CISA KEV 18 Aug 2026: 4 exploited flaws in Microsoft, Broadcom, Apple
4 vulnerabilities1 with known ransomware use
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On 18 August 2026, CISA added 4 actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft, Broadcom, Apple to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. If you run any of these products, patch or mitigate now — exploitation is already happening.
KEV deadlines bind US federal agencies only, but a listing means attackers are already using the flaw, so treat it as a patch-now signal. If one of these products in your organisation was compromised, CERT-In's directions of 28 April 2022 require service providers, intermediaries, data centres, companies and government organisations to report specified incidents within 6 hours of noticing them. How to report an incident to CERT-In.
The vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-33824Federal deadline
Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Double Free Vulnerability
Microsoft / Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions / CWE-415
Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions contains a double free vulnerability that could enable remote code execution.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
Microsoft SharePoint Weak Authentication Vulnerability
Microsoft / SharePoint / CWE-1390
Microsoft SharePoint contains a weak authentication vulnerability which allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
Broadcom VMware vCenter contains a path traversal vulnerability which could allow a threat actor with network access to vCenter to execute arbitrary code.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
Apple macOS contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow an attacker on the network to authenticate to Screen Sharing without valid credentials.
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. CISA links: BOD 26-04 · Forensics Triage Requirements
