The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that foreign hackers are likely to exploit a newly disclosed, critical vulnerability in a raft of Palo Alto Networks firewalls and enterprise VPN appliances, which allows for device takeover without authentication.
The Department of Defense (DoD) arm that oversees cyberspace operations has advised all devices affected by the flaw, CVE-2020-2021, be patched immediately. The vulnerability affects devices that use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), according to a tweet by the agency.
“Foreign APTs will likely attempt exploit soon,” U.S. Cyber Command tweeted. “We appreciate @PaloAltoNtwks’ proactive response to this vulnerability.”
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Source: ThreatPost