On December 3, 2024, Veeam disclosed a critical vulnerability within the Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC), tracked as CVE-2024-42448, which was discovered during internal testing. VSPC is a management tool designed for service providers to manage customer backups. The vulnerability allows a remote threat actor to perform Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the VSPC server machine from an authorized VSPC management agent machine.

Trust is the foundation of the open source community — but what happens when that trust is betrayed? When a backdoor vulnerability was found in a widespread Linux-based data compression tool, it nearly created an opportunity for malicious actors to seize control of countless computers worldwide. The vulnerability was introduced by a trusted contributor who, after years of building rapport with maintainers, ultimately exploited that trust.

The old adage “knowledge is power” holds especially true in the realm of AppSec. By remaining aware of the potential threats to applications and closing gaps in coverage, AppSec teams can demonstrate to leaders that they are in a solid position to protect vital assets. However, visibility is riddled with challenges, not the least of which are highly productive developers racing to market, often using AI-generated code that contains potential security issues.

Product Name: Dynamic Dashboard Vulnerability: Stored XSS Vulnerable Version: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1 CVE: CVE-2024-47817 Astra Security researchers identified a vulnerability in LocalAI, an Open-Source OpenAI alternative. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-9900, is a stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the LocalAI v2.21.1 prompts, which allow malicious scripts and payloads to be input.

With DevSecOps, cybersecurity has become integrated into every phase of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). DevSecOps tools work across development, security, and operations siloes and enable these teams to work collaboratively, ensuring security vulnerabilities are addressed early and efficiently, reducing risks before they reach production.

On the 18th of November 2024, Palo Alto published advisories disclosing two vulnerabilities affecting the Web Management Interface in PAN-OS. The most critical of these vulnerabilities is CVE-2024-0012 with a severity rating of 9.3. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to gain PAN-OS administrator privileges.

Product Name: Dynamic Dashboard Vulnerability: Stored XSS Vulnerable Version: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.1 CVE: CVE-2024-47817 On October 5, 2024, the security researchers from Astra discovered a severe Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Dynamic Dashboard’s paragraph widget. The widget, used for text and markdown, has inadequate input sanitization allowing attackers to inject malicious code.

As DevOps adoption has grown, organizations are pushing code into production faster than ever. However, the fast pace of DevOps has led many developers to view security as a bottleneck or afterthought, which means security teams need a new approach to keep up.

On November 20th, 2024, Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) researchers disclosed a critical flaw in 7-Zip. This widely used open-source file archiving software enables remote actors to perform remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable 7-Zip versions. This vulnerability was originally discovered earlier this year and was reported to 7-Zip in June 2024.

In the software development industry, proactively securing the software development life cycle (SDLC) from cyber threats must always be a top priority. Taking a shift left approach addresses security early on so your development teams can spend more time innovating and less on dealing with vulnerabilities. But that’s just the beginning.