Tech news, November 14, 2026
Saturday: 38 pieces the paper read from primary sources, by section, newest first. Each links to its source; the line under it is the source's own opening.
The morning briefing
As the paper printed it on /brief/ at 08:46 UTC, in the sources' own words.
- LeadWhat’s new with Google Cloud
Want to know the latest from Google Cloud?
- NewsApache Spark vs Apache Flink: which should you use?
For most teams, Apache Spark™ is the better choice.
- NewsCoreWeave delivers another industry first: End-to-end automated user provisioning for Slurm clusters
Accelerate cluster access with AUP and SUP.
- OutageRed Hat updating our system certificates and keys
We are updating our system certificates and keys.
- SecurityCVE-2026-129349: Apache Shiro: DefaultLdapRealm accepts any password when authentication caching is enabled
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 9.1 (critical) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Red Affected versions:…
- Deadlinegemini-3.6-flash shuts down in 5 days
Replacement: gemini-3.8-flash.
News
2 pieces.
- Apache Spark vs Apache Flink: which should you use?
For most teams, Apache Spark™ is the better choice.
- CoreWeave delivers another industry first: End-to-end automated user provisioning for Slurm clusters
Accelerate cluster access with AUP and SUP.
Security Desk
8 pieces.
- CVE-2026-129349: Apache Shiro: DefaultLdapRealm accepts any password when authentication caching is enabled
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 9.1 (critical) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Red Affected versions:…
- CVE-2026-129348: Apache Shiro: PropertiesRealm reload does not remove deleted users or narrowed permissions
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 2.3 (low) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/V:D/RE:L/U:Green Affected versions: - Apach…
- CVE-2026-129347: Apache Shiro: Empty stored credential matches an empty submitted password
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 2.3 (low) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/V:D/RE:L/U:Green Affected versions: - Apach…
- CVE-2026-74762: Apache Shiro: Possible session fixation with RememberMe
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 5.9 (medium) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber Affected versions:…
- Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex
M-156, ChromeOS version 16836.33.0 (Browser version 156.0.8078.102)has rolled out to ChromeOS devices on the Stable channel. If you find new issues, please let us know one o…
- CVE-2026-74763: Apache Shiro: Authorization annotations not always enforced, depending on where they are placed
Posted by Lenny Primak on Nov 13 Severity: CVSS 4.0: 6.3 (medium) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber Affected versions: - Ap…
- Attackers use Crypto Exchange Names to Disguise Unauthorized Sessions on 100+ ScreenConnect Servers
Fake crypto exchange sessions are showing up on ScreenConnect servers and could be bait for technicians.
- QSB-124: Partial filtering bypass in split-gpg2
We have published Qubes Security Bulletin (QSB) 124: Partial filtering bypass in split-gpg2.
AI in the Field
1 piece.
- Beyond skin deep: physiologic oral pigmentation as an overlooked validation gap in AI-assisted oral cancer screening
npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 14 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-03466-9 Beyond skin deep: physiologic oral pigmentation as an overlooked validation gap in AI-assi…
Columns
1 piece.
- [AINews] The No AI Slop Manifesto
November 13, 2026 — AIE speakers unite to lay out how to fight slop.
Releases
11 pieces.
- b12376
- Release v26.3.63.123-lts
- Goose 1.59.1: macOS desktop builds and full release notes coming soon
- ONNX Runtime CUDA Plugin EP 0.4.0
- b12375
- langgraph==1.2.22
- langgraph-checkpoint-postgres==3.2.1
- LiteLLM 1.106.10: Verify this release
- chore: release @cypress/webpack-dev-server-v6.2.0
- b12374
- nightly-cpu-multi-last-green: [Ulysses] Add opt-in uneven-shard rejection and FPDT padding (#9059)
New Repos & Packages
6 pieces.
Watch
1 piece.
Package releases
8 from the most used packages' own repositories.
- browser-use 1.0.5 · every release →
- lucide-react 1.73.0 · every release →
- diff-cover v11.0.2 · every release →
- temporalio 1.36.1 · every release →
- cyclopts v5.5.0 · every release →
- @asamuzakjp/dom-selector v10.0.6 · every release →
- @cloudflare/workerd-linux-64 v1.20261114.1 · every release →
- playwright v1.65.2 · every release →