CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

Original release date: December 29, 2022

CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.

Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known CVEs that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires FCEB agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active threats. See the BOD 22-01 Fact Sheet for more information.

Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the Catalog that meet the specified criteria.

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CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Original release date: December 22, 2022

CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on December 22, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations:

ICSA-22-356-01 Priva TopControl Suite
ICSA-22-356-02 Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Emulate
ICSA-22-356-03 Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-L Series and MELIPC Series
ICSA-22-356-04 Omron CX-Programmer

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CISA Releases Six Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Original release date: December 20, 2022

CISA released six Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on December 20, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations:

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Samba Releases Security Updates

Original release date: December 16, 2022

The Samba Team has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple versions of Samba. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. 

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Samba security announcements and apply the necessary updates. 

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FBI, FDA OCI, and USDA Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Regarding Business Email Compromise Schemes Used to Steal Food

Original release date: December 16, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) detailing recently observed incidents of criminal actors using business email compromise (BEC) to steal shipments of food products and ingredients valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The joint CSA analyzes the common tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) utilized by criminal actors to spoof emails and domains to impersonate legitimate employees and order goods that went unpaid and were possibly resold at devalued prices with labeling that lacked industry standard “need-to-knows” (i.e., necessary information about ingredients, allergens, or expiration dates).

For more information, CISA encourages organizations to review the guidance provided by the FBI, FDA OCI, and USDA in joint CSA Criminal Actors Use Business Email Compromise to Steal Large Shipments of Food Products and Ingredients—whereby businesses are urged “to use a risk-informed analysis to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cyber incidents and cyber-enabled crime.”

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CISA Releases Forty-One Industrial Control Systems Advisories

Original release date: December 15, 2022

CISA has released forty-one (41) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on 15 December 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations:

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Drupal Releases Security Updates to Address Vulnerabilities in H5P and File (Field) Paths

Original release date: December 15, 2022

Drupal has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting H5P and the File (Field) Paths modules for Drupal 7.x. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to access sensitive information and remotely execute code.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review Drupal’s security advisories SA-CONTRIB-2022-064 and SA-CONTRIB-2022-065 and apply the necessary update.

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CISA Consolidates Twitter Accounts

Original release date: December 15, 2022

CISA has consolidated its social media presence on Twitter. Three accounts — @ICSCERT, @Cyber, and @CISAInfraSec — are no longer active. Additionally, the @USCERT_gov Twitter account is now renamed @CISACyber. The following current active Twitter accounts will include posts on content previously covered on the now-inactive accounts.

  • @CISACyber will cover updates relevant to the industrial control systems community along with the latest vulnerability management info, threat analysis, and other info relevant to the cybersecurity community.
  • @CISAgov will continue to provide agencywide content or non-urgent ICS updates.
  • @CISAJen will continue to include posts across a variety of topics coming straight from the CISA director.
    CISA encourages followers of the @ICSCERT, @Cyber, and @CISAInfraSec Twitter accounts to follow @CISACyber and @CISAgovTwitter accounts to keep receiving important CISA messages and information.

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CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

Original release date: December 14, 2022

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses a significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates.

Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known CVEs that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires FCEB agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active threats. See the BOD 22-01 Fact Sheet for more information.

Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the Catalog that meet the specified criteria. 

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VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple products

Original release date: December 13, 2022

VVMware has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2022-0031, VMSA-2022-0033, and apply the necessary updates.

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