New NatJack Attacks Hijack TCP Sessions and Spoof DNS by Manipulating NAT Tables

Security researcher Malcolm Stagg has disclosed a new attack class called NatJack that manipulates network address translation NAT connection state to hijack active TCP sessions, spoof DNS responses, expose mapped ports, and exhaust NAT tables. Presented at Black Hat USA 2026, the research found...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: iptables: Fixed null-ptr-deref in iptablenattableinit. We received a report that iptables-restore sometimes triggered null-ptr-deref at boot time. 0 The problem is that iptablenattableinit is exposed to user space befo...

CVE-2024-42270

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AZL-47814 CVE-2024-42270 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.47.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: iptables: Fix null-ptr-deref in iptablenattableinit. We had a report that iptables-restore sometimes triggered null-ptr-deref at boot time. 0 The problem is that iptablenattableinit is exposed to user space before the...

AZL-47829 CVE-2024-42269 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.167.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6tablenattableinit. ip6tablenattableinit accesses net-gen-ptrip6tablenatnetops.id, but the function is exposed to user space before the entry is allocated via...

Automated Evil Twin Attack: infernal-twin

Evil twin is a term for a rogue Wi-Fi access point that appears to be a legitimate one offered on the premises, but actually has been set up to eavesdrop on wireless communications. An evil twin is the wireless version of the phishing scam. An attacker fools wireless users into connecting a lapto...