Critical CVEs (2 of 3) — October 20, 2026

lo-fi hip hop, intimate close-mic vocals, warm analog production, warm and nostalgic, slow ballad, sparse piano · 4:22

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Candle's low, laptop glow, October twentieth on the screen
Ahsay backup server humming, nobody checking what's between
That random parameter, see, it ain't random like it claims
Command injection slipping through, attacker's calling names
Operating system listens when the input ain't refined
Replication Receiver's door left open, unconfined
CVE one-oh-five-one-three-four, write it on the wall
Remote commands walk right in like they own the hallway hall

[Chorus]
Random ain't so random, that's the lesson of the night
Three cracks in the armor, none of them polite
Ahsay, Cisco, Ahsay again, the pattern's plain to see
Validate your inputs, baby, or you're handing out the key
Random ain't so random, lock the door before you sleep

[Verse 2]
Same vendor, different crack, the checkSysPwd routine
Improper authentication, slipping past the gatekeeper's screen
That random parameter again, manipulated, twisted, bent
Bypass the login wall completely, never pay the rent
CVE one-oh-five-one-three-three, cousin to the first
Two holes in one company, somebody check the worst
When passwords aren't really checked, when logic trusts a guess
The backup vault ain't locked at all, it's wearing just a dress

[Verse 3]
Now hop over to Cisco, Secure Email Gateway's gate
Relative path traversal, no login required, no wait
Unauthenticated stranger walks the folders up and down
Writes a file where it shouldn't, plants it quiet in the town
CVE seventy-six-five-one-nine, remember how it reads
Arbitrary files land softly where the system never pleads
No credentials, no commotion, just a path string gone astray
That's the kind of quiet breach that opens up a doorway

[Chorus]
Random ain't so random, that's the lesson of the night
Three cracks in the armor, none of them polite
Ahsay, Cisco, Ahsay again, the pattern's plain to see
Validate your inputs, baby, or you're handing out the key
Random ain't so random, lock the door before you sleep

[Verse 4]
Think about the devs who wrote the code at 3 AM
Trusting randomness as if it were a diadem
But entropy's a fickle friend when logic's left too thin
Audit every function, know the weak spots hiding within
Three CVEs in one autumn, numbers written in the frost
Ahsay twice, then Cisco — count what systems got lost
Patch Tuesday ain't enough, you gotta watch the whole terrain
Random ain't so random, that's the lyric and refrain

[Bridge]
Patch the backup server, patch the gateway too
Don't let a stray parameter write the end of you
Every input's a whisper, every gap's a hole
Close them quiet, close them calm, that's how you keep control

[Outro]
October twentieth, three names on the list
Ahsay, Ahsay, Cisco — patch before you're missed
Random ain't so random, that's the truth tonight
Check your systems slow and steady, sleep when it's all tight

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