevulnerabilityzero-day

What happened

Security news roundup covering multiple high-impact vulnerabilities, active exploitation, cyberespionage campaigns, data exposures, spyware targeting activists, and emerging AI-assisted offensive capabilities. The most severe items include unauthenticated root RCE in Cisco Nexus 9000 switches (CVE-2026-20212), an actively exploited Chrome V8 zero-day (CVE-2026-85046), and a PostgreSQL flaw enabling takeover for attackers with replication access (CVE-2026-6471).

Why it matters

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2026-09-04T14:51:38Z
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