All news with #active exploitation tag

🚨 CISA issued Emergency Directive ED 25-03 directing federal agencies to identify, analyze, and mitigate potential compromises of Cisco ASA and Cisco Firepower devices after adding CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Agencies must inventory all devices (all versions) and collect memory/core dump files for forensic analysis, transmitting them to CISA by 11:59 p.m. EST on Sept. 26. CISA published supplemental guidance, an Eviction Strategies Tool template, and referenced Cisco and UK NCSC analyses to support containment, eviction, and remediation.

🔒 Cisco has issued an urgent advisory about a high-severity SNMP vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352, CVSS 7.7) in IOS and IOS XE Software that has been exploited in the wild. The flaw is a stack overflow in the SNMP subsystem that can allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service or, with higher privileges, execute arbitrary code as root. Exploitation requires SNMP community strings or valid SNMPv3 credentials and, for code execution, administrative (privilege 15) access. Cisco called out affected devices including Meraki MS390 and Catalyst 9300 series running Meraki CS 17 and earlier, and issued a fix in IOS XE 17.15.4a. There are no full workarounds; administrators should restrict SNMP access, monitor with "show snmp host", and consider excluding affected OIDs where supported.

🔐 Researchers from Binarly disclosed multiple firmware vulnerabilities in Supermicro Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) that allow attackers to load unofficial images and install persistent backdoors. A bypass for a previously patched issue (CVE-2024-10237) and a new flaw (CVE-2025-6198) let adversaries manipulate signed regions so digests and signatures still validate. A related confirmed issue is tracked as CVE-2025-7937. Supermicro has released firmware updates; administrators must identify affected models and apply fixes promptly.

🔒 The municipality of Hoppegarten in Brandenburg is still recovering from a hacker attack that forced its IT systems to be shut down on August 10. As of September 22, remediation remains ongoing, with central services such as email, telephone, and citizen services restored. Communication with subordinate institutions, including schools and daycare centers, remains disrupted. Authorities say the State Criminal Police Office is investigating a suspected attempted data encryption, possibly tied to an extortion attempt.

⚠️ Libraesva has released an urgent update to address a command injection vulnerability in its ESG email security product that is being exploited by state‑sponsored actors. Tracked as CVE-2025-59689 with a CVSS score of 6.1, the flaw is triggered by a malicious compressed attachment and can execute arbitrary commands as a non‑privileged user. Users should upgrade affected versions (4.5–5.5.x before 5.5.7) to the patched releases immediately.

⚠ Libraesva issued an emergency update for ESG to fix a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-59689) triggered by a specially crafted compressed email attachment. The flaw allowed arbitrary shell commands to run as a non-privileged user and was confirmed exploited by actors believed to be state-sponsored. Fixed releases were auto-deployed to cloud and on-premise customers; end-of-life versions require manual upgrades.

🔒 CISA says attackers breached a U.S. federal agency after exploiting an unpatched GeoServer instance using the critical RCE flaw CVE-2024-36401. Threat actors uploaded web shells and access scripts, then moved laterally to compromise a web server and an SQL server. The intrusion remained undetected for three weeks until an EDR alert flagged suspected malware on July 31, 2024. CISA urges rapid patching of critical flaws and continuous EDR monitoring.

🔒 CISA assisted a U.S. federal civilian executive branch agency after endpoint alerts showed threat actors exploiting CVE-2024-36401 in public-facing GeoServer instances to gain initial access. The actors operated undetected for roughly three weeks, deployed web shells and proxy/C2 tools, and moved laterally to a web and SQL server. CISA highlights urgent patching of KEV-listed flaws, exercising incident response plans, and improving EDR coverage and centralized logging.

⚠️ CISA has added CVE-2025-10585, a Google Chromium V8 type confusion vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog following evidence of active exploitation. This class of flaw is a common browser attack vector and poses substantial risk to browsers and systems that embed V8. Under BOD 22-01, Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies must remediate cataloged vulnerabilities by required due dates; CISA strongly urges all organizations to prioritize timely remediation and continued vigilance.

🔎 Researchers at Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs say the SystemBC proxy botnet actively targets commercial VPS instances worldwide to build a high-capacity proxy network. The operation averages about 1,500 bots daily, relies on more than 80 C2 servers, and primarily exploits unpatched systems that often contain dozens of vulnerabilities. Customers and operators exhibit poor operational security, and the service is used by ransomware groups and third-party proxy resellers.

🛡️ CISA released a Malware Analysis Report analyzing two malware families recovered from an organization compromised via CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile. The report, titled Malicious Listener for Ivanti EPMM Systems, provides indicators of compromise and detection content including YARA and SIGMA rules to support hunting and response. Recommended mitigations stress upgrading Ivanti EPMM to the latest versions and treating mobile device management systems as high-value assets with enhanced monitoring, access controls, and restrictions.

🔍 CISA analyzed malicious artifacts deployed after threat actors exploited CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The report details two distinct loader/listener sets written to /tmp that enable arbitrary code execution through crafted HTTP requests. CISA provides IOCs, YARA and SIGMA detection rules, and recommends immediate patching and treating MDM systems as high-value assets.

🔒Google has released emergency security updates to address a high-severity Chrome zero-day, CVE-2025-10585, which a public exploit indicates is being used in the wild. The vulnerability is a type confusion weakness in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine and was reported by Google's Threat Analysis Group. Google issued emergency Stable Desktop releases — Chrome 140.0.7339.185/.186 for Windows and macOS and 140.0.7339.185 for Linux — and recommends users update immediately via Chrome menu > Help > About Google Chrome and click 'Relaunch' once the update finishes. The company also said it may withhold technical details until a majority of users have applied the fix.

⚠️ Google released security updates for Chrome to address four vulnerabilities, including a zero-day (CVE-2025-10585) in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that is reported to be exploited in the wild. The issue is a type confusion bug discovered and reported by Google's Threat Analysis Group on September 16, 2025, and can enable arbitrary code execution or crashes. Users should update to Chrome 140.0.7339.185/.186 (Windows/macOS) or 140.0.7339.185 (Linux) and apply vendor patches for other Chromium-based browsers when available.

⚠️ JFrog Security Research disclosed multiple CVEs in Chaos-Mesh, including three critical flaws that permit in-cluster attackers to execute arbitrary code on any pod. The Chaos Controller Manager exposes an unauthenticated ClusterIP GraphQL /query endpoint on port 10082 by default, enabling mutations such as killProcesses and cleanTcs. The critical issues (CVSS 9.8) arise from unsafe command construction in resolvers and an ExecBypass routine that allows OS command injection. Operators should upgrade to Chaos-Mesh 2.7.3 immediately; as a temporary mitigation redeploy the Helm chart with the control server disabled.

⚠ A critical remote code execution flaw, CVE-2025-5086, has been observed being exploited in the wild against Delmia Apriso, Dassault Systèmes' manufacturing operations platform. CISA added the issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a CVSS score of 9.0, yet the vendor has provided minimal public guidance. Researchers report exploit scans and a circulating sample that was detected by only one AV engine, underscoring urgent patching challenges for manufacturers.

🔒 A newly identified ransomware group called Yurei is conducting double-extortion attacks, encrypting files and exfiltrating sensitive data before demanding payment. First observed by Check Point Research on September 5, Yurei has targeted organizations in Sri Lanka, India and Nigeria and may have ties to Morocco. Built largely from open-source Prince-Ransomware code, the malware encrypts each file using per-file ChaCha20 keys protected with ECIES, appending a .Yurei extension, and attempts to provide a ransom page and .onion contact. Although the early variant omits some operational features (for example it fails to set a ransom wallpaper and does not remove Windows shadow copies), the group still threatens publication of stolen data to pressure victims.

⚠ CISA has added a critical remote code execution flaw in DELMIA Apriso to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list as CVE-2025-5086, warning that attackers are actively exploiting the issue. The vulnerability is a deserialization of untrusted data that can lead to RCE when vulnerable endpoints process crafted SOAP requests containing a Base64-encoded, GZIP-compressed .NET executable embedded in XML. Dassault Systèmes confirmed the bug affects Releases 2020–2025; CISA has given federal agencies until October 2 to apply updates or mitigations or to cease using the product.

⚠️ CISA added a critical deserialization vulnerability, CVE-2025-5086, affecting Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) releases 2020–2025 to its KEV catalog following evidence of active exploitation. The flaw can allow remote code execution via the /apriso/WebServices/FlexNetOperationsService.svc/Invoke endpoint when attackers send a Base64 payload that decodes to a GZIP-compressed Windows DLL. Observed attacks delivered a DLL identified by Kaspersky as Trojan.MSIL.Zapchast.gen, capable of spying and exfiltrating data. FCEB agencies are urged to apply updates by October 2, 2025, to secure their networks.

🔒 Samsung has released a patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-21043 that was actively exploited on Android devices. Reported by Meta and WhatsApp security teams on August 13, the flaw stems from an out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so, a closed-source Quramsoft image parser, and affects devices running Android 13 and later. Samsung’s advisory notes an exploit was observed in the wild and that other messaging apps using the vulnerable library could also be at risk; users should apply the September SMR update promptly.