keycloak: Improper authorization for master realm

A flaw was found in Keycloak. The Red Hat Single Sign-On allowed authed users to perform actions outside their permissions. This flaw makes adding users to the master realm possible even though no respective permission was granted...

squashfs_opendir in unsquash-1.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 stores the filename in the directory entry; this is then used by unsquashfs to create the new file during the unsquash. The filename is not validated for traversal outside of the destination directory and thus allows writing to locations outside of the destination.

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The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors on x86 Intel systems, related to the lack of a mechanism for managing privileges, allows attackers to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of Xen hypervisors on x86 Intel systems is related to the lack of a mechanism for managing privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and even cause service failures...

Organizations Face a ‘Losing Battle’ Against Vulnerabilities

After a banner year for vulnerabilities and cyberattacks in 2021, organizations believe they are fighting a “losing battle” against security vulnerabilities and threats, “despite the billions of dollars spent collectively on cybersecurity technology,” according to an annual security report from...

PYSEC-2022-4

The dnslib package through 0.9.16 for Python does not verify that the ID value in a DNS reply matches an ID value in a query...

PT-2021-16380 · WordPress · Likebtn

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: LikeBtn WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.6.38 Description: The issue concerns a lack of authorization and CSRF checks in the likebtn export votes AJAX action. This could allow any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to obtain a list...

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software in Emerson WirelessHART Gateways of the 1420, 1410D, and 1410 series wireless hardware routers stems from the lack of access control checks. This allows attackers to circumvent security restrictions, gain unauthorized access to protected information, and alter settings.

The vulnerability of the microprogrammed software in Emerson WirelessHART Gateways models 1420, 1410D, and 1410 is related to the lack of access control checks during system backup restoration. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions, gain unauthorized...

The End of the Cybersecurity Skills Crisis (Maybe?)

In just 4 years, you can learn to be fluent in Mandarin. In 2 years, NASA can get you through astronaut training. But the cybersecurity skills gap? It's dire and dead-stuck in its fifth straight year of zero progress. Globally, 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled, and of those candidat...

CVE-2021-43617

Laravel Framework through 8.70.2 does not sufficiently block the upload of executable PHP content because Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php lacks a check for .phar files, which are handled as application/x-httpd-php on systems based on Debian. NOTE: this CVE Record is for...

CVE-2021-35535

Insecure Boot Image vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Relion Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO series allows an attacker who manages to get access to the front network port and to cause a reboot sequences of the device may exploit the vulnerability, where there is a tiny time gap during the booting process...

Six paths to a job in cybersecurity

Like many high-tech businesses, the cybersecurity industry is facing a widening skills gap. One of the main reasons why many companies do not have effective data security practices is the lack of actual skilled cybersecurity practitioners. In a November 2019 report, the International Information...

Four Essential Features for a Database Security Strategy to Take on a Growing Threat Landscape

For a considerable time, many organizations have used three to five on-premise databases to manage their workloads, and many teams have tried to funnel every application into using those databases. Today, as the pressure to innovate while keeping costs low intensifies, organizations have started...

CVE-2021-41138

Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. In the newly introduced signed Frontier-specific extrinsic for pallet-ethereum, a large part of transaction validation logic was only called in transaction pool validation, but not in block execution. Malicious validators can take advantage of...

CVE-2021-41565

TadTools special page parameter does not properly restrict the input of specific characters, thus remote attackers can inject JavaScript syntax without logging in, and further perform reflective XSS attacks...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How Security Pros Can Get Involved

Fall is a time defined by yearly rituals. For some of us, that means breaking out our favorite knit sweaters, indulging in pumpkin-flavored everything, or — in the immortal words of George Costanza — “shifting into soup mode." The information security world has its own autumnal observance: Nation...

Malwarebytes research shows an unequal, unsafe Internet

If the Internet was as safe and as private as it is essential for everyday life—increasingly required for job applications, bank transfers, doctor’s appointments, and filing taxes—then we’d likely have fewer online scams, better privacy protections, smaller data breaches, and a lower overall risk...

Why diversity is important for a strong cybersecurity team

Medicine. Aeronautics. Academia. When you’re a cybersecurity professional, the colleague next to you could have started in one of these industries—or just about any other you can imagine. The backgrounds of cybersecurity professionals are more diverse than those of professionals in other...

Why diversity is important for a strong cybersecurity team

Medicine. Aeronautics. Academia. When you’re a cybersecurity professional, the colleague next to you could have started in one of these industries—or just about any other you can imagine. The backgrounds of cybersecurity professionals are more diverse than those of professionals in other...

Winning the Cyber-Defense Race: Understand the Finish Line

If you ask organizations about their top objectives, you will likely hear they need to increase visibility, reduce toolsets and adopt automation to counteract the cybersecurity skills gap. And what most don’t realize is that these initiatives are driven by hurdles the industry has created for...

CVE-2021-36982

AIMANAGER before B115 on MONITORAPP Application Insight Web Application Firewall AIWAF devices with Manager 2.1.0 allows OS Command Injection because of missing input validation on one of the parameters of an HTTP request...