Digest · Friday
Security digest: August 7, 2026
1 known exploited (cisa kev) addition and 4 critical advisories.
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Take stock
- Do you run any of these? Progress LoadMaster. They are being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Patch or mitigate if you do; CISA’s federal deadline is 2026-08-10.
- Composer (PHP): 3 critical advisories (
craftcms/cms,codeigniter4/framework). Check withcomposer audit. - npm: 1 critical advisory (
crypto-js). Check withnpm audit (or: npm ls <package>). - None of it touches your stack? Then there is nothing to do today. That is a result, not a failure to read carefully.
Known exploited (CISA KEV) 1
Added to CISA’s catalog on this day: confirmed exploitation in the wild. Due date = CISA’s deadline for US federal agencies.
| CVE | Product and flaw | CISA due |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-8037 | Progress LoadMaster Progress LoadMaster Command Injection Vulnerability | 2026-08-10 |
Critical advisories by ecosystem 4
GitHub-reviewed advisories rated critical, published this day (Pacific time).
Composer (PHP) 3
Check: composer audit
- Craft CMS: Passkey login accepts replayed WebAuthn assertions GHSA-wg23-69c2-gjc8 CVSS 9.1 Critical
craftcms/cms>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.10.5 → fixed in 5.10.5 - CodeIgniter: Uploaded file extension validation bypass in `is_image` and `mime_in` rules CVE-2026-63223 CVSS 9.8 Critical
codeigniter4/framework< 4.7.4 → fixed in 4.7.4 - CodeIgniter: SQL injection in Query Builder deleteBatch() when used with where() conditions CVE-2026-63221 CVSS 9.4 Critical
codeigniter4/framework>= 4.3.0, < 4.7.4 → fixed in 4.7.4
npm 1
Check: npm audit (or: npm ls <package>)
- crypto-js: Insufficient Entropy in Cryptographic Secret Generation via Vulnerable CryptoJS Dependency Chain CVE-2026-71851 CVSS 9.0 Critical
crypto-js< 4.0.0 → fixed in 4.0.0