Cisco Webex Snafu: Hacker Wannabes Foiled by Patch!
Cisco Webex Meetings had a vulnerability allowing hackers to crash meetings uninvited, but don’t fret! Cisco squashed this bug faster than you can say “unmute yourself.” No action is needed from users, so you can get back to pretending you’re paying attention in your next virtual gathering.
Hot Take:
Well, it seems like someone tried crashing the Webex party! Thankfully, Cisco was on it faster than a cat on a laser pointer. No need to worry, folks, your meetings are safe from the phantom joiners…for now!
Key Points:
- A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Meetings allowed unauthorized meeting joins.
- The issue was due to client certificate validation problems.
- Exploit required a network-proximate attacker with timing precision.
- Cisco has fixed the vulnerability; no customer action is needed.
- No known exploitation of the vulnerability has been reported.
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