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Security digest: February 13, 2024

2 known exploited (cisa kev) additions and 1 critical advisory.

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Take stock

  • Do you run any of these? Microsoft Windows. They are being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Patch or mitigate if you do; CISA’s federal deadline is 2024-03-05.
  • NuGet: 1 critical advisory (NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Packaging). Check with dotnet list package --vulnerable --include-transitive.
  • None of it touches your stack? Then there is nothing to do today. That is a result, not a failure to read carefully.

Known exploited (CISA KEV) 2

Added to CISA’s catalog on this day: confirmed exploitation in the wild. Due date = CISA’s deadline for US federal agencies.

CVEProduct and flawCISA due
CVE-2024-21412Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability Ransomware
2024-03-05
CVE-2024-21351Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
2024-03-05

Critical advisories by ecosystem 1

GitHub-reviewed advisories rated critical, published this day (Pacific time).

NuGet 1

Check: dotnet list package --vulnerable --include-transitive

  • NuGet Client Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-0057 CVSS 9.1 Critical
    NuGet.CommandLine >= 4.6.0, < 5.11.6 → fixed in 5.11.6; NuGet.Packaging >= 4.6.0, < 5.11.6 → fixed in 5.11.6; NuGet.CommandLine >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.6 → fixed in 6.0.6; +11 more packages