Attackers exploiting new critical OpenMetadata vulnerabilities on Kubernetes clusters


Attackers are constantly seeking new vulnerabilities to compromise Kubernetes environments.

Microsoft recently uncovered an attack that exploits new critical vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata to gain access to Kubernetes workloads and leverage them for cryptomining activity. OpenMetadata is an open-source platform designed to manage metadata across various data sources. It serves as a central repository for metadata lineage, allowing users to discover, understand, and govern their data. On March 15, 2024, several vulnerabilities in OpenMetadata platform were published.

Read more…
Source: Microsoft


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • CISA Releases Four Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    April 18, 2023

    CISA released four Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on April 18, 2023. 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-23-108-01 Omron CSCJ Series ICSA-23-108-02 Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity ...

  • Update now: Google emits emergency fix for zero-day Chrome vulnerability

    April 17, 2023

    Google on Friday released an emergency update for Chrome to address a zero-day security flaw. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2033, can be exploited by a malicious webpage to run arbitrary code in the browser. Thus, surfing to a bad website with a vulnerable browser could lead to your device being hijacked. Exploit code for this hole ...

  • Multiple Internet to Baseband Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems

    April 16, 2023

    In late 2022 and early 2023, Project Zero reported eighteen 0-day vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems produced by Samsung Semiconductor. The four most severe of these eighteen vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-24033, CVE-2023-26496, CVE-2023-26497 and CVE-2023-26498) allowed for Internet-to-baseband remote code execution. Tests conducted by Project Zero confirm that those four vulnerabilities allow an attacker to remotely compromise a phone ...

  • Linux kernel logic allowed Spectre attack on ‘major cloud provider’

    April 13, 2023

    The Spectre vulnerability that has haunted hardware and software makers since 2018 continues to defy efforts to bury it. On Thursday, Eduardo (sirdarckcat) Vela Nava, from Google’s product security response team, disclosed a Spectre-related flaw in version 6.2 of the Linux kernel. Read more… Source: The Register  

  • CISA Releases Sixteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories

    April 13, 2023

    CISA released sixteen Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on April 13, 2023. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSMA-23-103-01 B. Braun Battery Pack SP with Wi-Fi ICSA-23-103-01 Siemens Adaptec maxView Application ICSA-23-103-02 Siemens JT Open and JT Utilities ICSA-23-103-03 Siemens in OPC Foundation Local Discovery Server Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...

  • Supply chain security for Go, Part 1: Vulnerability management

    April 13, 2023

    High profile open source vulnerabilities have made it clear that securing the supply chains underpinning modern software is an urgent, yet enormous, undertaking. As supply chains get more complicated, enterprise developers need to manage the tidal wave of vulnerabilities that propagate up through dependency trees. Open source maintainers need streamlined ways to vet proposed dependencies ...