Hot Drop for 10/14/2026

Can one zero-day chain grant root access on a fully patched Avanti Connect Secure appliance? Meanwhile, Microsoft patched a record 1,413 flaws, including an actively exploited Windows Shell zero-day. Are you ready for the factory reset?

Hot sheet: https://blog.thehotdrop.live/blog/the-hot-drop-for-10-14-2026

0:00 Today’s teaser

0:19 Avanti Connect Secure zero-day chain

1:50 Microsoft’s record Patch Tuesday

3:12 Palo Alto GlobalProtect flaw exploited

4:32 Linux VGhost kernel flaw

6:11 Critical curl HTTP/2 vulnerability

7:59 Windows Server crash flaw

9:22 North Korea-linked Operation Git Power

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