@blamejs/exceptd-skills 0.15.39 → 0.15.41

This diff represents the content of publicly available package versions that have been released to one of the supported registries. The information contained in this diff is provided for informational purposes only and reflects changes between package versions as they appear in their respective public registries.
@@ -12943,35 +12943,63 @@
12943
12943
  },
12944
12944
  "CVE-2024-7694": {
12945
12945
  "name": "TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability",
12946
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
12946
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
12947
12947
  "attack_vector": {
12948
- "description": "TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware does not properly validate the content of uploaded files. Remote attackers with administrator privileges on the product platform can upload malicious files, which can be used to execute arbitrary system commands on the server.",
12949
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
12950
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
12951
- "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."
12948
+ "description": "an unrestricted file-upload flaw (CWE-434) letting an unauthenticated attacker upload a file for code execution on the security-product server. CISA KEV-listed 2026-02-17 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
12949
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
12950
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
12951
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
12952
+ },
12953
+ "defense_chain": {
12954
+ "prevention": {
12955
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the TeamT5 ThreatSonar update; treat a compromised security product as a trust inversion — hunt for web shells, rotate credentials, and verify the tool's own integrity and detections were not disabled.",
12956
+ "was_this_required": true,
12957
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
12958
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
12959
+ },
12960
+ "detection": {
12961
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the ThreatSonar: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files and unexpected process execution after uploads.",
12962
+ "was_this_required": false,
12963
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
12964
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
12965
+ },
12966
+ "response": {
12967
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
12968
+ "was_this_required": true,
12969
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
12970
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
12971
+ }
12952
12972
  },
12953
12973
  "framework_coverage": {
12954
12974
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
12955
12975
  "covered": true,
12956
12976
  "adequate": false,
12957
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
12977
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
12958
12978
  },
12959
12979
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
12960
12980
  "covered": true,
12961
12981
  "adequate": false,
12962
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
12982
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
12983
+ },
12984
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
12985
+ "covered": true,
12986
+ "adequate": false,
12987
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
12988
+ },
12989
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
12990
+ "covered": true,
12991
+ "adequate": false,
12992
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
12963
12993
  }
12964
12994
  },
12965
12995
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
12966
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
12967
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
12996
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
12997
+ "basis": "Internet-facing TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
12968
12998
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
12969
12999
  },
12970
13000
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
12971
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
12972
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
12973
- "_auto_imported": true,
12974
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
13001
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
13002
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
12975
13003
  },
12976
13004
  "CVE-2008-0015": {
12977
13005
  "name": " Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
@@ -13320,35 +13348,63 @@
13320
13348
  },
13321
13349
  "CVE-2025-40536": {
13322
13350
  "name": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability",
13323
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
13351
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
13324
13352
  "attack_vector": {
13325
- "description": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk contains a security control bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to certain restricted functionality.",
13326
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
13327
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
13328
- "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."
13353
+ "description": "a security-control-bypass flaw (CWE-693) on SolarWinds Web Help Desk, letting an unauthenticated attacker bypass an intended security control to reach protected functionality. CISA KEV-listed 2026-02-12 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
13354
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker and defeats the access-control mechanism)",
13355
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
13356
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
13357
+ },
13358
+ "defense_chain": {
13359
+ "prevention": {
13360
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the SolarWinds Web Help Desk update; review privileged-function access during the exposure window and rotate service credentials — Web Help Desk has been a repeated exploitation target.",
13361
+ "was_this_required": true,
13362
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
13363
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the compensating control when the access-control enforcement is itself bypassed."
13364
+ },
13365
+ "detection": {
13366
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Web Help Desk: requests exercising the bypass, administrative actions without a matching authentication event.",
13367
+ "was_this_required": false,
13368
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
13369
+ "adequacy": "Necessary because a bypass produces access that looks authorized; the anomaly is the absence of a legitimate authentication event."
13370
+ },
13371
+ "response": {
13372
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict the management plane, rotate credentials and keys, review configuration/account changes during the exposure window, and audit privileged actions and (for file-transfer/secure-access) data exposure.",
13373
+ "was_this_required": true,
13374
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
13375
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; an access-control bypass typically leaves administrative persistence or a code-execution foothold that a patch alone does not remove."
13376
+ }
13329
13377
  },
13330
13378
  "framework_coverage": {
13331
13379
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
13332
13380
  "covered": true,
13333
13381
  "adequate": false,
13334
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
13382
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed access-control/security-control bypass on an internet-facing system; these grant unauthorized access to protected functionality and are mass-exploited within days."
13383
+ },
13384
+ "NIST-800-53-AC-3-enforcement": {
13385
+ "covered": true,
13386
+ "adequate": false,
13387
+ "gap": "Access-enforcement is required, but these flaws defeat the enforcement mechanism itself (alternate channel, missing authorization check, security-control bypass, assumed-immutable parameter); restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the load-bearing compensating control when enforcement fails."
13335
13388
  },
13336
13389
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
13337
13390
  "covered": true,
13338
13391
  "adequate": false,
13339
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
13392
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing application or appliance whose access control is bypassed."
13393
+ },
13394
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
13395
+ "covered": true,
13396
+ "adequate": false,
13397
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing application or appliance (file-transfer / secure-access / help-desk) in or adjacent to the CDE."
13340
13398
  }
13341
13399
  },
13342
13400
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
13343
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
13344
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
13345
- "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
13401
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 77,
13402
+ "basis": "Internet-facing SolarWinds Web Help Desk is run by audited organizations whose access-control posture is irrelevant when the enforcement mechanism is bypassed; without management-plane restriction and prompt patching the system is exposed, and the required privileged-action review / web-shell hunt is rarely documented.",
13403
+ "theater_pattern": "access_control"
13346
13404
  },
13347
13405
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
13348
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
13349
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
13350
- "_auto_imported": true,
13351
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
13406
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
13407
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
13352
13408
  },
13353
13409
  "CVE-2026-21513": {
13354
13410
  "name": "Microsoft MSHTML Framework Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability",
@@ -13659,35 +13715,63 @@
13659
13715
  },
13660
13716
  "CVE-2025-11953": {
13661
13717
  "name": "React Native Community CLI OS Command Injection Vulnerability",
13662
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
13718
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
13663
13719
  "attack_vector": {
13664
- "description": "React Native Community CLI contains an OS command injection vulnerability which could allow unauthenticated network attackers to send POST requests to the Metro Development Server and run arbitrary executables via a vulnerable endpoint exposed by the server. On Windows, attackers can also execute arbitrary shell commands with fully controlled arguments.",
13665
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
13666
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
13667
- "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."
13720
+ "description": "an OS command-injection flaw (CWE-78) in the React Native Community CLI's Metro development server, letting a network attacker who can reach the exposed dev server execute commands on the developer host. CISA KEV-listed 2026-02-05 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
13721
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
13722
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
13723
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
13724
+ },
13725
+ "defense_chain": {
13726
+ "prevention": {
13727
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Update the React Native Community CLI; never expose the Metro development server to untrusted networks (bind to localhost) — developer-host compromise is a software-supply-chain risk.",
13728
+ "was_this_required": true,
13729
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
13730
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
13731
+ },
13732
+ "detection": {
13733
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the React Native CLI / Metro dev server: exploit-shaped requests, a shell/interpreter spawned from the service process.",
13734
+ "was_this_required": false,
13735
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
13736
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
13737
+ },
13738
+ "response": {
13739
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
13740
+ "was_this_required": true,
13741
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
13742
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
13743
+ }
13668
13744
  },
13669
13745
  "framework_coverage": {
13670
13746
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
13671
13747
  "covered": true,
13672
13748
  "adequate": false,
13673
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
13749
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
13674
13750
  },
13675
13751
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
13676
13752
  "covered": true,
13677
13753
  "adequate": false,
13678
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
13754
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
13755
+ },
13756
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
13757
+ "covered": true,
13758
+ "adequate": false,
13759
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
13760
+ },
13761
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
13762
+ "covered": true,
13763
+ "adequate": false,
13764
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
13679
13765
  }
13680
13766
  },
13681
13767
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
13682
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
13683
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
13768
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
13769
+ "basis": "Internet-facing React Native Community CLI is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
13684
13770
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
13685
13771
  },
13686
13772
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
13687
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
13688
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
13689
- "_auto_imported": true,
13690
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
13773
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
13774
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
13691
13775
  },
13692
13776
  "CVE-2026-24423": {
13693
13777
  "name": "SmarterTools SmarterMail Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability",
@@ -14166,35 +14250,63 @@
14166
14250
  },
14167
14251
  "CVE-2025-52691": {
14168
14252
  "name": "SmarterTools SmarterMail Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability",
14169
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
14253
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
14170
14254
  "attack_vector": {
14171
- "description": "SmarterTools SmarterMail contains an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to any location on the mail server, potentially enabling remote code execution.",
14172
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
14173
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
14174
- "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."
14255
+ "description": "an unrestricted file-upload flaw (CWE-434) letting an unauthenticated attacker upload a file (e.g. a web shell) for code execution on the mail server. CISA KEV-listed 2026-01-26 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
14256
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
14257
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
14258
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
14259
+ },
14260
+ "defense_chain": {
14261
+ "prevention": {
14262
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the SmarterMail update; hunt for web shells under the mail-server web root, rotate credentials, and review mailbox access — a mail-server foothold targets message data.",
14263
+ "was_this_required": true,
14264
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
14265
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
14266
+ },
14267
+ "detection": {
14268
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the SmarterMail: exploit-shaped requests, new web-shell files and unexpected process execution after uploads.",
14269
+ "was_this_required": false,
14270
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
14271
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
14272
+ },
14273
+ "response": {
14274
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
14275
+ "was_this_required": true,
14276
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
14277
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
14278
+ }
14175
14279
  },
14176
14280
  "framework_coverage": {
14177
14281
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
14178
14282
  "covered": true,
14179
14283
  "adequate": false,
14180
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
14284
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
14181
14285
  },
14182
14286
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
14183
14287
  "covered": true,
14184
14288
  "adequate": false,
14185
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
14289
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
14290
+ },
14291
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
14292
+ "covered": true,
14293
+ "adequate": false,
14294
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
14295
+ },
14296
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
14297
+ "covered": true,
14298
+ "adequate": false,
14299
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
14186
14300
  }
14187
14301
  },
14188
14302
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
14189
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 75,
14190
- "basis": "Known ransomware-campaign use; passing orgs typically still exposed when patch deployment lags KEV due date.",
14303
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
14304
+ "basis": "Internet-facing SmarterTools SmarterMail is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
14191
14305
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
14192
14306
  },
14193
14307
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
14194
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
14195
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
14196
- "_auto_imported": true,
14197
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
14308
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
14309
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
14198
14310
  },
14199
14311
  "CVE-2026-23760": {
14200
14312
  "name": "SmarterTools SmarterMail Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability",
@@ -14258,35 +14370,63 @@
14258
14370
  },
14259
14371
  "CVE-2026-24061": {
14260
14372
  "name": "GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability",
14261
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
14373
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
14262
14374
  "attack_vector": {
14263
- "description": "GNU InetUtils contains an argument injection vulnerability in telnetd that could allow for remote authentication bypass via a \"-f root\" value for the USER environment variable.",
14264
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
14265
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
14266
- "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."
14375
+ "description": "an argument-injection flaw (CWE-88) in GNU InetUtils, letting an attacker inject extra command-line arguments to achieve unintended command execution. CISA KEV-listed 2026-01-26 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
14376
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
14377
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
14378
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
14379
+ },
14380
+ "defense_chain": {
14381
+ "prevention": {
14382
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Update GNU InetUtils across the estate; audit scripts and services that pass attacker-influenced input to InetUtils tools — this is a long-tail library-class flaw.",
14383
+ "was_this_required": true,
14384
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
14385
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
14386
+ },
14387
+ "detection": {
14388
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the InetUtils: exploit-shaped requests, a shell/interpreter spawned from the service process.",
14389
+ "was_this_required": false,
14390
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
14391
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
14392
+ },
14393
+ "response": {
14394
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
14395
+ "was_this_required": true,
14396
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
14397
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
14398
+ }
14267
14399
  },
14268
14400
  "framework_coverage": {
14269
14401
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
14270
14402
  "covered": true,
14271
14403
  "adequate": false,
14272
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
14404
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
14273
14405
  },
14274
14406
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
14275
14407
  "covered": true,
14276
14408
  "adequate": false,
14277
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
14409
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
14410
+ },
14411
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
14412
+ "covered": true,
14413
+ "adequate": false,
14414
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
14415
+ },
14416
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
14417
+ "covered": true,
14418
+ "adequate": false,
14419
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
14278
14420
  }
14279
14421
  },
14280
14422
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
14281
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
14282
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
14423
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
14424
+ "basis": "Internet-facing GNU InetUtils is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
14283
14425
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
14284
14426
  },
14285
14427
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
14286
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
14287
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
14288
- "_auto_imported": true,
14289
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
14428
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
14429
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
14290
14430
  },
14291
14431
  "CVE-2026-21509": {
14292
14432
  "name": "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability",
@@ -15059,35 +15199,63 @@
15059
15199
  },
15060
15200
  "CVE-2025-40602": {
15061
15201
  "name": "SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability",
15062
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
15202
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
15063
15203
  "attack_vector": {
15064
- "description": "SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.",
15065
- "privileges_required": "unprivileged local user",
15066
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
15067
- "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."
15204
+ "description": "a missing-authorization flaw (CWE-862/CWE-250) on the SonicWall SMA1000 secure-access appliance, letting an attacker reach functionality with unnecessary privileges without proper authorization. CISA KEV-listed 2025-12-17 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
15205
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker and defeats the access-control mechanism)",
15206
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
15207
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
15208
+ },
15209
+ "defense_chain": {
15210
+ "prevention": {
15211
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the SonicWall SMA1000 update and restrict management access; treat an exposed secure-access appliance as high-value — review sessions and rotate secrets, since it fronts remote access to the internal network.",
15212
+ "was_this_required": true,
15213
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
15214
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the compensating control when the access-control enforcement is itself bypassed."
15215
+ },
15216
+ "detection": {
15217
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the SMA1000 appliance: requests exercising the bypass, administrative actions without a matching authentication event.",
15218
+ "was_this_required": false,
15219
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
15220
+ "adequacy": "Necessary because a bypass produces access that looks authorized; the anomaly is the absence of a legitimate authentication event."
15221
+ },
15222
+ "response": {
15223
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict the management plane, rotate credentials and keys, review configuration/account changes during the exposure window, and audit privileged actions and (for file-transfer/secure-access) data exposure.",
15224
+ "was_this_required": true,
15225
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
15226
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; an access-control bypass typically leaves administrative persistence or a code-execution foothold that a patch alone does not remove."
15227
+ }
15068
15228
  },
15069
15229
  "framework_coverage": {
15070
15230
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
15071
15231
  "covered": true,
15072
15232
  "adequate": false,
15073
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
15233
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed access-control/security-control bypass on an internet-facing system; these grant unauthorized access to protected functionality and are mass-exploited within days."
15234
+ },
15235
+ "NIST-800-53-AC-3-enforcement": {
15236
+ "covered": true,
15237
+ "adequate": false,
15238
+ "gap": "Access-enforcement is required, but these flaws defeat the enforcement mechanism itself (alternate channel, missing authorization check, security-control bypass, assumed-immutable parameter); restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the load-bearing compensating control when enforcement fails."
15074
15239
  },
15075
15240
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
15076
15241
  "covered": true,
15077
15242
  "adequate": false,
15078
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
15243
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing application or appliance whose access control is bypassed."
15244
+ },
15245
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
15246
+ "covered": true,
15247
+ "adequate": false,
15248
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing application or appliance (file-transfer / secure-access / help-desk) in or adjacent to the CDE."
15079
15249
  }
15080
15250
  },
15081
15251
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
15082
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
15083
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
15084
- "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
15252
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 77,
15253
+ "basis": "Internet-facing SonicWall SMA1000 is run by audited organizations whose access-control posture is irrelevant when the enforcement mechanism is bypassed; without management-plane restriction and prompt patching the system is exposed, and the required privileged-action review / web-shell hunt is rarely documented.",
15254
+ "theater_pattern": "access_control"
15085
15255
  },
15086
15256
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
15087
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
15088
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
15089
- "_auto_imported": true,
15090
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
15257
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
15258
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
15091
15259
  },
15092
15260
  "CVE-2025-20393": {
15093
15261
  "name": "Cisco Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability",
@@ -16851,35 +17019,63 @@
16851
17019
  },
16852
17020
  "CVE-2025-61932": {
16853
17021
  "name": "Motex LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel Vulnerability",
16854
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
17022
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
16855
17023
  "attack_vector": {
16856
- "description": "Motex LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager contains an improper verification of source of a communication channel vulnerability allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets.",
16857
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
16858
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
16859
- "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."
17024
+ "description": "an improper-verification-of-communication-source flaw (CWE-940) in Motex LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager, letting an unauthenticated attacker send trusted commands to the management agent/server for remote code execution. CISA KEV-listed 2025-10-22 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
17025
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
17026
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
17027
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
17028
+ },
17029
+ "defense_chain": {
17030
+ "prevention": {
17031
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Motex LANSCOPE update; the endpoint manager reaches the whole managed fleet, so treat compromise as fleet-wide — rotate credentials and audit commands/tasking pushed to managed endpoints.",
17032
+ "was_this_required": true,
17033
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
17034
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
17035
+ },
17036
+ "detection": {
17037
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager: exploit-shaped requests, a shell/interpreter spawned from the service process.",
17038
+ "was_this_required": false,
17039
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
17040
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
17041
+ },
17042
+ "response": {
17043
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
17044
+ "was_this_required": true,
17045
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
17046
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
17047
+ }
16860
17048
  },
16861
17049
  "framework_coverage": {
16862
17050
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
16863
17051
  "covered": true,
16864
17052
  "adequate": false,
16865
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
17053
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
16866
17054
  },
16867
17055
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
16868
17056
  "covered": true,
16869
17057
  "adequate": false,
16870
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
17058
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
17059
+ },
17060
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
17061
+ "covered": true,
17062
+ "adequate": false,
17063
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
17064
+ },
17065
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
17066
+ "covered": true,
17067
+ "adequate": false,
17068
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
16871
17069
  }
16872
17070
  },
16873
17071
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
16874
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
16875
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
17072
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
17073
+ "basis": "Internet-facing Motex LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
16876
17074
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
16877
17075
  },
16878
17076
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
16879
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
16880
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
16881
- "_auto_imported": true,
16882
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
17077
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
17078
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
16883
17079
  },
16884
17080
  "CVE-2022-48503": {
16885
17081
  "name": "Apple Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability",
@@ -18180,35 +18376,63 @@
18180
18376
  },
18181
18377
  "CVE-2025-4008": {
18182
18378
  "name": "Smartbedded Meteobridge Command Injection Vulnerability",
18183
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
18379
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
18184
18380
  "attack_vector": {
18185
- "description": "Smartbedded Meteobridge contains a command injection vulnerability that could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to gain arbitrary command execution with elevated privileges (root) on affected devices.",
18186
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
18187
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
18188
- "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."
18381
+ "description": "an OS command-injection flaw (CWE-306/CWE-77) on the Smartbedded Meteobridge weather-station device, letting an unauthenticated attacker execute commands on the device. CISA KEV-listed 2025-10-02 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
18382
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker on the service/device interface)",
18383
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
18384
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
18385
+ },
18386
+ "defense_chain": {
18387
+ "prevention": {
18388
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Meteobridge firmware update; segment the device off the internet/IT network and rotate credentials — embedded devices are recruited into botnets via flaws like this.",
18389
+ "was_this_required": true,
18390
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
18391
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — web shells and stolen credentials survive the patch; endpoint-manager/dev-tool compromise has downstream and supply-chain reach that must be reviewed."
18392
+ },
18393
+ "detection": {
18394
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Meteobridge device: exploit-shaped requests, a shell/interpreter spawned from the service process.",
18395
+ "was_this_required": false,
18396
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
18397
+ "adequacy": "Necessary to catch exploitation and resident persistence after patching."
18398
+ },
18399
+ "response": {
18400
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, hunt and remove web shells, rotate credentials and secrets, and review downstream/supply-chain impact (managed endpoints for LANSCOPE, build hosts for the dev tool).",
18401
+ "was_this_required": true,
18402
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
18403
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; upload/injection RCE typically yields persistence and a pivot, which a bare patch does not remediate."
18404
+ }
18189
18405
  },
18190
18406
  "framework_coverage": {
18191
18407
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
18192
18408
  "covered": true,
18193
18409
  "adequate": false,
18194
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
18410
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed, unauthenticated upload-or-injection RCE; these are mass-exploited within days, and endpoint-manager / dev-tool compromise carries downstream and supply-chain reach."
18195
18411
  },
18196
18412
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
18197
18413
  "covered": true,
18198
18414
  "adequate": false,
18199
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
18415
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing service, developer tool, or device."
18416
+ },
18417
+ "NIS2-Art21-network-security": {
18418
+ "covered": true,
18419
+ "adequate": false,
18420
+ "gap": "Treats internet-facing services as essential-function infrastructure but lacks a CISA-KEV-style compressed remediation SLA, and does not require the web-shell-hunt / credential-rotation / downstream-review cleanup these RCEs need."
18421
+ },
18422
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
18423
+ "covered": true,
18424
+ "adequate": false,
18425
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing service in or adjacent to the CDE; WAF coverage is partial mitigation, not remediation."
18200
18426
  }
18201
18427
  },
18202
18428
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
18203
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
18204
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
18429
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 76,
18430
+ "basis": "Internet-facing Smartbedded Meteobridge is run by audited organizations on a standard patch SLA and is mass-exploited within days; the required web-shell hunt, credential rotation, and downstream review are rarely part of the documented patch procedure.",
18205
18431
  "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
18206
18432
  },
18207
18433
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
18208
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
18209
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
18210
- "_auto_imported": true,
18211
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
18434
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
18435
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
18212
18436
  },
18213
18437
  "CVE-2025-32463": {
18214
18438
  "name": "Sudo Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Vulnerability",
@@ -20161,35 +20385,63 @@
20161
20385
  },
20162
20386
  "CVE-2025-54309": {
20163
20387
  "name": " CrushFTP Unprotected Alternate Channel Vulnerability",
20164
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
20388
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
20165
20389
  "attack_vector": {
20166
- "description": "CrushFTP contains an unprotected alternate channel vulnerability. When the DMZ proxy feature is not used, mishandles AS2 validation and consequently allows remote attackers to obtain admin access via HTTPS.",
20167
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
20168
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
20169
- "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."
20390
+ "description": "an unprotected-alternate-channel flaw (CWE-420) letting an unauthenticated attacker reach administrative functionality via the alternate (AS2) path and gain admin control of the file-transfer server. CISA KEV-listed 2025-07-22 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
20391
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker and defeats the access-control mechanism)",
20392
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
20393
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
20394
+ },
20395
+ "defense_chain": {
20396
+ "prevention": {
20397
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the CrushFTP update, restrict the admin interface to a trusted network, rotate admin credentials, and review for unauthorized admin actions and transferred-file exposure — MFT compromise targets data in transit.",
20398
+ "was_this_required": true,
20399
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
20400
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary; restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the compensating control when the access-control enforcement is itself bypassed."
20401
+ },
20402
+ "detection": {
20403
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the CrushFTP: requests exercising the bypass, administrative actions without a matching authentication event.",
20404
+ "was_this_required": false,
20405
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
20406
+ "adequacy": "Necessary because a bypass produces access that looks authorized; the anomaly is the absence of a legitimate authentication event."
20407
+ },
20408
+ "response": {
20409
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict the management plane, rotate credentials and keys, review configuration/account changes during the exposure window, and audit privileged actions and (for file-transfer/secure-access) data exposure.",
20410
+ "was_this_required": true,
20411
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
20412
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; an access-control bypass typically leaves administrative persistence or a code-execution foothold that a patch alone does not remove."
20413
+ }
20170
20414
  },
20171
20415
  "framework_coverage": {
20172
20416
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
20173
20417
  "covered": true,
20174
20418
  "adequate": false,
20175
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
20419
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed access-control/security-control bypass on an internet-facing system; these grant unauthorized access to protected functionality and are mass-exploited within days."
20420
+ },
20421
+ "NIST-800-53-AC-3-enforcement": {
20422
+ "covered": true,
20423
+ "adequate": false,
20424
+ "gap": "Access-enforcement is required, but these flaws defeat the enforcement mechanism itself (alternate channel, missing authorization check, security-control bypass, assumed-immutable parameter); restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the load-bearing compensating control when enforcement fails."
20176
20425
  },
20177
20426
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
20178
20427
  "covered": true,
20179
20428
  "adequate": false,
20180
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
20429
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing application or appliance whose access control is bypassed."
20430
+ },
20431
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
20432
+ "covered": true,
20433
+ "adequate": false,
20434
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing application or appliance (file-transfer / secure-access / help-desk) in or adjacent to the CDE."
20181
20435
  }
20182
20436
  },
20183
20437
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
20184
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
20185
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
20186
- "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
20438
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 77,
20439
+ "basis": "Internet-facing CrushFTP is run by audited organizations whose access-control posture is irrelevant when the enforcement mechanism is bypassed; without management-plane restriction and prompt patching the system is exposed, and the required privileged-action review / web-shell hunt is rarely documented.",
20440
+ "theater_pattern": "access_control"
20187
20441
  },
20188
20442
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
20189
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
20190
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
20191
- "_auto_imported": true,
20192
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
20443
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
20444
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
20193
20445
  },
20194
20446
  "CVE-2025-49704": {
20195
20447
  "name": "Microsoft SharePoint Code Injection Vulnerability",
@@ -21846,35 +22098,63 @@
21846
22098
  },
21847
22099
  "CVE-2025-35939": {
21848
22100
  "name": "Craft CMS External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter Vulnerability",
21849
- "lesson_date": "2026-05-18",
22101
+ "lesson_date": "2026-05-29",
21850
22102
  "attack_vector": {
21851
- "description": "Craft CMS contains an external control of assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated client to introduce arbitrary values, such as PHP code, to a known local file location on the server. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2024-58136 as represented by CVE-2025-32432.",
21852
- "privileges_required": "network attacker (no authentication required)",
21853
- "complexity": "moderate (bulk-import default)",
21854
- "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."
22103
+ "description": "an external-control-of-assumed-immutable-web-parameter flaw (CWE-472) in Craft CMS, letting an unauthenticated attacker tamper with a parameter the application assumes is fixed (a step in a chain toward code execution). CISA KEV-listed 2025-06-02 with confirmed in-the-wild exploitation.",
22104
+ "privileges_required": "none (the flaw is reachable by an unauthenticated attacker and defeats the access-control mechanism)",
22105
+ "complexity": "low — KEV-listed, actively exploited; treat as weaponized",
22106
+ "ai_factor": "No AI involvement documented in discovery or weaponization."
22107
+ },
22108
+ "defense_chain": {
22109
+ "prevention": {
22110
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Apply the Craft CMS update, rotate the Craft security key, and hunt for web shells — this parameter flaw is chained with the Craft code-injection RCE in the wild.",
22111
+ "was_this_required": true,
22112
+ "framework_requiring_it": "CISA BOD 22-01 (KEV remediation)",
22113
+ "adequacy": "Patch is necessary but insufficient alone — the parameter flaw is chained to code execution, so web-shell hunting and key rotation are required cleanup."
22114
+ },
22115
+ "detection": {
22116
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Monitoring on the Craft CMS: requests exercising the bypass, tampered parameters followed by web shells or unexpected process execution.",
22117
+ "was_this_required": false,
22118
+ "framework_requiring_it": null,
22119
+ "adequacy": "Necessary because a bypass produces access that looks authorized; the anomaly is the absence of a legitimate authentication event."
22120
+ },
22121
+ "response": {
22122
+ "what_would_have_worked": "Patch immediately, restrict the management plane, rotate credentials and keys, review configuration/account changes during the exposure window, and hunt for web shells from the chained RCE.",
22123
+ "was_this_required": true,
22124
+ "framework_requiring_it": "NIST 800-53 IR-4",
22125
+ "adequacy": "Mandatory; an access-control bypass typically leaves administrative persistence or a code-execution foothold that a patch alone does not remove."
22126
+ }
21855
22127
  },
21856
22128
  "framework_coverage": {
21857
22129
  "NIST-800-53-SI-2": {
21858
22130
  "covered": true,
21859
22131
  "adequate": false,
21860
- "gap": "30-day SLA inadequate for KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE; KEV due date is the operational clock."
22132
+ "gap": "The 30-day flaw-remediation SLA is far longer than the observed exploitation window for a KEV-listed access-control/security-control bypass on an internet-facing system; these grant unauthorized access to protected functionality and are mass-exploited within days."
22133
+ },
22134
+ "NIST-800-53-AC-3-enforcement": {
22135
+ "covered": true,
22136
+ "adequate": false,
22137
+ "gap": "Access-enforcement is required, but these flaws defeat the enforcement mechanism itself (alternate channel, missing authorization check, security-control bypass, assumed-immutable parameter); restricting the management plane to a trusted network is the load-bearing compensating control when enforcement fails."
21861
22138
  },
21862
22139
  "ISO-27001-2022-A.8.8": {
21863
22140
  "covered": true,
21864
22141
  "adequate": false,
21865
- "gap": "Standard does not differentiate routinely-disclosed CVE from KEV-listed actively-exploited CVE."
22142
+ "gap": "'Appropriate timescales' is undefined; the standard 30-day reading is unsafe for an actively-exploited, internet-facing application or appliance whose access control is bypassed."
22143
+ },
22144
+ "PCI-DSS-4.0-6.3.3": {
22145
+ "covered": true,
22146
+ "adequate": false,
22147
+ "gap": "The 30-day critical-patch window is exploitation acceptance for an internet-facing application or appliance (file-transfer / secure-access / help-desk) in or adjacent to the CDE."
21866
22148
  }
21867
22149
  },
21868
22150
  "compliance_exposure_score": {
21869
- "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 55,
21870
- "basis": "KEV-listed but not yet ransomware-attributed; exposure concentrated in orgs whose patch SLA defaults to NIST 30 days.",
21871
- "theater_pattern": "patch_management"
22151
+ "percent_audit_passing_orgs_still_exposed": 77,
22152
+ "basis": "Internet-facing Craft CMS is run by audited organizations whose access-control posture is irrelevant when the enforcement mechanism is bypassed; without management-plane restriction and prompt patching the system is exposed, and the required privileged-action review / web-shell hunt is rarely documented.",
22153
+ "theater_pattern": "access_control"
21872
22154
  },
21873
22155
  "ai_discovered_zeroday": false,
21874
- "ai_discovery_source": "unknown",
21875
- "ai_assist_factor": "none",
21876
- "_auto_imported": true,
21877
- "_intake_method": "v0.13.17-bulk-cisa-kev-import"
22156
+ "ai_discovery_source": "vendor_research",
22157
+ "ai_assist_factor": "none"
21878
22158
  },
21879
22159
  "CVE-2024-56145": {
21880
22160
  "name": "Craft CMS Code Injection Vulnerability (variant: CVE-2024-56145)",