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DarkSword Apple Exploit Chain Adds Three CVEs to CISA KEV — Federal Deadline April 3
CISA has added three vulnerabilities from the DarkSword iOS/macOS exploit chain to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, mandating federal agencies patch all Apple devices by 3 April. DarkSword is a multi-stage attack framework linking six chained vulnerabilities to achieve full kernel compromise across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — with no user interaction required beyond visiting a malicious webpage.
Ivanti EPM Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-1603 Exploited — Federal Patch Deadline Today
CISA added CVE-2026-1603, an authentication bypass in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 9 March with a federal agency patch deadline of 23 March. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication entirely and steal Domain Administrator password hashes and service account credentials from EPM's credential vault.
VMware Aria Operations CVE-2026-22719 — CISA KEV With Federal Deadline Tomorrow
CISA has added CVE-2026-22719, a command injection vulnerability in VMware Aria Operations, to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue with a federal agency patch deadline of 24 March. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the management infrastructure and was patched by Broadcom in February — but active exploitation has been confirmed before many organisations applied the fix.
Google Patches Two Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Days — CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Update by 27 March
Google released an emergency Chrome update on 13 March addressing two zero-day vulnerabilities — an out-of-bounds write in Skia and a V8 sandbox escape — both confirmed as exploited in the wild. CISA added both to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue the same day with a 27 March federal remediation deadline.
China-Nexus UNC6201 Exploits Dell RecoverPoint CVSS 10.0 Flaw to Deploy BRICKSTORM Backdoors
A hardcoded credentials vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint data replication appliances (CVE-2026-22769, CVSS 10.0) has been exploited since mid-2024 by the China-nexus threat cluster UNC6201, who use access to deploy BRICKSTORM and GRIMBOLT backdoors via a SLAYSTYLE web shell. CISA added the vulnerability to the KEV catalogue in February. Organisations running Dell RecoverPoint should patch immediately and hunt for indicators of compromise.
Qualcomm Android Flaw CVE-2026-21385 Exploited in Targeted Attacks — Patch in March Android Security Update
A memory corruption vulnerability in Qualcomm mobile chipset firmware has been confirmed as exploited in limited, targeted attacks. The flaw is addressed in the March 2026 Android Security Bulletin, which patches 129 vulnerabilities across the Android ecosystem. CISA added CVE-2026-21385 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 3 March with a 24 March federal deadline.