Google Patches 21 Vulnerabilities in Chrome Including Critical MediaStream Flaw

Liferay Community Edition Misconfiguration Exposes Plaintext Passwords in Government Systems via CWE-319

A Russian government information system built on Liferay Community Edition sent user passwords in plaintext emails due to default notification templates and unhardened configuration settings. The portal used Liferay's built-in MailEngine, which retained the hardcoded liferay.com domain in Message-ID headers and left the [$PORTAL_URL$] variable pointing to localhost:8080. Instead of hashing the new password, the custom password-change portlet triggered the default account-creation notification that embedded the actual password via the [$PASSWORD$] macro. This exposed credentials to anyone with access to the recipient mailbox, directly violating CWE-319 requirements for protecting sensitive data in transit. The root cause was the failure to remove the macro from password-change templates and override portal-ext.properties values before deployment. Administrators can remediate the issue in minutes by editing Control Panel notification settings and setting web.server.host, web.server.https.port, and mail.string.id to production values.

CISA Adds Cisco Secure Firewall and GitLab Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two actively exploited vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CVE-2026-76418 affects Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger device reboots and denial-of-service conditions. CVE-2026-97229 impacts GitLab through an integer overflow tied to insufficient regex validation in CI/CD configurations, enabling remote code execution without authentication. CISA notes that the GitLab issue stems from an underlying flaw in the Ruby/Onigmo dependency and may affect additional products. Organizations are urged to apply patches immediately to prevent further exploitation in the wild.

Telegram for Android Patches Voice Call Vulnerability Enabling Code Execution

Security researchers at NebuSec disclosed a vulnerability in Telegram for Android that allowed remote code execution after a victim answered a voice call. The flaw affected versions from 8.6.2 through 12.10.3 and was fixed in release 12.10.4 at the end of September. The issue stemmed from improper handling of MediaState service messages that carry microphone, camera, and video rotation data during calls. When a required field was missing, the application accessed invalid memory. NebuSec discovered the bug using its Code Security product running on a GPT-5.4 model and confirmed exploitation on ARM64 Android devices for personal calls. A demonstration showed the string “HACKED BY NEBUSEC” appearing roughly 30 seconds after the call was accepted. The vulnerability is unrelated to the earlier animated-sticker attack vector.