Cryptocurrency Chaos: Aviatrix Controller Security Flaw Under Attack!
Aviatrix Controller users, brace yourselves! The cloud networking platform’s recent security flaw, CVE-2024-50603, scores a perfect 10 out of 10 on the “Yikes” scale. Hackers are exploiting this flaw to plant backdoors and mine cryptocurrency. Update your systems pronto, or risk turning your cloud into a hacker’s playground.
Hot Take:
Oh, Aviatrix Controller, you had one job! To keep our cloud networks safe, and yet here we are, watching cybercriminals have a field day deploying backdoors and mining cryptocurrency. Looks like the only thing cloudier than the sky is the state of our network security.
Key Points:
- A critical flaw in the Aviatrix Controller is being actively exploited to deploy backdoors and mine cryptocurrency.
- The vulnerability, CVE-2024-50603, scores a perfect 10.0 on the CVSS scale, indicating maximum severity.
- The flaw allows for unauthorized remote code execution due to unsanitized API endpoints.
- Around 3% of cloud enterprise environments use Aviatrix Controller, with 65% susceptible to privilege escalation.
- Users are urged to patch the vulnerability immediately and restrict public access to the Aviatrix Controller.
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