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CVE-2026-81578: AI Agents Exploit PaperCut in 395-Org Campaign

CVE-2026-81578: AI Agents Exploit PaperCut in 395-Org Campaign

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL Active exploitation · Immediate action required ▲ 8.5 BleepingComputer

A likely Russian-speaking threat actor deployed hundreds of AI agents—combining OpenAI Codex and DeepSeek models—to autonomously develop, test, and launch exploits against PaperCut NG/MF servers, compromising at least 440 instances across 395 organisations in 48 countries. The campaign demonstrated alarming operational tempo, moving from initial access to full domain administrator privilege in as little as seven minutes at one victim site, and compromising 11 organisations in just 26 seconds once the campaign was fully underway. This represents a significant escalation in AI-augmented offensive operations, where autonomous agents collapsed the traditional exploit-development lifecycle from days to hours.

Threat Actor Trim Weaponises AI Jailbreaks for Offensive Ops

Threat Actor Trim Weaponises AI Jailbreaks for Offensive Ops

ATLAS OWASP HIGH Significant risk · Prioritise patching ▲ 8.5 Dark Reading

A Russian-speaking threat actor known as 'Trim' has reportedly operationalised frontier AI model jailbreaks, integrating them with offensive security tooling to create an attack platform. This marks a significant escalation from opportunistic jailbreaking to deliberate, weaponised misuse of large language models in adversarial operations. The development signals a maturing threat landscape where AI safety bypasses are no longer merely a research curiosity but a functional component of offensive cyber capability.

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