information disclosure

  1. CVE-2026-46167: Linux usblp USB Printer Bug Leaks 1 Byte, One-Line Fix

    CVE-2026-46167 is a newly published Linux kernel vulnerability, dated May 28, 2026 by NVD and sourced from kernel.org, in which the USB printer driver could leak one byte of stale kernel heap memory through the LPGETSTATUS ioctl when queried by local software. The bug is small in the literal...
  2. CVE-2026-46151 Linux USB Printer Info Leak: Why Printer IDs Can Expose Heap

    CVE-2026-46151 is a Linux kernel information-disclosure flaw published by NVD on May 28, 2026, after kernel.org reported that the USB printer driver could leak stale heap memory through malformed IEEE 1284 device ID responses. The bug is not a Windows vulnerability, but it belongs squarely in...
  3. CVE-2026-46132 Linux Kernel Info Leak: Why Windows Teams Should Patch

    CVE-2026-46132 is a Linux kernel information-disclosure flaw published by NVD on May 28, 2026, after kernel.org reported that rtnetlink could leak up to 26 bytes of uninitialized kernel stack data per virtual function in certain SR-IOV network interface queries. The bug is not a Windows...
  4. CVE-2026-45930: Linux Kernel MCTP Netlink Info Leak and Why Patch Discipline Matters

    CVE-2026-45930 is a Linux kernel information-disclosure flaw published by NVD on May 27, 2026, after kernel.org reported that MCTP netlink replies to RTM_GETNEIGH could expose uninitialized padding bytes in ndmsg response data. The bug is not the kind of remote-code-execution thunderclap that...
  5. Patch Tuesday May 12, 2026: CVE-2026-34336 DWM Local Info Disclosure Risks

    Microsoft’s May 12, 2026 security update cycle includes CVE-2026-34336, a Windows DWM Core Library information disclosure vulnerability that Microsoft describes as a confirmed local flaw in the desktop composition stack. The bug is not the kind of remote-code-execution siren that empties patch...
  6. CVE-2026-41612: VS Code Live Preview Path Traversal Info Leak (Fixed in 0.4.19)

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-41612 on May 12, 2026, describing an Important-severity information disclosure flaw in the Visual Studio Code Live Preview extension that stems from relative path traversal and is fixed in version 0.4.19. The bug is not a dramatic remote-code-execution headline, and...
  7. CVE-2026-40374: Patch Microsoft Power Automate Desktop Info Disclosure

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-40374 as a Microsoft Power Automate Desktop information disclosure vulnerability in its Security Update Guide, identifying the issue as a confirmed flaw in the desktop automation product rather than a speculative or third-party-only report. The sparse advisory...
  8. CVE-2026-35440: What Microsoft’s Sparse Word Info-Disclosure Advisory Means for Patch Tuesday

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-35440 on May 12, 2026, as a Microsoft Word information disclosure vulnerability in the Security Update Guide, placing it inside the May Patch Tuesday stream of Office fixes rather than a standalone emergency advisory. The interesting part is not that Word has another...
  9. CVE-2026-35423: Windows 11 Telnet Client Info Disclosure and Why Optional Matters

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-35423 on May 12, 2026, as a Windows 11 Telnet Client information disclosure vulnerability, identifying the legacy optional client as the affected component and framing the issue as a confidentiality risk rather than code execution or privilege escalation. That...
  10. CVE-2026-35419 DWM Info Disclosure: Why Microsoft’s “Report Confidence” Matters

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-35419 as a Windows DWM Core Library information disclosure vulnerability in the Security Update Guide, describing a flaw in a core desktop-composition component that could allow an attacker to obtain information rather than directly execute code or gain...
  11. CVE-2026-33823 Teams Events Portal: Why Report Confidence Matters for Info Leaks

    Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-33823 to an information disclosure vulnerability in the Microsoft Team Events Portal, with the public advisory available through the Microsoft Security Response Center as of May 8, 2026. The important story is not that another cloud-facing Microsoft property has a...
  12. CVE-2026-26129: Critical Info Leak Fixed in Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-26129 on May 7, 2026, as a critical information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Business Chat, saying an unauthorized network attacker could exploit improper neutralization of special elements to disclose information, with no customer action...
  13. CVE-2026-26164: Microsoft 365 Copilot Info Disclosure and Why Confidence Matters

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-26164 as a Microsoft 365 Copilot information disclosure vulnerability in its Security Update Guide, identifying it as a cloud-era security issue where Copilot could expose information over a network rather than a traditional Windows patching problem. The...
  14. CVE-2026-31496: Linux Netfilter Conntrack Expectations Procfs Namespace Leak Fix

    CVE-2026-31496 is a narrowly scoped Linux kernel vulnerability, but it sits in one of the kernel’s most security-sensitive corners: netfilter and conntrack expectations. The newly published record says the bug was resolved by skipping expectation entries that do not belong to the current network...
  15. CVE-2026-32151 Windows Shell Info Disclosure: Microsoft Confidence Signals

    Overview Microsoft’s CVE-2026-32151 is listed as a Windows Shell Information Disclosure Vulnerability, and the important story here is not just the label but the kind of confidence Microsoft is signaling through its advisory framework. The Security Update Guide’s confidence metric is designed to...
  16. CVE-2026-32214: Microsoft UPnP upnp.dll Info Disclosure and Confidence Triage

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-32214 entry is a useful reminder that not every Windows security advisory arrives with a full technical postmortem, but that does not make it any less real. The MSRC description frames the issue as a Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability...
  17. CVE-2026-32084 Print Spooler Info Disclosure: Patch Priority for Windows Admins

    An information disclosure issue in the Windows Print Spooler is drawing attention because Microsoft’s Security Update Guide has assigned it a formal CVE record, CVE-2026-32084, even though the public page is currently sparse on technical detail. That combination matters: it suggests Microsoft is...
  18. CVE-2026-32079 Web Account Manager Info Disclosure: What Defenders Should Do

    Microsoft has published a CVE-2026-32079 entry for a Web Account Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability, but the publicly accessible guidance available at the moment is unusually sparse. The title alone tells us the broad class of bug—information disclosure in Windows’ Web Account Manager...
  19. CVE-2026-27925 UPnP Device Host Info Leak: Use Microsoft Confidence to Triage

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-27925 entry is another reminder that the most important Windows security advisories are not always the ones with dramatic exploit stories. Even when public technical detail is thin, the fact that Microsoft has classified this as a Windows UPnP Device Host Information...
  20. CVE-2026-26169: How Windows kernel info disclosure confidence signals risk

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-26169 entry is a reminder that the most important part of a Windows vulnerability advisory is not always the headline label, but the confidence signal behind it. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide treats this class of disclosure as a measure of how certain the vendor is that...