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UnrealIRCd CVE-2026-114713 Added to CISA KEV, Exploitation Underway

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The UnrealIRCd CVE-2026-114713 vulnerability has been added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, with a deadline of November 16th for remediation. This critical flaw allows ordinary users on networks with multiple linked servers to execute commands with server or IRCOp authority. The maintainer has described it as the most severe UnrealIRCd issue in 15 years, recommending an upgrade to version 6.2.7.1 or applying a hot-patch bundle for affected versions. AI

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UnrealIRCd CVE-2026-114713 Added to CISA KEV, Exploitation Underway

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · burso ·

    UnrealIRCd CVE-2026-114713 is now in CISA KEV (deadline Nov 16) and being exploited. On networks with 2+ linked servers, any ordinary user can run commands with

    UnrealIRCd CVE-2026-114713 is now in CISA KEV (deadline Nov 16) and being exploited. On networks with 2+ linked servers, any ordinary user can run commands with server/IRCOp authority. The maintainer calls it the most critical UnrealIRCd issue in 15 years. Fix: hot-patch bundle-2…

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