CISA says attackers are exploiting a critical 2025 vulnerability in Ray, the widely used open source framework for scaling Python and machine-learning workloads. Tracked as CVE-2025-62593 and rated 9.4 under CVSS v4, the bug was first disclosed in November 2025. It allows an attacker to use Firefox or Safari to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on a vulnerable Ray system. The open source distributed computing framework is used and supported by major tech companies, including Amazon, Apple, and OpenAI. Vulnerable Ray versions try to identify and block browser requests by checking whether the User-Agent header begins with "Mozilla." Firefox and Safari, however, allow scripts using the Fetch API to modify that header. A developer running Ray could trigger the exploit simply by visiting a dodgy website or receiving a malicious ad in an affected browser. The attacker can then use DNS rebinding to reach the local Ray service. "This vulnerability impacts developers running development/testing environments with Ray," the project's developers explained. "If they fall victim to a phishing attack, or are served a malicious ad, they can be exploited, and arbitrary shell code can be executed on their developer machine. "This attack can also be leveraged to attack network-adjacent instances of Ray by leveraging the browser as a confused deputy intermediary to attack Ray instances running inside a private corporate network." Ray 2.52.0 fixes the flaw. CISA gave US federal civilian executive branch agencies three days to remediate it, rather than the standard 14. CISA did not explain the urgency, and marked the catalog's "known to be used in ransomware campaigns" field as "unknown." However, Binding Operational Directive 26-04 allows the agency to impose a three-day remediation window on vulnerabilities it considers especially risky. Ray is an open source framework that helps developers scale Python and machine-learning workloads from a local environment to a cluster with minimal code changes. Now managed by the Linux Foundation's PyTorch Foundation, the project started at UC Berkeley and was commercialized via Anyscale, the startup founded by Ray's developers in 2019. According to Anyscale's figures as of October 2025, Ray had more than 237 million total downloads, and 7 million per week – representing a near-tenfold growth year-on-year. Product analysis site NextSprints estimates that Ray has 1 million monthly active users and is used by 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The security advisory blamed Ray's longstanding lack of authentication on critical endpoints for making the attack possible. Ray's security model historically assumed that clusters would run inside a trusted, isolated network, leaving authentication and access control to the surrounding infrastructure. Ray 2.52.0 introduced optional token-based authentication as an additional defense against unauthorized access, although it remains disabled by default. The project continues to recommend deploying clusters inside a controlled network rather than treating authentication as a substitute for isolation. ®
Apple has released a batch of vulnerability fixes for iPhones, iPads, and Macs, including an image-processing flaw that experts say has the hallmarks of a spyware delivery vector. The most notable patch is for CVE-2026-65346, a defect in the ImageIO framework Apple uses to parse image files. Discovered and reported by Nik Tsytsarkin of Meta's Red Team X, CVE-2026-65346 is an integer-overflow bug that could allow arbitrary code execution when an affected device processes an image. The bug affects macOS Tahoe, iPhone 11 and later, and supported iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad, and iPad mini models. Apple said it addressed the flaw with improved input validation, and experts urged users to install the August 17 updates as soon as possible. Adam Boynton, senior enterprise strategy manager at Jamf, said: "iOS 26.6.1's standout fix is CVE-2026-65346, an integer overflow in ImageIO. This is Apple's system framework for decoding images and exploiting it could allow an attacker to write memory where they shouldn't and gain code execution. "Image parsing flaws have historically been the delivery mechanism for zero-click spyware targeting executives and other high-value individuals." Several of the most damaging spyware campaigns in recent years have used zero-click smartphone exploits triggered by malicious files delivered through messaging services. Operation Triangulation, which Russia's FSB claimed was the work of the NSA, used such tactics. So did FORCEDENTRY, an exploit used to deliver NSO Group's Pegasus spyware through Apple's image-processing software. The Register asked Apple if it was aware of CVE-2026-65346 being used in spyware campaigns, but it did not immediately respond. Most of the other vulnerabilities in the iOS 26.6.1 update are, surprise, surprise, in WebKit – arguably Apple's most pummeled framework. Boynton also highlighted CVE-2026-65329 as one of the batch's more concerning flaws. Affecting iPhone 11 and later, the vulnerability lies in Apple's Telephony component and could allow an attacker to intercept network traffic. Apple said an attacker would need a privileged network position to exploit the bug, bypass IPsec authentication, and intercept traffic. Boynton described the flaw as "rarer and more serious for organisations relying on IPSec-based connectivity." Cupertino put it down to an authentication issue that it fixed with improved state management. The iGiant also released iOS 18.7.10 and iPadOS 18.7.10 for older devices that cannot run iOS 26, including the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR. Monday's releases extended to visionOS 26.6.1 as well, although Apple's security updates page still lists the details as "coming soon." ®
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