Intelligence Feed

Dispatches from the lab

The Sherlock Forensics Intelligence Feed provides expert analysis of AI code security, vibe coding vulnerabilities, CVE advisories and digital forensics methodologies from certified examiners with over 20 years of field experience in Vancouver, BC.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-42916: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-42916) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-42974: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-42974) scores CVSS 8.1 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-42980: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or privilege escalation (CVE-2026-42980) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-42981: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-42981) scores CVSS 8.1 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-44817: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-44817) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-44818: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-44818) scores CVSS 7.0 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-44820: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-44820) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-44823: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-44823) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-45469: Integer underflow

Integer underflow (wrap or vulnerability (CVE-2026-45469) scores CVSS 7.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-46746: SINEC INS

SINEC INS (All versions remote code execution (CVE-2026-46746) scores CVSS 8.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-46748: SINEC INS

SINEC INS (All versions privilege escalation (CVE-2026-46748) scores CVSS 8.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-46749: SINEC INS

SINEC INS (All versions vulnerability (CVE-2026-46749) scores CVSS 7.5 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

Research

Is Your Stack Vulnerable to SQL

10 new SQL Injection CVEs this week including CVE-2024-58348 (CVSS 9.8). What Startup Security teams need to know.

Research

Bates-Stamped MSG Exhibit Examination in Litigation

MSG files arrive routinely as Bates-stamped exhibits in litigation productions. A practical guide to forensic examination workflows for individual-message exhibits with chain of custody.

Research

Forensic Examination of MSG Files in E-Discovery

MSG files arrive routinely in e-discovery productions as individual Outlook exhibits. A practical guide to forensic-grade MSG examination with chain of custody for litigation.

Research

Ransomware Investigation in Windows Event Logs

A practical guide to using Windows event logs to reconstruct a ransomware attack: initial access, lateral movement, encryption detonation and what the logs reveal after the fact.

Research

Windows Event Log Forensics for Incident Response

Windows event logs are the first stop in incident response and the last place to find evidence. A practical guide to .evtx forensics for SOC analysts, IR responders and compliance teams.

Research

Is Your Stack Vulnerable to SQL

2 new SQL Injection CVEs this week including CVE-2026-7097 (CVSS 8.8). What Compliance teams need to know.

Research

Enterprise Security Checklist After

2 new Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVEs this week including CVE-2026-6581 (CVSS 8.8). What Enterprise Security teams need to know.

Research

Browser Forensic Viewer for $29

Sherlock Forensics Browser Viewer: extract history, bookmarks, downloads from 8 browsers. Free to view, $29 for CSV export. Forensic-grade.

Research

Free Forensic Disk Imager That Resumes

Free forensic disk imager with E01, raw dd, three-pass SHA-256 verification and resumable imaging. FTK Imager alternative. 4.4 MB.

Research

Android Forensics Tools Compared 2026

Android forensics tools compared for 2026: Cellebrite ($15K+) vs Sherlock ($399) vs MSAB XRY vs Oxygen. Side-by-side pricing, logical vs physical extraction and court-ready reporting.

Research

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Tool Guide

How I Built the First Pure-Rust PST Writer

A first-person engineering story behind PST Viewer v1.3.0. Why I built it, what was hard and why the scanpst.exe verdict matters in court. The first pure-Rust PST writer we are aware of, with output that passes Microsoft's own validator at the same level as files Outlook itself creates.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-5411: WP Captcha PRO

WP Captcha PRO (the remote code execution (CVE-2026-5411) scores CVSS 8.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-5415: WP Captcha PRO

WP Captcha PRO (the authentication bypass (CVE-2026-5415) scores CVSS 8.8 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-22924: SIMATICN 4100

SIMATIC CN 4100 (All vulnerability (CVE-2026-22924) scores CVSS 9.1 CRITICAL. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-41551: ROS#

ROS# (All versions < directory traversal (CVE-2026-41551) scores CVSS 9.1 CRITICAL. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-34260: SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA (SAP Enterprise SQL injection (CVE-2026-34260) scores CVSS 9.6 CRITICAL. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

Tool Guide

OSINT Recon Guide for Beginners

How to run external reconnaissance on your own organization. Domain enumeration, DNS analysis, port discovery and credential leak checks.

Industry Briefing

Healthcare Cybersecurity 2026

Healthcare breaches cost $10.93M average. HIPAA Security Rule requirements, ransomware targeting hospitals and what your security program needs.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-6596: CVSS 7.3 HIGH

A security flaw has vulnerability (CVE-2026-6596) scores CVSS 7.3 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

CVE Analysis

CVE-2026-6605: CVSS 7.3 HIGH

A security flaw has vulnerability (CVE-2026-6605) scores CVSS 7.3 HIGH. Analysis of affected systems and remediation steps.

Digital Forensics

How to Open a PST File Forensically

Step-by-step guide to opening PST email archives with chain of custody preservation. Hash verification, read-only analysis and evidence integrity.

Penetration Testing

Zero Trust Is Not Zero Risk

Zscaler, Cloudflare Zero Trust and BeyondTrust have limitations. Insider threats and misconfigurations bypass the architecture.

Penetration Testing

The Device Your Network Cannot See

ShadowTap Ghost Mode: physically on your network, generating zero outbound traffic. All C2 through cellular. Your IDS cannot see what is not there.

AI Security

Can AI Be Hacked?

A forensic examination of AI attack surfaces. Model extraction, data poisoning, adversarial inputs and the security gaps most teams overlook.

CVE Intelligence

Latest CVE Alerts

High and critical vulnerabilities relevant to cloud, web and AI infrastructure. Updated daily from the National Vulnerability Database.

CVE Severity CVSS Affected Product Vulnerability
CVE-2026-23696 CRITICAL 9.9 Windmill CE/EE SQL injection in folder ownership management
CVE-2021-4473 CRITICAL 9.8 Tianxin Management System Command injection in Reporter component
CVE-2026-22679 CRITICAL 9.8 Weaver E-cology 10.0 Unauthenticated RCE via debug endpoint
CVE-2026-3296 CRITICAL 9.8 Everest Forms (WordPress) PHP Object Injection via deserialization
CVE-2026-4631 CRITICAL 9.8 Cockpit (Linux) SSH command injection via login endpoint
CVE-2026-1346 CRITICAL 9.3 IBM Verify Identity Access Privilege escalation for local users
CVE-2026-22683 HIGH 8.8 Windmill Missing authorization bypasses operator restrictions
CVE-2026-3357 HIGH 8.8 IBM Langflow Desktop Insecure FAISS deserialization enables code execution
CVE-2026-1342 HIGH 8.5 IBM Verify Identity Access Local users can execute malicious scripts
CVE-2026-4788 HIGH 8.4 IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact Sensitive data exposure in log files
CVE-2026-4740 HIGH 8.2 Red Hat ACM / Open Cluster Mgmt Certificate forgery via improper validation
CVE-2026-5736 HIGH 7.3 PowerJob detailPlus endpoint manipulation
CVE-2026-5739 HIGH 7.3 PowerJob Code injection via OpenAPI workflow endpoint
CVE-2026-5741 HIGH 7.3 docker-mcp-server OS command injection via HTTP interface
CVE-2026-1343 HIGH 7.2 IBM Verify Identity Access SSRF exposes internal auth endpoints
CVE-2026-22682 HIGH 7.1 OpenHarness Improper access control exposes local files
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