Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw (CVE-2026-23918) Enables DoS and Potential RCE
2026-05-06T01:24:08Z•9782d4b71c05e7f5ce5cf28a500b8c5b0a73c2c86e6a1f00f51132ba1810e26e
APTCISA-KEVOAuth-token-riskactive-exploitationcredential-theftcritical-vulnerabilitieslocal-privilege-escalationmalwarepatches-releasedphishingremote-code-executionsupply-chain-attack
What happened
A collection of high-impact security reports: multiple critical and actively exploited vulnerabilities (notably MetInfo CVE-2026-29014 and Weaver E-cology CVE-2026-22679) enable unauthenticated remote code execution, while an Apache HTTP/2 double-free bug (CVE-2026-23918) may permit DoS and possible RCE. CISA added Linux local privilege escalation CVE-2026-31431 to KEV. Concurrently, numerous supply-chain compromises and implanting campaigns were observed — DAEMON Tools installers trojanized, PyTorch Lightning and other packages pushed malicious versions, gaming-platform components trojanized(
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