IBM disclosed CVE-2026-96012, a privilege escalation flaw in Db2 Mirror for i versions 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 that IBM rates 9.9 CVSS. An authenticated attacker could bypass checks to execute malicious code and gain elevated privileges. Fixes are available.
An authenticated attacker can craft a malicious request that bypasses additional authorization and input validation checks.
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IBM has disclosed four more flaws in Security Verify Access and Verify Identity Access, including a code execution bug it rates critical at 9.1 (NVD: 8.8). Versions 10.0 to 10.0.9.2 and 11.0 to 11.0.3 are affected. IBM says to upgrade to 10.0.9.3 or 11.0.3.1.
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0 through 10.0.9.2 and IBM Verify Identity Access 11.0 through 11.0.3 contain authentication bypass flaw CVE-2026-16823. IBM rates it 9.1 (critical); NVD rates it 7.5 (high). IBM says to upgrade to 10.0.9.3 or 11.0.3.1.
CVE-2026-108693 lets an attacker run code on Windows by planting a fake gswin64c.exe that ImageMagick launches by bare name when Ghostscript is unregistered. VulnCheck, the CNA, rates it 7.0 (CVSS 3.1); NVD has not scored it yet. No fixed version is named.
The WPO365 WordPress plugin has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities in versions through 44.1. Both flaws could allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve site takeover or persistent script injection.
Winsiderss System Informer versions through 4.0.26241.138 contain an incorrect authorization flaw that lets local attackers execute code as SYSTEM from any signed process. Vulncheck rates the issue 7.8 and 8.5.
