HUIT incident

Some University websites and systems may be unavailable

Ongoing since 07:04 PM UTC, affecting Other Services.

identified Oct 21, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

HUIT is responding to a recently identified security vulnerability affecting software used across the internet. This is a global software vulnerability and not specific to Harvard. Out of an abundance of caution, some University websites and systems may be unavailable as patches are applied. We will post further updates on status.huit.harvard.edu.

Started
Oct 21, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 9h 31m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

Affected components

Other Services

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 21, 2026, 07:04 PM UTC

    HUIT is responding to a recently identified security vulnerability affecting software used across the internet. This is a global software vulnerability and not specific to Harvard. Out of an abundance of caution, some University websites and systems may be unavailable as patches are applied. We will post further updates on status.huit.harvard.edu.

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