Trivy Supply Chain Attack Escalates, Oracle Issues Critical RCE Patch, and CISA Adds Actively Exploited Flaws to KEV Catalog

Publication Date: March 23, 2026

Summary

This intelligence brief for March 23, 2026, covers a rapidly escalating supply chain attack against the Trivy security scanner, with attackers publishing new malicious Docker images and re-establishing access. Oracle has issued an emergency out-of-band patch for a critical 9.8 CVSS RCE vulnerability in its Identity Manager. CISA has added actively exploited flaws in Apple, Laravel, and Craft CMS to its KEV catalog, mandating federal patching. Other major incidents include a data breach at Navia Benefit Solutions affecting 2.7 million individuals, a ransomware attack on the City of Los Angeles by the WorldLeaks group, and an international takedown of massive DDoS botnets that infected over 3 million IoT devices.

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