CVE-2026-0257

Source: THN — https://t.co/Tco6v97sOv Group-IB / NyxLab joint investigation (cited in THN) CVEs: CVE-2025-64446, CVE-2026-0257

Your "secure perimeter" just became k0t's warehouse. Group-IB + NyxLab: 70,000+ credentials from exposed Fortinet FortiGate/FortiWeb and Palo Alto GlobalProtect — CVE-2025-64446 + CVE-2026-0257 — then pushed toward ransomware (Qilin / The Gentlemen). If that box still has a public management IP, th…

Threat actor k0t breaches enterprise firewalls exposing 70,000 credentials for ransomware gangs Group-IB and NyxLab expose a year-long global campaign by initial access broker k0t, compromising Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls to feed Qilin and The Gentlemen ransomware. ⏱️ 366-day operational windo…

CVE-2026-0257 has been actively exploited by Qilin, a Russian based cyber actor. They have been well documented of using RaaS as their main TTP, dating back to mid 2022. This vulnerability allows attackers to skip MFA and to embed themselves into a network by VPN sessions. This CVE relates to PAN-O…

Group-IB and NyxLab tracked an actor called k0t hitting exposed FortiGate, FortiWeb and GlobalProtect boxes via CVE-2025-64446, CVE-2026-0257 and brute force. 70K+ creds exposed. Many victims later showed up on Qilin and The Gentlemen leak sites. #ransomware #ThreatIntel https://t.co/0Ju7xGtrm9

Massive breach alert: 70,000+ credentials exposed as threat actor k0t exploits Fortinet and Palo Alto firewall & VPN flaws. The incident shows CVE-2025-64446 and CVE-2026-0257 being weaponized at scale—credential theft, LDAP dumps, and persistence via remote-access tools. Edge devices, global footp…

the fortigate side of the k0t edge campaign was password guessing on the REST API, not a CVE. the CVEs were for fortiweb (CVE-2025-64446) and globalprotect (CVE-2026-0257) after getting in they pulled the fortigate config and decrypted its secrets offline with the default fortios AES key, the 2019…

CVE-2026-0257 is an actively exploited PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass enabling ransomware groups to skip MFA and land inside corporate networks via forged VPN sessions. Qilin and Inc Ransom have been observed in the wild since October 19. Key findings: - The flaw lives in the authentica…

70,000+ FortiGate and GlobalProtect credentials sold to Qilin ransomware. CVE-2026-0257 exploited since June 2026. Patch, rotate all VPN creds, hunt for MeshCentral + Atera. https://t.co/ds6RqLdPrW

🚨 Critical Threat Briefing: Mitigating SafePay #Ransomware and PAN-#OS #CVE-2026-0257 GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass + Video -Prediction: 📈 1 Positive | 📉 2 Negative https://t.co/3dWGLxYxR3 Educational Purposes!

GitHub cross-source: grayxploit/CVE-2026-0257: GrayXploit Security research and defensive team validate this toolkit for CVE-2026-0257 (PAN-OS GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass). Includes vulnerability assessment, detection guidance, technical analysis, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and remedi…

GitHub cross-source: tushargurav28/CVE-2026-0257: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains an authentication bypass caused by flaws in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway, letting attackers establish unauthorized VPN connections, exploit requires network access to the portal or gateway.

GitHub cross-source: Mr-Robot-LP/CVE-2026-0257: Exploits the CVE-2026-0257 vulnerability by forging a GlobalProtect authentication override cookie using the TLS server's public key.

GitHub cross-source: 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-0257: CVE-2026-0257

GitHub cross-source: akashsingh0454/CVE-2026-0257-PoC:

GitHub cross-source: sfewer-r7/CVE-2026-0257: Proof-of-concept script to leverage the PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass CVE-2026-0257

Patch or Pass #1: Plex Media Server exploit chain now in CISA KEV, PAN-OS GlobalProtect (CVE-2026-0257) used by Qilin and Inc ransomware, plus 2 EOL boxes with no patch — This week's actively exploited flaws, sorted by urgency: - **Plex Media Server CVE-2026-96652/96654/96655/96656** (added to CISA…

PAN-OS patched in May. Still a ransomware favorite in October. — Palo Alto patched CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS 7.8) back in May. The bug allows attackers to bypass GlobalProtect authentication and establish VPN sessions without MFA. Apparently, ransomware groups including Qilin and INC have been making goo…