Hey there, folks! Have you heard about the latest warning from US CISA regarding a potential vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk? It seems that bad actors could exploit this flaw to run malicious code on your system. Yikes!
Stay Alert: SolarWinds Help Desk Vulnerability Under Attack
It’s been reported that a critical security loophole in SolarWinds Web Help Desk could leave your system open to dangerous code attacks. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2024-28986, allows unauthorized individuals to execute commands on your system at will.
The severity of this issue has been rated as critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8. To combat this threat, US CISA has included it in their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, advising users to patch their systems promptly.
While there haven’t been any confirmed attacks exploiting this vulnerability yet, security experts suspect that it may have been actively targeted as a zero-day exploit.
SolarWinds Takes Action
Despite claims that the vulnerability requires authentication for exploitation, SolarWinds has released a hotfix to address the issue. They urge all users to update their systems immediately.
Although initially reported as an unauthenticated vulnerability, SolarWinds has not been able to replicate it without authentication during testing.
To apply the hotfix, SolarWinds recommends upgrading to Web Help Desk 12.8.3 first. Additionally, they advise deploying the fix only on systems with public-facing WHD deployments.
If your WHD deployment is not public-facing or uses SAML Single Sign-On (SSO), SolarWinds suggests waiting for the next hotfix release.
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