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On April 16, 2024, Ivanti disclosed two critical vulnerabilities within its Avalanche Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-29204 and CVE-2024-24996, are heap overflow issues in the WLInfoRailService and WLAvalancheService components, respectively. Both vulnerabilities have been assigned a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating their critical nature due to the potential for unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) in low-complexity attacks.

OAuth is an important part of modern authorization frameworks, granting access to resources across different applications easily. However, vulnerabilities in OAuth implementations can create significant security risks. Following research released by Salt labs that uncovered critical vulnerabilities in the world's most popular authorization mechanism, Salt has released a multi-layered protection package to detect attempts to exploit OAuth and proactively fix the vulnerabilities.

On April 12, 2024, Palo Alto disclosed a critical vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3400 in its PAN OS operating system, which carries the highest severity rating of 10.0 on the CVSS scale. This vulnerability, present in certain versions of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS within the GlobalProtect feature, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute any code with root privileges on the firewall through command injection.

CVEs, or known and cataloged software vulnerabilities, dominate the discussion about open source software (OSS) risk. In 2016, 6,457 CVEs were reported. That number has grown every year since, reaching 28,961 CVEs reported in 2023—an increase of nearly 4.5 times in just seven years. 2024 is already on track to beat 2023, and we will likely see even faster growth once AI is earnestly set to the task of finding vulnerabilities (not to mention creating them).

On April 12th, Palo Alto disclosed a vulnerability with a maximum severity rating for the PAN-OS Global Protect Gateway. There was clear evidence that the vulnerability was being actively exploited as early as March 26th. When exploited, this vulnerability enables an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall. Palo Alto expected patches to be released for tested mitigations to block known attacks on April 14th.

In the race for technological innovation, companies often sprint toward product launches but find themselves in a marathon when fixing vulnerabilities. This dichotomy poses a significant challenge, especially with the ever-increasing security loopholes. CISA recommends addressing critical issues in less than 15 days, but it may be wishful thinking. IT teams are inundated with an ever-increasing volume of security alerts, making it challenging to prioritize and address each one effectively.