#highseverity

Executive Summary On October 4, a high-severity security vulnerability was reported and fixed in curl. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-38545, was associated with a severe heap overflow during the SOCKS5 proxy handshake process, impacting both the libcurl and the curl tool.  This article whirls around a detailed analysis of the issue, its cause, its potential risks, and how it has been addressed,…

A high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache NiFi, for which an exploitation tool already exists, can lead to unauthorized access and data breaches, cybersecurity firm Cyfirma warns. An open-source data integration and automation tool, Apache NiFi is used for the processing and distribution of data. Tracked as CVE-2023-34468 (CVSS score of 8.8) and addressed in June 2023,…

Atlassian this week announced patches for four high-severity vulnerabilities impacting its Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo products. Tracked as CVE-2023-22513 (CVSS score of 8.5), the most severe of these issues is described as a remote code execution (RCE) bug in Bitbucket that could impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. An authenticated attacker can exploit the flaw…

Fortinet has released patches for a high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability impacting multiple FortiOS and FortiProxy versions. Tracked as CVE-2023-29183 (CVSS score of 7.3), the security defect is described as an “improper neutralization of input during web page generation”. Successful exploitation of the bug, Fortinet explains in an advisory, may allow an authenticated attacker…

Two new high-severity Kubernetes vulnerabilities leave all Windows endpoints on an unpatched cluster open to remote code execution (RCE) with system privileges. Akamai has released a new report flagging the two Kubernetes vulnerabilities, and urged system administrators to take immediate steps to mitigate. The find was built on previous research into Windows nodes vulnerability CVE-2023-3676…