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What happened

SecurityWeek RSS compilation covering cybersecurity business activity and multiple vulnerability disclosures. Notable threats include active exploitation of Adobe Commerce CVE-2026-71362, a critical VMware vCenter directory traversal flaw enabling remote code execution (CVE-2026-59310), a Windows zero-day allegedly enabling any user to obtain SYSTEM privileges, exploited SharePoint vulnerabilities, WordPress remote code execution, and authentication weaknesses in Fortinet FortiWeb and FortiManager.

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