Unpatched Vulnerabilities in Industrial Routers: A Comedy of Errors Eight Months in the Making
Cisco Talos has unveiled vulnerabilities in MC Technologies industrial router and GoCast BGP tool. Despite being responsibly disclosed eight months ago, these security gaps remain unpatched. So, if you’re a fan of living on the edge, these tools just added a whole new level to your thrill-seeking adventures.
Hot Take:
When it comes to cybersecurity, leaving vulnerabilities unpatched is like leaving your front door wide open with a “please rob me” sign. MC Technologies and GoCast have some serious patching to do, or they might as well start handing out free passes to their data treasure chest!
Key Points:
- Cisco’s Talos team disclosed unpatched vulnerabilities in MC Technologies’ industrial router and the GoCast BGP tool.
- The vulnerabilities were responsibly disclosed to the vendors over eight months ago, but remain unpatched.
- MC Technologies’ router has four high-severity vulnerabilities allowing arbitrary command injection by authenticated users.
- GoCast’s tool has three critical vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- Talos has publicly shared technical details of the vulnerabilities, awaiting vendor response.
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