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[RESCHEDULED] RE: Service Advisory - Unified Print Management - Wednesday October 14, 2026 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

    Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management w/ PaperCut Scheduled Maintenance Window: Please note that the work originally scheduled on Wednesday October 14, 2026 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM will be rescheduled to a future date to be announced. Impact/Details: UIT teams will upgrade service to latest vendor […]

Apple CoreGraphics Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2026-86950)

    Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-86950) affects Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to process a specially crafted file. Severity level: CVSS Score: 8.8/High Description: CVE-2026-86950 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Apple's CoreGraphics framework. Processing a maliciously crafted […]

Service Advisory - Unified Print Management - Wednesday October 14, 2026 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

    Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Print Management w/ PaperCut Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Wednesday October 14, 2026 6:00 PM End: Wednesday October 14, 2026 11:00 PM Impact/Details: UIT teams will upgrade service to latest vendor release to improve service reliability. Print services in the Administrative offices, Faculty student labs and Libraries […]

Service Advisory - Central LabStats - Wednesday October 14, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:59 AM

    Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Central LabStats Maintenance window: Start: Wednesday October 14, 2026 10:00 AM End:  Wednesday October 14, 2026 11:59 AM Impact/Details: UIT teams will upgrade service to latest vendor release. Lab usage stats in the Faculty student labs will be paused. Real-time availability of lab computers […]

Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway RCE Vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-88771 & CVE-2026-88772)

    Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed set of vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772) affects Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway and may allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable appliances. Severity level: CVSS Score: 9.5/Critical. Description: CVE-2026-88771 is an improper input validation vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. […]

Service Advisory - Unified Apple Device Management - Thursday October 15, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:59 AM

    Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: Unified Apple Device Management w/ Jamf Maintenance window: Start: Thursday October 15, 2026 10:00 AM End:  Thursday October 15, 2026 11:59 AM Impact/Details: UIT teams will transition single sign-on (SSO) for Jamf IT administrators from SAML-Based to OIDC-Based. Jamf IT administrators will be required […]

Linux Kernel Container Escape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-80521)

    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 […]

Linux Kernel Container Escape Vulnerability (CVE-2026-80521)

    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 - Planned YU Learn Maintenance Outage – Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM

    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 […]

WordPress RCE (CVE-2026-87902)

    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() […]