Nakivo’s Backup Blunder: Hackers Celebrate as Major Security Flaw Exposed!
CISA issued an alert on a high-severity Nakivo vulnerability being exploited. This bug, tracked as CVE-2024-48248, can remotely execute arbitrary code, threatening data security. Organizations are urged to patch systems immediately to avoid potential breaches and exposure of sensitive information. Act fast, or your data might just stage a breakout!
Hot Take:
Watch out, Nakivo users! Your backups might just be backing up a truckload of trouble with a side of fries. This vulnerability is serving up a high-severity CVE burger with an extra-large helping of security compromise. Order up!
Key Points:
– The Nakivo Backup and Replication vulnerability, CVE-2024-48248, has a CVSS score of 8.6, making it a high-severity threat.
– It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and access sensitive files without authentication.
– watchTowr discovered the flaw and reported it in September 2024; Nakivo patched it in November without initially noting the CVE.
– CISA has added this flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and urges federal agencies to patch by April 9.
– The issue highlights the importance of keeping an eye on other vulnerabilities, like the Edimax camera bug and an old SAP NetWeaver flaw.