@blamejs/exceptd-skills 0.15.30 → 0.15.31

package/data/zeroday-lessons.json

@@ -7351,35 +7351,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2023-27351": {
     "name": "PaperCut NG/MF Improper Authentication Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "PaperCut NG/MF contains an improper authentication vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations via the SecurityRequestFilter class.",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "an improper-authentication flaw (CWE-287) letting an unauthenticated attacker bypass authentication and reach administrative functionality. CISA KEV-listed 2026-04-20 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the PaperCut update; review admin activity during the exposure window and rotate admin credentials — PaperCut compromise has been used to stage ransomware.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells, stolen sessions, and forged keys survive the patch and require explicit cleanup and key rotation."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the PaperCut: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files, unexpected process execution, and session/admin takeover without a matching login.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate application secrets/machine keys, and invalidate sessions, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
       "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
-      "basis": "Known ransomware-campaign use; passing orgs typically still exposed when patch deployment lags KEV due date.",
+      "basis": "Internet-facing PaperCut NG/MF is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2025-48700": {
     "name": "Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability",
@@ -11827,35 +11855,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2021-22054": {
     "name": "Omnissa Workspace ONE Server-Side Request Forgery",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "Omnissa Workspace One UEM formerly known as VMware Workspace One UEM contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could allow a malicious actor with network access to UEM to send their requests without authentication and to gain access to sensitive information.",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) letting an unauthenticated attacker coerce server-side requests to internal resources. CISA KEV-listed 2026-03-09 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Workspace ONE UEM update; restrict outbound access and block cloud-metadata endpoints, and review for internal-resource access — UEM reaches the managed mobile fleet.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; egress filtering and metadata-endpoint blocking are the compensating controls that limit SSRF impact, and a flat outbound network defeats them."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Workspace ONE UEM: exploit-shaped requests, server-side outbound requests to internal/metadata endpoints.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict egress and review what internal resources the SSRF reached, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing Omnissa Workspace ONE UEM is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2025-26399": {
     "name": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability",
@@ -12651,35 +12707,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2021-22175": {
     "name": "GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "GitLab contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability when requests to the internal network for webhooks are enabled.",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) letting an unauthenticated attacker coerce the server into making requests to internal resources. CISA KEV-listed 2026-02-18 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the GitLab update; restrict the server's outbound access (egress filtering, block cloud-metadata endpoints) and review for internal-resource access via the SSRF.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; egress filtering and metadata-endpoint blocking are the compensating controls that limit SSRF impact, and a flat outbound network defeats them."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the GitLab: exploit-shaped requests, server-side outbound requests to internal/metadata endpoints.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict egress and review what internal resources the SSRF reached, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing GitLab is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2026-22769": {
     "name": "Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability",
@@ -13588,35 +13672,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2021-39935": {
     "name": "GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability which could allow unauthorized external users to perform Server Side Requests via the CI Lint API. ",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) letting an unauthenticated attacker coerce server-side requests to internal resources. CISA KEV-listed 2026-02-03 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the GitLab update; enforce egress filtering and block cloud-metadata endpoints, and review for internal-resource access via the SSRF.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; egress filtering and metadata-endpoint blocking are the compensating controls that limit SSRF impact, and a flat outbound network defeats them."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the GitLab: exploit-shaped requests, server-side outbound requests to internal/metadata endpoints.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict egress and review what internal resources the SSRF reached, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2025-64328": {
     "name": "Sangoma FreePBX OS Command Injection Vulnerability",
@@ -16186,35 +16298,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2025-54236": {
     "name": "Adobe Commerce and Magento Improper Input Validation Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source contain an improper input validation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over customer accounts through the Commerce REST API.",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "an improper-input-validation flaw (CWE-20) in the Commerce/Magento REST API (the 'SessionReaper' flaw), letting an unauthenticated attacker take over customer/admin sessions and reach code execution. CISA KEV-listed 2025-10-24 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Adobe Commerce/Magento patch and the isolated hotfix; rotate the encryption key, invalidate sessions, and hunt for web shells — Magento RCE chains drop persistent backdoors.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells, stolen sessions, and forged keys survive the patch and require explicit cleanup and key rotation."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Adobe Commerce / Magento: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files, unexpected process execution, and session/admin takeover without a matching login.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate application secrets/machine keys, and invalidate sessions, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing Adobe Commerce and Magento is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2025-59287": {
     "name": "Microsoft Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability",
@@ -16549,35 +16689,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2025-54253": {
     "name": "Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "Adobe Experience Manager Forms in JEE contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "a code-execution flaw (CWE-94) enabling unauthenticated remote code execution on the AEM Forms server. CISA KEV-listed 2025-10-15 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the AEM Forms update; hunt for web shells and rotate service credentials reachable from the AEM host.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells, stolen sessions, and forged keys survive the patch and require explicit cleanup and key rotation."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the AEM Forms: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files, unexpected process execution, and session/admin takeover without a matching login.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate application secrets/machine keys, and invalidate sessions, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing Adobe Experience Manager Forms is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2025-47827": {
     "name": "IGEL OS Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date Vulnerability",
@@ -17848,35 +18016,63 @@
   },
   "CVE-2025-53690": {
     "name": "Sitecore Multiple Products Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability",
-    "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
+    "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
     "attack_vector": {
-      "description": "Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Experience Platform (XP), Experience Commerce (XC), and Managed Cloud contain a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability involving the use of default machine keys. This flaw allows attackers to exploit exposed ASP.NET machine keys to achieve remote code execution. ",
-      "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
-      "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
-      "ai_factor": "Bulk-imported — AI-discovery provenance not surfaced in KEV. Detection method that surfaces this class: ADVISORIES_SOURCE (12 primary-source feeds) + CISA-KEV poller. Refine when researcher writeup publishes."
+      "description": "a deserialization-of-untrusted-data flaw (CWE-502) abusing a known/static ASP.NET machine key via ViewState, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. CISA KEV-listed 2025-09-04 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
+      "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the application's public interface)",
+      "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
+      "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
+    },
+    "defense_chain": {
+      "prevention": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Sitecore update AND rotate the ASP.NET machine keys — the deserialization abuses key material, so patching without key rotation leaves the RCE path open; hunt for web shells.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
+        "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells, stolen sessions, and forged keys survive the patch and require explicit cleanup and key rotation."
+      },
+      "detection": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Sitecore: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files, unexpected process execution, and session/admin takeover without a matching login.",
+        "was_this_required": false,
+        "framework_requiring_it": null,
+        "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate application secrets/machine keys, and invalidate sessions, and review for lateral movement and data exfiltration.",
+        "was_this_required": true,
+        "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
+        "adequacy": "Mandatory; patch-in-place without cleanup leaves the attacker resident or able to re-authenticate."
+      }
     },
     "framework_coverage": {
       "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
+        "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated web-application flaw; these are mass-exploited within days, and SSRF/deserialization/auth-bypass chains lead to data theft or RCE."
       },
       "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
         "covered": true,
         "adequate": false,
-        "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
+        "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing web application."
+      },
+      "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "Treats internet-facing applications as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / key-rotation / egress-restriction cleanup these flaws need."
+      },
+      "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
+        "covered": true,
+        "adequate": false,
+        "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing web application (e-commerce platforms like Magento sit squarely in PCI scope); WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
       }
     },
     "compliance_exposure_score": {
-      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
-      "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
+      "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
+      "basis": "Internet-facing Sitecore is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, key rotation, and egress restriction are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
       "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
     },
     "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
-    "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
-    "ai_assist_factor": "none",
-    "_auto_imported": true,
-    "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
+    "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
+    "ai_assist_factor": "none"
   },
   "CVE-2023-50224": {
     "name": "TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability",