# CodeMarine Threat Brief

Software supply chain and cyber threats in plain English: what got hit, who is exposed and what to patch.

- Web page: https://codemarine.ai/brief/
- Issue data: https://codemarine.ai/brief.json
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## Threat levels

- 1 Calm: Quiet day. Normal patching will do.
- 2 Guarded: Some real issues. Nothing to drop everything for.
- 3 Elevated: Widely used software is at risk. Check today.
- 4 High: Several serious threats at once. Move these up the queue.
- 5 Severe: Confirmed mass exploitation. All hands.

## Issues

- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Sat 31 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-31.md): If you run a WordPress site, update it to version 7.1.4 today; attackers are already trying to break in during updates.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Fri 30 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-30.md): If your team hosts its own GitLab, update it today; attackers already tried to break into one well known open-source project's server with this flaw.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Thu 29 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-29.md): If your apps or servers run on Node.js, make sure this week's update is installed and the apps restarted; attackers are now trying a working exploit against unpatched machines.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Wed 28 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-28.md): If your apps or servers use Node.js or .NET, make sure this week's updates are installed and the apps restarted; US officials now say a flaw in a common compression library is being used in real attacks.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Tue 27 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-27.md): If your website runs on PHP, including WordPress, Drupal or Joomla, make sure it was updated this week; attackers have now broken into at least one unpatched server.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Sat 24 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-24.md): If your website runs on PHP, including WordPress, Drupal or Joomla, make sure it was updated this week; attackers are scanning for sites that weren't.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Fri 23 Oct · Level 3 Elevated](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-23.md): If your website or app is built with Next.js, ask your developers to update it today and redeploy.
- [CodeMarine Threat Brief · Thu 22 Oct](https://codemarine.ai/brief/2026-10-22.md): If your website runs on PHP, ask whoever looks after it to update PHP today.

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