Critical CVEs (1 of 3) — August 13, 2026

celtic cloud rap, spoken-word verses, gritty distorted mix, swaggering and confident, driving fast tempo, cinematic piano and strings · 3:44

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[Verse 1]
Picture a firewall standing between you and the void
Cisco's ASA, your perimeter deployed
But someone found a crack inside the heap's own memory
CVE-2026-20349, read it carefully
No credentials needed, just a packet from the net
An unauthenticated stranger casting out his net
The heap inspection flaw lets remote hands reach in
Traffic crashes, service drops — let the chaos begin

[Chorus]
Three CVEs on August thirteen
Cracks in the walls you thought were clean
Heap inspection, privilege climb, injected SQL line
Patch the code before the breach defines your baseline
Cisco, Microsoft, Metabase in frame
Three different wounds, three different games
No authentication, no permission slip required
August thirteenth, the threat is live and wired

[Verse 2]
Now shift to Windows, something quieter, closer in
The ancillary driver for WinSock discipline
CVE-2026-68820, use-after-free
A memory block is freed but still referenced, you see
The pointer lingers, trusting space already gone
An authorized attacker pulls the privilege on
Local elevation — kernel level in their hands
No external access needed, just a user who expands

[Chorus]
Three CVEs on August thirteen
Cracks in the walls you thought were clean
Heap inspection, privilege climb, injected SQL line
Patch the code before the breach defines your baseline
Cisco, Microsoft, Metabase in frame
Three different wounds, three different games
No authentication, no permission slip required
August thirteenth, the threat is live and wired

[Bridge]
Metabase stores your data, runs your dashboards clean
But CVE-2026-72898 cuts behind the scene
SQL injection, unauthenticated, remote
Arbitrary queries slipped inside like a stolen note
Administrator access handed on a plate
The database surrenders to the attacker's weight
Not a login needed, just a crafted string
No key, no knock — they walk in through everything

[Verse 3]
Three different products, three distinct attack designs
A firewall, a driver, and a query pipeline mines
The pattern that connects them — patching speed is life
Every unaddressed CVE is an open knife
Cisco issued guidance, Microsoft's on alert
Metabase users — update now before you're hurt
Check your versions, cross the numbers off your list
August thirteenth, twenty twenty-six — don't get missed

[Outro]
Heap inside the ASA, memory torn apart
Use-after-free in WinSock, kernel access at the start
SQL past Metabase gates, administrator keys
20349, 68820, 72898 — remember these
The calendar marks the date, the CVEs are named
Vulnerabilities disclosed, now no one can be blamed
Except the admin who delays — the patch is in your queue
August thirteenth calls the question straight to you

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