Remote Command Execution
CISA tags Windows, Cisco vulnerabilities as actively exploited
CISA has warned US federal agencies to secure their systems against attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco and Windows systems. While the cybersecurity agency has tagged these flaws as actively exploited in the wild, it has yet to provide specific details regarding this malicious activity and who is behind it. The first flaw (tracked as CVE-2023-20118) enables […]
Critical Cisco ISE bug can let attackers run commands as root
Cisco has released patches to fix two critical vulnerabilities in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) security policy management platform. Enterprise administrators use Cisco ISE as an identity and access management (IAM) solution that combines authentication, authorization, and accounting into a single appliance. The two security flaws (CVE-2025-20124 and CVE-2025-20125) can be exploited by authenticated remote […]
SonicWall warns of SMA1000 RCE flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
SonicWall is warning about a pre-authentication deserialization vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC), with reports that it has been exploited as a zero-day in attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-23006 and rated critical (CVSS v3 score: 9.8), could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands under specific […]
Hackers exploit critical Aviatrix Controller RCE flaw in attacks
Threat actors are exploiting a critical remote command execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50603, in Aviatrix Controller instances to install backdoors and crypto miners. The Aviatrix Controller, part of the Aviatrix Cloud Networking Platform, enhances networking, security, and operational visibility for multi-cloud environments. It is used by enterprises, DevOps teams, network engineers, cloud architects, and managed […]
Vulnerable Moxa devices expose industrial networks to attacks
Industrial networking and communications provider Moxa is warning of a high-severity and a critical vulnerability that impact various models of its cellular routers, secure routers, and network security appliances. The two seurity issues allow remote attackers to get root privileges on vulnerable devices and to execute arbitrary commands, which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Risks […]
Japan warns of IO-Data zero-day router flaws exploited in attacks
Japan’s CERT is warning that hackers are exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in I-O Data router devices to modify device settings, execute commands, or even turn off the firewall. The vendor has acknowledged the flaws in a security bulletin published on its website. However, the fixes are expected to land on December 18, 2024, so users will […]
D-Link urges users to retire VPN routers impacted by unfixed RCE flaw
D-Link is warning customers to replace end-of-life VPN router models after a critical unauthenticated, remote code execution vulnerability was discovered that will not be fixed on these devices. The flaw was discovered and reported to D-Link by security researcher ‘delsploit,’ but technical details have been withheld from the public to avoid triggering mass exploitation attempts in […]
Palo Alto Networks warns of potential PAN-OS RCE vulnerability
Today, cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks warned customers to restrict access to their next-generation firewalls because of a potential remote code execution vulnerability in the PAN-OS management interface. In a security advisory published on Friday, the company said it doesn’t yet have additional information regarding this alleged security flaw and added that it has yet to […]
Critical Zimbra RCE flaw exploited to backdoor servers using emails
Hackers are actively exploiting a recently disclosed RCE vulnerability in Zimbra email servers that can be triggered simply by sending specially crafted emails to the SMTP server. The Zimbra remote code execution flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-45519 and exists in Zimbra’s postjournal service, which is used to parse incoming emails over SMTP. Attackers can exploit the […]
Progress LoadMaster vulnerable to 10/10 severity RCE flaw
Progress Software has issued an emergency fix for a maximum (10/10) severity vulnerability impacting its LoadMaster and LoadMaster Multi-Tenant (MT) Hypervisor products that allows attackers to remotely execute commands on the device. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-7591, is categorized as an improper input validation problem allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access LoadMaster’s management interface using […]