Attackers Exploit UnrealIRCd Flaw That Enables Server-Level Command Injection

November 14, 2026
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Attackers Exploit UnrealIRCd Flaw That Enables Server-Level Command Injection

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a high-severity security flaw impacting UnrealIRCd, an open-source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-114713 (CVSS score: 8.6), is a case of improper neutralization of delimiters

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Attackers Exploit UnrealIRCd Flaw That Enables Server-Level Command Injection

Attackers Exploit UnrealIRCd Flaw That Enables Server-Level Command Injection

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