Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-80521) affects the Linux kernel AF_UNIX socket subsystem and may allow an attacker to escape a container and obtain root privileges on the host system. Severity level: CVSS Score: 7.8/High Description: CVE-2026-80521 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket subsystem caused by a […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Scheduled Outage: YU Learn service (https://yulearn.yorku.ca) Scheduled Date/Time of Service Outage: Start: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:00 AM End: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 8:30 AM Details and Impact: UIT will be conducting system maintenance and back end updates. Users will not have access to YU […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-87902) affects WordPress Core and may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable WordPress sites when specific theme and server conditions are present. Severity level: CVSS Score: 9.2/Critical. Description: CVE-2026-87902 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in WordPress Core's get_page_template() […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central SCCM Maintenance window: Start Date/Time: Wednesday October 14, 2026 8:00 a.m. End Date/Time: Thursday October 15, 2026 5:00 p.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete necessary server OS and database upgrades. Central SCCM will not be available to deploy Windows OS and application packages […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-85706) affects GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) and may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the GitLab server, potentially exposing credentials, secrets, and other sensitive information. Severity level: CVSS Score: 10/Critical. Description: CVE-2026-85706 is a critical path traversal vulnerability […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-85706) affects GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) and may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the GitLab server, potentially exposing credentials, secrets, and other sensitive information. Severity level: CVSS Score: 10/Critical. Description: CVE-2026-85706 is a critical path traversal vulnerability […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management (UPM) Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Thursday September 17, 2026 6:00 PM End: Thursday September 17, 2026 8:00 PM Impact/Details: UIT teams will renew the service certificate. Advisory applies only to managed VOR Multi-Function Devices serviced by UPM (w/ PaperCut). For certain VOR Multi-Function Devices, […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Degradation: Central Active Directory Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Thursday September 10, 2026 8:35 AM End: Thursday September 10, 2026 3:00 PM Impact/Details: UIT received reports on service authentication failures and/or slowness via the Live Issues Teams channel. UIT teams had isolated the authentication issues with services […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Degradation: Central Active Directory Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Thursday September 10, 2026 8:35 AM End: Thursday September 10, 2026 3:00 PM Impact/Details: UIT received reports on service authentication failures and/or slowness via the Live Issues Teams channel. UIT teams had isolated the authentication issues with services […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Thursday September 10, 2026 9:00 PM End: Thursday September 10, 2026 11:00 PM Impact/Details: Vendor has released a regular maintenance release to address an active exploitation of a vulnerability in their product. Print & Copy services in the […]