CVE-2024-23113 is a critical (9.8) Fortinet FortiOS vulnerability allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or commands using specially crafted requests. The flaw uses an externally-controlled format string vulnerability in the FortiOS fgfmd daemon.

Context switching can be security’s worst enemy. Today’s security practices require developer buy-in, and when security teams require developers to deviate from their established workflows to address issues, adoption becomes far less likely. To truly empower developers to find and fix vulnerabilities within their code, security teams must shift security even further left. It’s not enough to simply provide user-friendly tools and training around them.

Important note: there may be other CVEs issued related to these vulnerabilities and others detected by Simone, the original researcher. We will update this blog with new details as needed.

Welcome to our blog series on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), where we dig into the five essential stages of implementing a robust CTEM program. Coined by Gartner in 2022, CTEM is a powerful process that can help continuously manage cyber hygiene and risk across your environment. It’s also a lot to think about when you’re starting out, so it helps to break things down.

We’ve all seen it happen: you create a solid remediation plan, map out the misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, and develop a plan to fix them, but when it comes time to execute, things start to fall apart. Why do remediation plans fail even when they seem solid on paper? The truth is, it’s often not the plan itself, but how it’s executed. Let’s break down the common obstacles that cause remediation efforts to go wrong and what you can do to avoid them.

In September 2024, Frost & Sullivan released its Frost Radar: Application Security Posture Management (ASPM), 2024, highlighting the leaders in this rapidly growing market. We’re proud to be recognized as a top player, reflecting our strong growth and impact in the ASPM space. Our customers use Nucleus to achieve a comprehensive and unified application security posture.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has already become the defining technology of the 2020s, with users embracing it to do everything from designing travel itineraries to creating music. Today’s software developers are leveraging GenAI en masse to write code, reducing their workload and helping reclaim their valuable time. However, it’s important developers account for potential security risks that can be introduced through GenAI coding tools.

Snyk Code is a powerful tool designed to help developers identify and automatically fix vulnerabilities in their source code. It eliminates flow interruptions and repeated work by detecting and resolving security issues in real time with over 80% autofixing accuracy. It integrates seamlessly with your development workflow, providing real-time feedback on security issues directly within your IDE, CLI, or SCM.

Have you ever heard of CVEs? Maybe not by their acronym, but Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, monitored by the CVE Program Mission, are everywhere. As of the writing of this article, there are over 220,000 CVE Records available—meaning many potential threats you could be exposed to. How can you ever protect your infrastructure against this reality? Well, the good news is, you usually don’t have to.

On October 9, 2024, GitLab released patches for a critical vulnerability affecting various versions of GitLab EE, identified as CVE-2024-9164. This flaw allows a remote attacker to run pipelines on arbitrary branches within a repository, which could potentially lead to code execution. A GitLab pipeline consists of a series of automated processes that execute in stages to build, test, and deploy code.