CISA Updates Catalog with New Known Exploited Vulnerability

Short Summary:

CISA has added a new vulnerability, CVE-2024-8963, related to the Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, highlighting the ongoing risks posed by such vulnerabilities to federal enterprises and urging timely remediation by all organizations.

Key Points:

  • CISA has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
  • Newly added vulnerability: CVE-2024-8963 – Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance Path Traversal Vulnerability.
  • Path traversal vulnerabilities are common attack vectors for cyber actors.
  • Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 mandates remediation of identified vulnerabilities for Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies.
  • CISA encourages all organizations to prioritize remediation of catalog vulnerabilities.
  • The catalog is a living list that will continue to be updated with new vulnerabilities.

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs – created by AI

  • Technique Name: Path Traversal
    ID: T1210
    • Exploits vulnerabilities to access files and directories outside the intended scope.

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.

  • CVE-2024-8963 Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance (CSA) Path Traversal 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.

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