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TacitSoft Cyber Daily for 2026-09-06
TacitSoft Cyber Daily

Authentication flaws, arbitrary writes, and Unicode phishing shape operator risk

Three disclosed CVEs across Perl authentication and Apache Ant join a phishing-evasion report involving invisible Unicode characters.

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Sep 6, 2026
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BleepingComputer Breaking Security

Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters

TacitSoft analysis

Email defenders should account for invisible Unicode characters that can conceal phishing lures during routine inspection.

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Openwall oss-security Open Source Disclosure

CVE-2026-86304: MojoX::Authentication versions before 0.006 for Perl allow SAML authentication bypass because parse_assertion builds Net::SAML2::Binding::POST without a trust anchor

TacitSoft analysis

MojoX::Authentication operators should assess versions before 0.006 for CVE-2026-86304 SAML authentication bypass risk from absent trust-anchor validation.

Identifiers
CVE-2026-86304
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Openwall oss-security Open Source Disclosure

CVE-2026-86219: Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 versions before 2.2100 for Perl accept replayed authentication responses via unverified nonce in server_step

TacitSoft analysis

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 operators should assess versions before 2.2100 for CVE-2026-86219 replay risk from an unverified server_step nonce.

Identifiers
CVE-2026-86219
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Openwall oss-security Open Source Disclosure

CVE-2026-78254: Apache Ant: Path traversal in ftp and scp tasks allows arbitrary file write

TacitSoft analysis

Apache Ant operators should assess ftp and scp tasks for CVE-2026-78254 path traversal that can permit arbitrary file writes.

Identifiers
CVE-2026-78254
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