All news with #broken access control tag

🔐 Unit 42 found the AgentCore starter toolkit auto-creates overly permissive IAM roles that grant wildcard access to Bedrock AgentCore and ECR resources. The default deployment enables an “Agent God Mode” scenario where a compromised agent can exfiltrate container images, retrieve other agents’ MemoryIDs, invoke code interpreters, and read or poison memories across an entire AWS account. AWS updated documentation to warn these roles are intended for development; Unit 42 recommends creating scoped, least-privilege roles and auditing ECR, memory, and invoke permissions.

🔓 Lloyds Banking Group has disclosed a software glitch that briefly allowed some mobile app users to see other customers' transactions. The bank told the UK Parliament’s Treasury Committee the problem followed an overnight IT change and a defect in the design of the code used to update the API behind the app. Of 21.6 million app users, 447,936 may have been shown another user's transactions and 114,182 may have viewed transaction details during the incident. Lloyds said no full account access or customer losses were identified and that it notified regulators, including the ICO.

🔒 Companies House says its WebFiling service is back after a security flaw introduced in October 2025 exposed data for about five million U.K. companies. The bug let authenticated users view other firms' dashboards — including dates of birth, residential addresses and company email addresses — by navigating back after attempting a 'file for another company' action. The agency says no passwords or identity‑verification documents were accessed, and it has reported the issue to the ICO and NCSC while investigating whether any data was accessed or changed without permission.

🛑 The UK’s Companies House has suspended its WebFiling dashboard after researchers Dan Neidle and John Hewitt revealed a simple flaw that allows an authenticated user to view another company’s dashboard by selecting “file for another company” and using the browser back button to bypass an authentication code. The weakness could expose personal and corporate details for millions of directors and, in some cases, permit unauthorized changes to registrations. The agency is investigating and directors are advised to review their filings.

⚠️ Siemens has issued updates for Heliox EV chargers after identifying an improper access control vulnerability that could allow an attacker to reach unauthorized services via the charging cable. Affected models include the Heliox Flex 180 kW and Heliox Mobile DC 40 kW stations. Siemens recommends applying the provided over-the-air (OTA) updates and contacting customer support for patch rollout details. CVE-2025-27769 is rated CVSS v3.1 2.6 (Low) and categorized as CWE-923.

🔒 SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical vulnerabilities in its Serv-U file transfer software, each rated 9.1 on the CVSS scale. The flaws include a broken access control that can create a system admin (CVE-2025-40538), two type confusion bugs (CVE-2025-40539 and CVE-2025-40540), and an IDOR (CVE-2025-40541) — all capable of enabling remote code execution when exploited with administrative privileges. The issues affect Serv-U 15.5 and are fixed in Serv-U 15.5.4. SolarWinds warns Windows deployments carry medium risk because services often run under less-privileged accounts by default, and while no active exploitation has been reported, similar past defects were abused by threat actors such as Storm-0322.

⚠ SolarWinds has issued four critical patches for its Serv-U managed file transfer server to remediate remote code execution and broken access-control vulnerabilities that can lead to root or other privileged account takeover. The most severe, CVE-2025-40538, can create system admin users and execute arbitrary code, while CVE-2025-40539 and CVE-2025-40540 are type confusion flaws and CVE-2025-40541 is another broken access-control issue. Organizations should treat this as a high-urgency patch event: update immediately, verify internet exposure, check logs for signs of compromise, and rotate associated credentials.

🔒 Siemens ProductCERT reports a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Webhooks implementation of Siveillance Video Management Servers that can allow authenticated users with read-only privileges to gain full access to the Webhooks API. Affected releases include V2023 R1–R3, V2024 R1, and V2025 builds older than the specified hotfix revisions. Siemens has published fixes and recommends updating to the listed hotfix revisions. If patching is delayed, audit role settings and limit network exposure to affected devices.

🔒 The OWASP Top 10 update keeps broken access control at number one while adding new categories such as software supply chain failures and mishandling of exceptional conditions. The report also flags AI-generated code risks in a “next steps” entry titled X03:2025 Inappropriate Trust in AI Generated Code. The list draws on security data covering nearly 3 million applications and a survey of 221 experts.

🔍 Mandiant introduces AuraInspector, an open-source CLI to detect access-control misconfigurations in Salesforce Aura implementations. The post explains common Aura endpoint methods attackers misuse, a GraphQL technique to bypass the 2,000-record retrieval limit, and how action bulking can enumerate records. It also outlines remediation steps and security best practices to restrict Guest and authenticated user privileges.

⚠️ U-Boot contains an improper access control vulnerability in volatile memory holding boot code (CVE-2025-24857) affecting all U-Boot versions prior to 2017.11 and several Qualcomm SoCs. Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution; CISA reports a CVSS v4 base score of 8.6 with low attack complexity. Vendors advise upgrading to v2025.4, ensuring physical device security, and contacting Qualcomm support where appropriate.

🔒 Rockwell Automation disclosed an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Verve Asset Manager that allows unauthorized read‑only users to read, update, and delete user accounts via the product API. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-11862 and CISA reports a CVSS v4 base score of 8.4, noting remote exploitability and low attack complexity. Affected releases include versions 1.33 through 1.41.3; Rockwell fixed the flaw in 1.41.4 and 1.42. Administrators should prioritize updates and apply network mitigations to limit exposure.

🔒 Rockwell Automation disclosed vulnerabilities in FactoryTalk View Machine Edition and PanelView Plus 7 that can allow unauthorized access to device file systems and diagnostic data. CVE-2025-9064 is a network-exploitable path traversal issue; CVE-2025-9063 is an improper-authorization flaw tied to an ActiveX control. Rockwell recommends installing provided firmware and software updates, and CISA advises minimizing network exposure, isolating control networks, and using secure remote access.

⚠ Red Hat has patched a design flaw in OpenShift AI (CVE-2025-10725) with a CVSS score of 9.9 that can let an authenticated low-privilege user escalate to full cluster administrator and fully compromise clusters and hosted applications. The vulnerability stems from an overly permissive ClusterRole binding that grants broad permissions to system:authenticated. Red Hat advises removing the kueue-batch-user-role ClusterRoleBinding, tightening job-creation permissions to follow least privilege, and upgrading to fixed RHOAI images (2.19 and 2.21). Administrators should audit affected environments and apply the recommended fixes promptly.

⚠️ Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Linx contains an improper access control vulnerability in the Network Browser that can be triggered by changing process.env.NODE_ENV to 'development', which disables FTSP token validation. An attacker with local access could create, modify, or delete Linx drivers on affected systems running versions prior to 6.50. The issue is tracked as CVE-2025-7972 (CVSS v4: 8.4) and Rockwell advises updating to 6.50 or applying recommended mitigations and network isolation.