Security News > 2022 > September > CISA orders agencies to patch vulnerability used in Stuxnet attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added half a dozen vulnerabilities to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities and is ordering federal agencies to follow vendor's instructions to fix them.

CISA is giving federal agencies until October 6th to patch security vulnerabilities that have been reported between 2010 and 2022.

Most of the vulnerabilities that CISA added to its KEV catalog were disclosed in 2013 and were used to root Android devices back in the day, through the Tizi malware.

The oldest bug that CISA ordered federal agencies to patch is from 2010 and was used to spread the Stuxnet worm that damaged the centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant to slow the country's advancements towards developing nuclear weapons.

As per the binding operational directive 22-01 from November 2021, all Federal Civilian Executive Branch Agencies have to patch the security vulnerabilities CISA adds to its KEV catalog for a more secure environment.

While the directive is for organizations in the U.S., companies and corporations around the world can use CISA's catalog to improve the security of their networks.

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