The vulnerability of the Qualys Policy Compliance Connector Plugin lies in the improper restriction of XML links to external objects, which allows attackers to perform XXE attacks.

The vulnerability of the Qualys Policy Compliance Connector Plugin is related to an incorrect limitation on XML links to external objects. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor, operating remotely, to execute XXE attacks using specially created XML code...

CSAM Strengthens Attack Surface Coverage and Risk Assessment With Third-Party Connectors

Organizations using Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management CSAM can now import asset data from any external system into the Enterprise TruRisk Platform. With third-party connectors, you will identify any existing coverage gaps and add business context to your unified inventory, helping you...

Exploit for Path Traversal in Jenkins

Jenkins CVE-2024-23897 PoC A proof-of-concept PoC for CVE-2...

Identify and De-risk Unmanaged, Unauthorized Devices With Qualys CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM)

69% of organizations said they experienced at least one cyberattack resulting from an exploit of an unknown or unmanaged asset such as software, cloud-based workloads user accounts, and IoT devices. Ultimately, these attacks stem from visibility gaps in the attack surface. Bringing these assets...

Qualys Patch Management: A Review of New Features in 2023 for Faster Elimination of Cyber Risk

The recent debut of Qualys’ Enterprise TruRisk Platform promises three key benefits: measuring, communicating, and eliminating cyber risk across the extended enterprise. Qualys Patch Management plays a pivotal role in this process towards the rapid elimination of cyber risk. Our focus during 2023...

New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros

Malicious local attackers can obtain full root access on Linux machines by taking advantage of a newly disclosed security flaw in the GNU C library aka glibc. Tracked as CVE-2023-6246 CVSS score: 7.8, the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability is rooted in glibc's vsysloginternal function, whic...

[SECURITY] [DSA 5611-1] glibc security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5611-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 30, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Qualys TRU Discovers Important Vulnerabilities in GNU C Library’s syslog()

The Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU has recently unearthed four significant vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library, a cornerstone for countless applications in the Linux environment. Before diving into the specific details of the vulnerabilities discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit in the...

Advancing Cybersecurity Management With Qualys Cloud Agent

In the first part of our series, we discussed the significant enhancements in Reduced Activity Periods RAP and Enhanced Capabilities for VDI in the Qualys Cloud Agent. In this second part of the series, we continue our exploration into the other two pivotal enhancements of this upgrade: 1. Agent...

Qualys WAS Unveils New Features in an Upgraded User Interface

Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS has been at the forefront of web application and API security innovation, and today, were excited to announce a significant leap - the launch of our New User Interface UI. From improved performance and reliability to cutting-edge technology adoption and enhance...

Jenkins plugins Multiple Vulnerabilities (2024-01-24)

According to their self-reported version numbers, the version of Jenkins plugins running on the remote web server are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Jenkins Git server Plugin 99.va0826abcdfad and earlier does not disable a feature of its command parser that replaces an '@' character...

Announcing the Newest Game-Changing Upgrades of Qualys Cloud Agent

Qualys Cloud Agent Gets Powerful Enhancements for Boosting User Flexibility, Improved Control & Efficiency in VDI Environments, Seamless Updates, and More! We are excited to unveil a major upgrade to the Qualys Cloud Agent, marking a significant stride in cybersecurity management. The four update...

Reduce Risk Faster With the Qualys Risk Reduction Recommendation Report

New vulnerabilities are found almost daily. However, most organizations struggle to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities efficiently—making their environments vulnerable to risk. Last year, Qualys introduced Qualys VMDR with TruRiskTM, which helps organizations quantify cyber risk ...

Oracle Patch Update, January 2024 Security Update Review

Oracle has released its first quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains patches for 389 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in a wide range of product families, includin...

Detect and Manage the Risk of Apache Struts (CVE-2023-50164) Comprehensively

Introduction In the vast landscape of cybersecurity, staying vigilant against potential threats is crucial. A critical vulnerability that surfaced recently is CVE-2023-50164, affecting Apache Struts 2, a widely used open-source framework for Java development. This path traversal vulnerability,...

Dual Zero-Day Threats in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways – CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887

In recent and alarming cybersecurity developments, Volexity researchers have discovered that attackers are exploiting two distinct zero-day vulnerabilities in a coordinated manner to enable unauthenticated remote code execution RCE. These vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2023-46805 and...

Facebook Job Scam

Qualys has confirmed ongoing attacks against multiple brands offering work-from-home remote job offers, advertised through Facebook. Unfortunately, these scams typically see a rise in prevalence following the holidays. Qualys has confirmed cyber criminals are advertising jobs within Facebook to...

Qualys and Microsoft Sunset Embedded Integration of Qualys Solutions for Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Qualys offers a holistic risk-based approach to securing modern cloud workloads Over the past three years, Qualys has had a strong collaboration with Microsoft, with Qualys providing the vulnerability assessment engine for Microsoft Defender for Cloud, covering infrastructure and container...

GHSA-5GWH-R76W-934H Qualys Jenkins Plugin for WAS XML External Entity vulnerability

Qualys Jenkins Plugin for WAS prior to version and including 2.0.11 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access to configure or edit jobs to utilize t...

GHSA-RWF9-8FQR-P44M Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access and access to configure o...