Cybersecurity Authorities List Top 15 Flaws Exploited In 2021

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The cybersecurity authorities of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. have published a list of the 15 biggest vulnerabilities exploited in 2021.

The list includes Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228), REST API authentication bypass (CVE-2021-40539), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34523), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-31207), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-27065), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26858), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26857), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855).

Other flaws include CVE-2021-26084, CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2020-1472, CVE-2020-0688, CVE-2019-11510 and CVE-2018-13379.

The joint advisory also identified 21 additional vulnerabilities commonly exploited by malicious cyber actors in 2021, including those affecting Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA), Windows Print Spooler, and Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure.

The 10 most frequently exploited vulnerabilities between 2016 and 2019 were also published by CISA and the FBI.

“CISA and our partners are releasing this advisory to highlight the risk that the most commonly exploited vulnerabilities pose to both public and private sector networks. We urge all organizations to assess their vulnerability management practices and take action to mitigate risk to the known exploited vulnerabilities,” said CISA Director Jen Easterly.

The sources for this piece include an article in BleepingComputer.

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