Security News > 2025 > January > Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners

2025-01-13 13:33
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said it's currently responding to "multiple incidents" involving the weaponization of CVE-2024-50603 (CVSS score: 10.0), a maximum severity bug that could result in
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Related Vulnerability
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2025-01-08 | CVE-2024-50603 | OS Command Injection vulnerability in Aviatrix Controller An issue was discovered in Aviatrix Controller before 7.1.4191 and 7.2.x before 7.2.4996. | 9.8 |