Feds get 3 days to patch N-able God mode flaw under active exploit
According to N-able, that fix left another route to exploitation, which attackers began abusing late last month.CISA gave Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies until August 6 to remediate the flaw. Under Binding Operational Directive 26-04, CISA can impose a three-day deadline on vulnerabilities it considers an urgent risk rather than allowing the usual 14 days.According to Huntress's data, affected customers have leapt into action. By August 3, nearly all cloud-hosted N-central instances had been patched, although 28.6 percent of observed self-hosted servers remained vulnerable and exposed to the internet. ® security
- ▪According to N-able, that fix left another route to exploitation, which attackers began abusing late last month.CISA gave Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies until August 6 to remediate the flaw.
- ▪Under Binding Operational Directive 26-04, CISA can impose a three-day deadline on vulnerabilities it considers an urgent risk rather than allowing the usual 14 days.According to Huntress's data, affected customers have leapt into action.
- ▪By August 3, nearly all cloud-hosted N-central instances had been patched, although 28.6 percent of observed self-hosted servers remained vulnerable and exposed to the internet. ® security
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