Security Community Jokes Up CVE-2026-BURNOUT: AppSec Burnout Rated CVSS 10.0
evilsocket · x · 2026-10-24
Security researcher FelipeDaragon coined a joke CVE: "CVE-2026-BURNOUT — AppSec Professional Exhaustion", rated Critical with a fictional CVSS 10.0.
The writeup: all AppSec professionals are affected regardless of experience; symptoms include sleep deprivation, excessive caffeine, and inability to enjoy weekends; the attack vector is reading security advisories; no known patch exists — air-gapping may delay the inevitable, and total system collapse remains possible.
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