All news in category “Security Advisory and Patch Watch”

🔒 Microsoft has tightened access to Internet Explorer mode in Edge after credible reports in August 2025 that unknown actors abused the legacy compatibility feature to compromise devices. Attackers used social engineering to coerce users into reloading pages in IE mode and then chained unpatched Chakra JavaScript engine exploits to gain remote code execution and elevate privileges. Microsoft removed the IE mode toolbar button, context-menu and hamburger-menu entries; IE mode must now be enabled explicitly via Edge settings and sites must be added to an IE mode pages list.

🔒 Oracle issued an alert for CVE-2025-61884, a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14 that can be exploited remotely over HTTP without authentication. The NIST description warns the defect permits an unauthenticated attacker to compromise Oracle Configurator, potentially exposing or allowing complete access to critical configurable data. Oracle urges administrators to apply the update immediately; it has not reported observed in-the-wild exploitation.

⚠️ Researchers report an actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-11371) in Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox that permits unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (LFI) on default installs, exposing system files and allowing machine-key disclosure. Huntress observed exploitation on Sept 27 with at least three companies targeted. No patch is available yet; Gladinet has issued a workaround to disable a temp handler in the UploadDownloadProxy Web.config, though this may affect some functionality.

🔒 Fortra disclosed its investigation into CVE-2025-10035, a deserialization vulnerability in the GoAnywhere License Servlet that has been exploited since September 11, 2025. The vendor issued a hotfix within 24 hours and published patched builds (7.6.3 and 7.8.4) on September 15, saying the risk is limited to admin consoles exposed to the public internet. Microsoft attributes observed exploitation to threat actor Storm-1175, which deployed Medusa ransomware; Fortra recommends restricting internet access to admin consoles, enabling monitoring, and keeping software up to date.

⚠️ Huntress reports active exploitation of an unauthenticated LFI zero-day, CVE-2025-11371, affecting Gladinet CentreStack and TrioFox up to version 16.7.10368.56560. The flaw permits disclosure of server files, including Web.config, enabling attackers to extract a hard-coded machine key that can enable a prior ViewState deserialization RCE (CVE-2025-30406). As an interim mitigation, Huntress recommends disabling the UploadDownloadProxy 'temp' handler in Web.config until a vendor patch is available.

⚠️Microsoft is addressing a bug in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that incorrectly tags SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 as end-of-life. The company says a recent code change introduced the issue and it has begun deploying a fix to reverse that change. Support timelines remain unchanged: 2019 is supported until January 2030 and 2017 until October 2027. The incident is being tracked as an advisory while remediation continues.

📢 CISA has added CVE-2021-43798 — a Grafana path traversal vulnerability — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog following evidence of active exploitation. The agency notes that path traversal is a frequent attack vector that poses significant risk to the federal enterprise. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate KEV entries by required due dates. CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize remediation and will continue updating the KEV Catalog.

⚠️A vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Asset Suite (versions 9.7 and prior) permits an authenticated user to manipulate or inject performance log entries (CWE-117). Tracked as CVE-2025-10217, it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 and CVSS v4 base score of 6.0; exploitation could enable further malicious actions by corrupting logs. Hitachi Energy recommends disabling performance logging and applying updates when available, while CISA advises network segmentation, firewall protections, and secure remote access to minimize exposure.

🔔 CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Advisories on October 9, 2025, covering vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy Asset Suite, Rockwell Automation Lifecycle Services with Cisco, Rockwell Automation Stratix, and an update to Mitsubishi Electric Multiple FA Products. Each advisory provides technical details, risk ratings, and recommended mitigations. Administrators and asset owners should review the advisories promptly and apply mitigations or vendor patches to reduce exposure. CISA emphasizes timely review and implementation to protect operational environments.

⚠️ Rockwell Automation has published an advisory for Stratix switches informing operators of a stack-based buffer overflow in the SNMP subsystem derived from Cisco IOS XE (CVE-2025-20352). A remote, authenticated attacker with knowledge of SNMPv2c read-only community strings or valid SNMPv3 credentials could cause a denial-of-service, while administrative (privilege 15) credentials may permit arbitrary code execution as root. Affected models include Stratix 5700, 5400, 5410, 5200, and 5800; Rockwell and CISA recommend applying Cisco workarounds, implementing network isolation, using secure remote access, and following Rockwell advisory SD1749.

⚠️ Rockwell Automation reports a stack-based buffer overflow in its Lifecycle Services with Cisco offerings related to the Cisco IOS XE SNMP subsystem (CVE-2025-20352). An authenticated remote actor with low privileges can trigger a denial-of-service, and an actor with higher privileges and administrative access may achieve arbitrary code execution as root. A CVSS v4 score of 6.3 and a CVSS v3 score of 7.7 are provided. Rockwell and Cisco publish updates and mitigations; CISA advises minimizing network exposure and applying vendor fixes or recommended workarounds.

⚠️ A significant proportion of users and organisations remain on Windows 10 just days before Microsoft ends support on October 14, meaning no more security or feature updates. Remote-access vendor TeamViewer reports over 40% of endpoints it recently supported still run the OS, while a Which? survey found 26% of UK users do not plan to upgrade and 11% are undecided. Experts warn this creates a cybersecurity and compliance 'cliff edge' that could expose systems to unpatched vulnerabilities and increased attacker activity.

🔒 A critical authentication bypass in the Service Finder Bookings plugin (CVE-2025-5947, CVSS 9.8) allows unauthenticated attackers to sign in as any user, including administrators. The root cause is improper cookie validation in the account-switching function service_finder_switch_back(), which enables privilege escalation. Maintainers released Service Finder version 6.1 on July 17, 2025 to address the issue, and exploitation attempts have been observed since August 1, 2025. Administrators should upgrade immediately and audit sites for unauthorized accounts or unexpected changes.

⚠️FireTail warns that Google Gemini can be tricked by hidden ASCII control characters — a technique the firm calls ASCII Smuggling — allowing covert prompts to reach the model while remaining invisible in the UI. The researchers say the flaw is especially dangerous when Gemini is given automatic access to Gmail and Google Calendar, because hidden instructions can alter appointments or instruct the agent to harvest sensitive inbox data. FireTail recommends disabling automatic email and calendar processing, constraining LLM actions, and monitoring responses while integrations are reviewed.

🔒 A critical authentication bypass in the Service Finder WordPress theme (tracked as CVE-2025-5947) is being actively exploited to obtain administrator access. The flaw affects versions 6.0 and older and results from improper validation of the original_user_id cookie in the service_finder_switch_back() function. Aonetheme released a patch in version 6.1 on July 17; site operators should update immediately or discontinue use.

🔍 Cloudflare engineers describe discovering a rare race condition in the Go arm64 compiler that caused goroutine stack-unwinding crashes in production. They traced sporadic fatal panics and segfaults to async preemption interrupting a split stack-pointer adjustment, leaving an invalid stack frame. A minimal reproducer showed the assembler could split a large ADD into multiple instructions, creating a one-instruction window where preemption caused unwinder corruption. The issue was fixed upstream in go1.23.12, go1.24.6, and go1.25.0.

🔒 Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a now-patched command injection vulnerability in the figma-developer-mcp Model Context Protocol server that could allow remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2025-53967 (CVSS 7.5), the flaw stems from unsanitized user input interpolated into shell commands when a fetch fallback uses child_process.exec to run curl. Imperva reported the issue and maintainers released a fix in figma-developer-mcp v0.6.3; users should update immediately.

⚠ The popular Redis in-memory data store received an urgent patch for a critical use-after-free vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-49844 (RediShell), which can escape the Lua script sandbox and achieve remote code execution on the host. Exploitation requires authentication, but many deployments disable it; researchers estimate roughly 60,000 internet-exposed instances lack authentication. Redis released fixes on Oct. 3 across multiple branches and administrators are urged to patch exposed servers immediately and enable hardening controls.

🚨 Redis has a critical, decade‑old vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49844 (RediShell) in its embedded Lua scripting engine that can let authenticated users escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the host. Researchers at Wiz report roughly 330,000 Redis instances are exposed online, with about 60,000 lacking authentication. Redis and Wiz disclosed the issue on October 3 and published patches; administrators should apply updates, restrict access, and disable Lua scripting if not required.

⚠️ CISA added one vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog: CVE-2025-27915, a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). CISA notes that XSS remains a common attack vector that can enable credential theft, session hijacking, and distribution of malicious content. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate KEV items by prescribed due dates. CISA urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation and reduce exposure.