CVE‑2026‑48907 in Joomla's popular JCE editor scores a perfect CVSS 10.0, is listed in CISA's KEV catalog as actively exploited, and can be triggered by an unauthenticated attacker with just three HTTP requests, prompting urgent patching and thorough post‑patch forensics.
A former IT contractor at Waste Management exploited his insider knowledge after being terminated, using a self‑written PowerShell script to reset thousands of accounts, causing a nationwide outage that cost over $860,000 and highlighted critical gaps in enterprise permission revocation processes.
This article examines the origins, questionable cost‑saving claims, and practical challenges of the security‑left‑shift movement, highlighting CISA’s skeptical report, the over‑reliance on tools, and the need for empirical research to validate security integration early in the software development lifecycle.
The U.S. CISA and FBI have issued a stern warning to software vendors, demanding the elimination of unsafe coding practices—especially the use of memory‑unsafe languages like C/C++—by January 1 2026, or risk being labeled negligent and jeopardizing national security.
