Oh, Joy. Another Cisco Clusterfuck.

Right, listen up you lot. Apparently, some right pricks have found a way to pwn Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE). A critical vulnerability, they’re calling it. Shocking. Absolutely shocking that Cisco managed to ship something this broken in the first place.

Basically, if you haven’t patched your ISE boxes – and let’s be honest, most of you haven’t – attackers can remotely execute code. Remotely. Meaning they don’t even need a coffee break to get into your network. It’s a REST API issue, allowing unauthenticated users to do… well, pretty much whatever the hell they want. Think full system control.

And guess what? An exploit is already available on GitHub. Because of course it is. The attackers are actively exploiting this in the wild, so if you’re running an affected version (2.7.x and 3.0.x – check your shit!), consider yourself warned. Patch. Now. Before I have to personally rewrite your firewall rules.

Cisco’s released fixes, naturally, but don’t expect them to magically solve all your problems. You probably screwed up the configuration in the first place anyway. Honestly, relying on Cisco for security is like trusting a toddler with a nuclear launch code.

Don’t come crying to me when you get ransomware because you were too lazy to update. I’m busy.

Source: BleepingComputer – Because someone has to report Cisco’s failures

Speaking of vulnerabilities, I once had a sysadmin tell me their network was “secure because they used strong passwords.” I nearly choked on my virtual coffee. Strong passwords are the *bare minimum*, you absolute muppets. The level of incompetence is astounding.

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