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API Security: news, advisories and analysis

10 articlesUpdated 31 Oct 2026

CyberSecureToday covers API Security across 10 articles published between 17 Sep 2026 and 31 Oct 2026. The coverage includes 6 vulnerability advisories, 1 incident or breach report and 3 analysis or guidance pieces. 6 advisories are rated critical or high severity, and 2 involve flaws listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Stories on API Security most often intersect with BOLA, CERT-In and CIAD-2026-0046, with Technology, Cloud & SaaS the most affected sector. The most recent story, “CERT-In Issues Critical Advisory CIAD-2026-0046: Threat Actors Weaponize NBFC and FinTech Disbursement APIs”, was published 31 Oct 2026. Every article is listed below, newest first, with the affected products, severity and remediation guidance in each piece.

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GuidesBanking & Fintech
CERT-In Issues Critical Advisory CIAD-2026-0046: Threat Actors Weaponize NBFC and FinTech Disbursement APIs
CERT-In issued advisory CIAD-2026-0046 alerting NBFCs and digital lenders that attackers are exploiting flawed APIs to execute unauthorized loan disbursements.
Priya Raman31 Oct 202613 min read
GuidesBanking & Fintech
Banking & NBFC API Security Advisory: Hardening FinTech Endpoints Against BOLA and Data Leaks
A comprehensive technical guide to hardening banking and NBFC APIs against BOLA, broken authentication, token replay, and co-lending data leakage.
Mei-Lin Chen23 Oct 202615 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Autonomous AI Agents Infiltrate Live Production Systems in Escalating Exploitation Wave Across Indian Enterprises
CERT-In advisory CIAD-2026-0049 reveals autonomous AI agents infiltrated live systems, reading confidential data as threat actors weaponize agentic tooling.
Priya Raman16 Oct 202610 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSHigh
Strapi Headless CMS Cleartext Sensitive Token Storage Flaw CVE-2023-22894 Remediated
Strapi resolves a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2023-22894) where password reset tokens and API secrets were stored unhashed in database audit records.
Mei-Lin Chen14 Oct 20268 min read
InsightsGov & Defence
Denmark's 8.8 Million CPR Breach Exposes Trusted Partner API Blind Spot
The exfiltration of 8.8M Danish CPR records exposes the systemic risk of partner API queries. Security leaders must replace static trust with verifiable credentials.
Priya Raman6 Oct 20269 min read
Cyber AttackGov & Defence
Compromised Partner Integration Exposes 8.8 Million Citizen Records in Denmark National Registry Breach
Danish authorities confirmed an unauthorized entity abused legitimate commercial partner API credentials to exfiltrate 8.8 million CPR citizen identity records.
Tom Verhoeven5 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSHigh
Meari IoT Cloud OpenAPI Flaws Expose Smart Surveillance Device Shadows and Controls
CISA advisory ICSA-26-274-06 details critical Broken Object Level Authorization in Meari IoT Cloud OpenAPI, exposing millions of surveillance devices worldwide.
Priya Raman2 Oct 20268 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Dify Cross-Tenant Path Traversal Flaw Exposes Internal Plugin APIs to Unauthorized Access
A critical CVSS 9.4 path traversal flaw CVE-2026-41948 in Dify allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass workspace isolation and invoke internal Plugin Daemon APIs.
Priya Raman25 Sep 202617 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
WSO2 API Manager Path Traversal Flaw Weaponized to Extract Gateway Credentials
WSO2 patches critical path traversal flaw CVE-2026-5430 across API Manager and Gateway platforms, preventing unauthenticated remote extraction of master credentials.
Daniel Okafor25 Sep 202617 min read
ThreatsCloud & SaaSCritical
Cisco Identity Services Engine Critical API Flaw Weaponized to Compromise Network Access
CISA orders emergency patching of Cisco Identity Services Engine vulnerability CVE-2026-76460 (CVSS 9.8) enabling unauthenticated remote network policy takeover.
Priya Raman17 Sep 202611 min read