Hackers Exploit Critical Xen Orchestra Auth Bypass Flaw to Gain Admin Access
French software company Vates VMS has warned of a critical security vulnerability in Xen Orchestra that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. The authentication bypass flaw, which does not yet have a CVE identifier, is tracked as VSA-2026-062. "REST cookie parsing turns authenticationToken=j:%7B%7D into {}," Vates VMS said in an alert. "REST authentication passes that object to the
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- WeaknessAuthentication bypassA flaw that lets someone in without valid credentials.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.
- ConceptCVE · Common Vulnerabilities and ExposuresThe public ID system for vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2026-12345, so everyone means the same bug.
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