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The N-central zero-day exploitation

A newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in N-central software is being exploited by hackers to gain remote root access, posing a risk to organisations using the platform.

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What is going on

  • A zero-day vulnerability in N-central software was disclosed and immediately exploited by hackers to gain remote, unauthenticated access with root privileges.
  • Security researchers confirmed the flaw was being used to execute code on affected systems hours after a proof-of-concept was published.
  • Check Point has issued emergency hotfixes to address a separate but related zero-day flaw that allows attackers to establish persistence on vulnerable devices.
  • What to watch: Whether further details about the scope of the exploitation or additional affected vendors emerge in the next 24 hours.

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