Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑48095) affects 7-Zip and may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems by tricking the users into opening a specially crafted archive file. Severity level: CVSS Score: 8.8/High. Description: CVE‑2026‑48095 is a heap buffer overflow in 7‑Zip’s NTFS handler caused by improper […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: MyApps Scheduled Maintenance Window: Start: Friday May 29, 2026 11:00 a.m. End: Friday May 29, 2026 11:59 a.m. Impact/Details: UIT teams will complete standard maintenance to improve service reliability. We do not expect any service impact to the community. We thank you for your time and continued understanding. Contact […]
Service Advisory Please share the following with your teams. Service Maintenance: eReports Operational Reporting System UIT will be performing scheduled maintenance on the application server to apply security patches. Maintenance window: Start: Wednesday June 3, 2026 – 6:30 p.m. End: Wednesday June 3, 2026 – 8:00 p.m. Impact/Details: eReports will not be available for use […]
Information Security Advisory A recently discovered vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑46333) affects the Linux kernel and may allow a local, unprivileged attacker to access sensitive files and escalate privileges to root, potentially leading to full system compromise. Severity level: CVSS Score: 7.1/High. Description: CVE‑2026‑46333 is a race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s _ptrace_may_access() function […]
Service Advisory Important Notice: Microsoft 365 Licence Change for Staff No Longer Employed at York University. As part of York University’s ongoing commitment to responsible resource management, UIT will be downgrading the Microsoft 365 licencing for staff who are no longer employed at York University. Overview: All offboarded and inactive Staff accounts with A3 licences […]
Service Advisory Important Notice: Microsoft 365 Licence Change for Staff No Longer Employed at York University. As part of York University’s ongoing commitment to responsible resource management, UIT will be downgrading the Microsoft 365 licensing for staff who are no longer employed at York University. Overview: All offboarded and inactive Staff accounts with A3 licences […]
Information Security Advisory Apache has released a security update to address a vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑23918) in Apache HTTP Server that may result in denial‑of‑service and potential remote code execution under specific configurations. Severity level: CVSS Score: 8.8/High. Description: CVE‑2026‑23918 is a double‑free vulnerability in the mod_http2 module of Apache HTTP Server that occurs […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑31431), commonly referred to as “Copy Fail”, affects the Linux kernel and may allow a local, unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges and gain full root access on affected systems. Severity level: CVSS Score: 7.8/High. Description: CVE‑2026‑31431 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by a […]
Information Security Advisory A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) has been identified in cPanel, Web Host Manager (WHM) and WP Squared which may allow unauthenticated attackers to completely compromise affected systems through an authentication bypass in the login process. Severity level: CVSS Score: 9.8/Critical. Description: CVE‑2026‑41940 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, […]
Information Security Advisory A recently disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2026-3854) affects GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server and may allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE)on GitHub Infrastructure. Severity level CVSS Score: 8.8/High Description: CVE‑2026‑3854 is a sever security vulnerability caused by improper sanitization of user‑supplied git push options within GitHub’s internal Git processing […]