Nuclei Vulnerability Sparks Security Panic: The Regex and YAML Comedy of Errors!
Nuclei vulnerability scanner has a high-severity flaw, CVE-2024-43405, with a CVSS score of 7.4. This glitch lets attackers bypass signature checks using newline trickery and regex magic, potentially executing malicious code. Fixed in version 3.3.2, but beware of crafty templates until then. Remember: regex and YAML aren’t the best of friends!
Hot Take:
Who knew that in the world of cybersecurity, a mere newline character could have such a rebellious streak? It’s like the punctuation mark equivalent of a teenager sneaking out past curfew. Who knew YAML files were so full of drama?
Key Points:
- A high-severity flaw in Nuclei could let attackers bypass signature checks and execute malicious code.
- The flaw, CVE-2024-43405, scores 7.4 on the CVSS scale, affecting all Nuclei versions after 3.0.0.
- The issue originates from parsing discrepancies between signature verification and YAML parsers.
- Cloud security firm Wiz rooted out the flaw, linking it to the single verification point failure.
- ProjectDiscovery patched the flaw with the release of version 3.3.2 on September 4, 2024.
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