CISA Adds Adobe Commerce and WSO2 Vulnerabilities to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing confirmed exploitation in the wild.
CVE-2026-71362 was discovered in Adobe Commerce and the open-source Magento platform used for building and operating e-commerce sites. The flaw stems from an authorization bypass that allows attackers to escalate privileges. Adobe published a security advisory on August 11, 2026, urging customers to apply updates within 30 days.
The second vulnerability, CVE-2026-5430, affects several WSO2 products including WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 API Control Plane, WSO2 Traffic Manager, and WSO2 Universal Gateway. It enables bypass of JWT authentication, permitting attackers to hijack administrator accounts, upload arbitrary files, and execute remote code. WSO2 released an advisory on May 3, 2026, to alert users.
Following the addition to the KEV list on September 24, 2026, CISA directed US federal agencies to complete remediation by September 27, 2026. Required actions include applying patches, verifying systems for signs of compromise, and implementing additional mitigations where necessary.
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