A critical vulnerability, dubbed “regreSSHion” (CVE-2024-6387), has been found in OpenSSH, the most common way to securely connect to Linux servers. This flaw allows attackers to remotely execute code on your system without needing a username or password, potentially gaining full root access.
Why This is a MAJOR Threat:
- Silent Escalation: Attackers can exploit local network interfaces to escalate privileges unnoticed, bypassing firewalls and IDS systems.
- Stealthy Lateral Movement: Once inside, attackers can easily move laterally across your network, targeting other systems and sensitive data.
- Wide Attack Surface: Any glibc-based Linux system running an unpatched OpenSSH server is vulnerable, regardless of its exposure to the public internet.
Your First Line of Defense: Patch NOW!
The most effective way to protect yourself is to patch your OpenSSH server immediately. While attacks are not yet widespread, this is a race against time as threat actors develop their exploits.
Armor customers, we’ve taken care of this for you. We’ve proactively patched all users our Armor Enterprise Cloud, Armor Anywhere and SOC products and services.
Shout out to Phillip Boles and his team who patched customers without their intervention, utilizing our technology to make this a seamless, non-user involved success, so that nobody felt a thing.
To everyone else: Don’t buy the snake oil. There are going to be some cybersecurity experts offering you regreSSHion signatures. However, read them carefully. None of them provide 100% coverage of the attack surface for this vulnerability. That’s right, none.
There is only one way to ensure this vulnerability does not become another major security incident and that is: Patch now.
Without a collective response this issue is only going to grow.