On October 6, 2022, the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a joint advisory that has a list of the most exploited vulnerabilities since 2020 by threat actors sponsored by China. The list includes 20 vulnerabilities across 13 vendors that were used against the U.S. and its allies.Why is this Significant?This is significant because the list contains vulnerabilities that are known to be exploited by Chinese threat actors. Patches and workarounds should be applied to the vulnerabilities as soon as possible.What Vulnerabilities are on the List?The list includes the following vulnerabilities:CVE-2022-26134: Atlassian Confluence Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via OGNL InjectionCVE-2022-24112: APISIX Admin API default access token Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2022-1388: F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Authentication Bypass VulnerabilityCVE-2021-44228: Apache Log4j Error Log Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-42237: Sitecore XP Insecure Deserialization Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-41773: Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal VulnerabilityCVE-2021-40539: Zoho ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus RESTAPI Authentication Bypass VulnerabilityCVE-2021-36260: Hikvision Product SDK WebLanguage Tag Command Injection VulnerabilityCVE-2021-27065: Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2021-27065 Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-26858: Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2021-26858 Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-26857: Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2021-26857 Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-26855: Microsoft Exchange Server ProxyRequestHandler Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-26084: Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-22205: GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition Remote Command Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2021-22005: VMware vCenter Analytics Service Arbitrary File Upload VulnerabilityCVE-2021-20090: Buffalo WSR2533DHP Arbitrary Directory Traversal VulnerabilityCVE-2021-1497: Cisco HyperFlex HX Auth Handling Remote Command Execution VulnerabilityCVE-2020-5902: F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface Directory Traversal VulnerabilityCVE-2019-19781: Citrix ADC and Gateway Directory Traversal VulnerabilityCVE-2019-11510: Pulse Secure SSL VPN HTML5 Information DisclosureWhat is the Status of Protection?FortiGuard Labs has the following IPS protection in place for the vulnerabilities listed in the CISA advisory:Atlassian.Confluence.OGNL.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2022-26134)APISIX.Admin.API.default.token.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2022-24112)F5.BIG-IP.iControl.REST.Authentication.Bypass (CVE-2022-1388)Apache.Log4j.Error.Log.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-44228)Sitecore.XP.Insecure.Deserialization.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-42237)Apache.HTTP.Server.cgi-bin.Path.Traversal (CVE-2021-41773)Zoho.ManageEngine.ADSelfService.Plus.Authentication.Bypass (CVE-2021-40539)Hikvision.Product.SDK.WebLanguage.Tag.Command.Injection (CVE-2021-36260)MS.Exchange.Server.CVE-2021-27065.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-27065)MS.Exchange.Server.CVE-2021-26858.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-26858)MS.Exchange.Server.UM.Core.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-26857)MS.Exchange.Server.ProxyRequestHandler.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-26855)Atlassian.Confluence.CVE-2021-26084.Remote.Code.Execution (CVE-2021-26084)GitLab.Community.and.Enterprise.Edition.Command.Injection (CVE-2021-22205)VMware.vCenter.Server.Analytics.Arbitrary.File.Upload (CVE-2021-22005)Arcadyan.Routers.images.Path.Authentication.Bypass (CVE-2021-20090)Cisco.HyperFlex.HX.Auth.Handling.Command.Injection (CVE-2021-1497)F5.BIG.IP.Traffic.Management.User.Interface.Directory.Traversal (CVE-2020-5902)Citrix.Application.Delivery.Controller.VPNs.Directory.Traversal (CVE-2019-19781)Pulse.Secure.SSL.VPN.HTML5.Information.Disclosure (CVE-2019-11510)
