Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, highlighting the active exploitation of these vulnerabilities in the wild. The vulnerabilities, CVE-2012-4792 and CVE-2024-39891, pose significant risks to federal agencies and other organizations.
Threat Actor: Malicious Cyber Actors | malicious cyber actors
Victim: Federal Civilian Executive Branch Agencies | federal civilian executive branch agencies
Key Point :
- CISA has identified CVE-2012-4792 (Microsoft Internet Explorer) and CVE-2024-39891 (Twilio Authy) as actively exploited vulnerabilities.
- Federal agencies are mandated to remediate these vulnerabilities to protect their networks, while CISA encourages all organizations to prioritize timely remediation as part of their cybersecurity practices.
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
- CVE-2012-4792 Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-39891 Twilio Authy Information Disclosure Vulnerability
These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise.
Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active threats. See the BOD 22-01 Fact Sheet for more information.
Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the catalog that meet the specified criteria.