CISA adds CVE-2023-28461 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Federal agencies have until December 16 to patch up
The bug is being abused by a Chinese group known as Earth Kasha
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a new critical vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning federal agencies they have a three-week deadline to apply the available patch, or stop using the affected software altogether.
The agency added a missing authentication vulnerability to KEV tracked under CVE-2023-28461, which has a severity score of 9.8, and allows crooks to execute arbitrary code on remote devices.