Digest · Tuesday
Security digest: September 10, 2024
3 known exploited (cisa kev) additions and 1 critical advisory.
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Take stock
- Do you run any of these? Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Windows. They are being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Patch or mitigate if you do; CISA’s federal deadline is 2024-10-01.
- RubyGems: 1 critical advisory (
ruby-saml). Check withbundle audit check --update. - 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) 3
Added to CISA’s catalog on this day: confirmed exploitation in the wild. Due date = CISA’s deadline for US federal agencies.
| CVE | Product and flaw | CISA due |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-38226 | Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability | 2024-10-01 |
| CVE-2024-38217 | Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability | 2024-10-01 |
| CVE-2024-38014 | Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Installer Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability | 2024-10-01 |
Critical advisories by ecosystem 1
GitHub-reviewed advisories rated critical, published this day (Pacific time).
RubyGems 1
Check: bundle audit check --update
- SAML authentication bypass via Incorrect XPath selector CVE-2024-45409 CVSS 9.9 Critical
ruby-saml< 1.12.3 → fixed in 1.12.3;ruby-saml>= 1.13.0, < 1.17.0 → fixed in 1.17.0