Security News

Researchers Disclose Critical RCE Vulnerability Affecting Quarkus Java Framework
2022-12-01 11:44

A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the Quarkus Java framework that could be potentially exploited to achieve remote code execution on affected systems. "The vulnerability is found in the Dev UI Config Editor, which is vulnerable to drive-by localhost attacks that could lead to remote-code execution," Contrast Security researcher Joseph Beeton, who reported the bug, said in a write-up.

Critical RCE bugs in Android remote keyboard apps with 2M installs
2022-11-30 23:14

Three Android applications that allow users to use devices as remote keyboards for their computers have critical vulnerabilities that could expose key presses and enable remote code execution. CVE-2022-45479 - PC Keyboard flow allowing a remote unauthenticated user to send instructions to the server to execute arbitrary code without requiring authorization or authentication.

Pre-auth RCE in Oracle Fusion Middleware exploited in the wild (CVE-2021-35587)
2022-11-29 11:04

A pre-authentication RCE flaw in Oracle Access Manager that has been fixed in January 2022 is being exploited by attackers in the wild, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has confirmed by adding the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.The vulnerability is in the OpenSSO Agent component of the Oracle Access Manager product, which is widely used by corporations for single sign-on as part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware suite.

Critical RCE Flaw Reported in Spotify's Backstage Software Catalog and Developer Platform
2022-11-15 17:01

Spotify's Backstage has been discovered as vulnerable to a severe security flaw that could be exploited to gain remote code execution by leveraging a recently disclosed bug in a third-party module. The vulnerability, at its core, takes advantage of a critical sandbox escape in vm2, a popular JavaScript sandbox library, that came to light last month.

Researchers release exploit details for Backstage pre-auth RCE bug
2022-11-15 16:29

Older versions of the Spotify Backstage development portal builder are vulnerable to a critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw allowing attackers to run commands on publicly exposed systems. Oxeye confirmed the impact in Backstage and alerted Spotify on August 18, 2022.

Researchers Disclose Details of Critical 'CosMiss' RCE Flaw Affecting Azure Cosmos DB
2022-11-01 15:54

Microsoft on Tuesday said it addressed an authentication bypass vulnerability in Jupyter Notebooks for Azure Cosmos DB that enabled full read and write access. The tech giant said the problem was introduced on August 12, 2022, and rectified worldwide on October 6, 2022, two days after responsible disclosure from Orca Security, which dubbed the flaw CosMiss. "In short, if an attacker had knowledge of a Notebook's 'forwardingId,' which is the UUID of the Notebook Workspace, they would have had full permissions on the Notebook without having to authenticate, including read and write access, and the ability to modify the file system of the container running the notebook," researchers Lidor Ben Shitrit and Roee Sagi said.

Microsoft fixes critical RCE flaw affecting Azure Cosmos DB
2022-11-01 13:44

Analysts at Orca Security have found a critical vulnerability affecting Azure Cosmos DB that allowed unauthenticated read and write access to containers.Named CosMiss, the security issue is in Azure Cosmos DB built-in Jupyter Notebooks that integrate into the Azure portal and Azure Cosmos DB accounts for querying, analyzing, and visualizing NoSQL data and results easier.

Critical RCE Vulnerability Reported in ConnectWise Server Backup Solution
2022-11-01 11:28

IT service management software platform ConnectWise has released Software patches for a critical security vulnerability in Recover and R1Soft Server Backup Manager. ConnectWise's advisory notes that the flaw affects Recover v2.9.7 and earlier, as well as R1Soft SBM v6.16.3 and earlier, are impacted by the critical flaw.

ConnectWise backup solutions open to RCE, patch ASAP!
2022-10-31 11:11

ConnectWise has fixed a critical vulnerability in ConnectWise Recover and R1Soft Server Backup Manager that could allow attackers to achieve remote code exection or access confidential data. The company advises users to patch as soon as possible, as the vulnerability is "Either being targeted or have a higher risk of being targeted by exploits in the wild."

ConnectWise fixes RCE bug exposing thousands of servers to attacks
2022-10-28 22:30

ConnectWise has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in the ConnectWise Recover and R1Soft Server Backup Manager secure backup solutions.Affected software versions include ConnectWise Recover or earlier and R1Soft SBM v6.16.3 or earlier.