Another Day, Another Shitshow: CISA’s Latest Roundup of Security Fucks-ups

Oh, brilliant. Just what I fucking needed on a Tuesday morning. CISA—those cheerful bastards who exist solely to ruin my coffee break—have shoved four more security flaws into their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. And surprise, surprise, the bad guys are already having a field day with them. Because why the hell would anyone patch anything before it’s actively being sodomized by ransomware gangs?

Let’s start with CVE-2025-21247, a privilege escalation in Windows Server that lets any drooling moron with a valid login become SYSTEM. It’s been patched since last November, but apparently rebooting a domain controller is more terrifying than having Vladimir Putin read your HR director’s browser history. CVSS score is 7.8, which translates to “pretty fucking bad” in any language that isn’t manager-speak.

Next up: CVE-2025-13886 in Palo Alto’s PAN-OS. Some buffer overflow twattery in the management interface that lets attackers dance through your network like it’s a goddamn maypole. Palo Alto shat out a fix months ago, but every network admin is too busy “optimizing traffic flows” to actually install it. Translation: they’re scared shitless of breaking the one rule that lets them Facebook at work.

Third prize goes to CVE-2025-31192, an unauthenticated file upload bug in WordPress Plugin SuperMegaForms. Fifty thousand active installations, and probably forty-nine thousand have already been turned into cryptocurrency mining operations hosting Russian porn. The developer patched it, but users won’t update because “the new version changes the shade of blue on the submit button.” I hope that button looks nice on the defacement page with skulls and scrolling marquee text.

And finally—because apparently we needed a fucking encore—CVE-2025-44201 hits Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN. AGAIN. This one bypasses MFA with a specially crafted packet, which is tech-speak for “your fancy two-factor authentication is now worth less than the steam off my piss.” CVSS 9.1, exploitation is easier than ordering pizza, and every state-sponsored APT group is having a laugh. There’s a patch. Nobody’s applying it. The circle of life continues.

CISA’s directive is crystal clear: Federal agencies have three weeks to patch this shit or write a very uncomfortable letter to Congress explaining why they’re hemorrhaging social security numbers. Private sector gets the usual “strongly recommended” wink-wink-nudge-nudge, which translates to “do nothing until your insurance refuses to pay out.” The agency also helpfully notes ransomware crews are actively using these, so if you enjoy explaining to your CEO why the entire network is encrypted with a ransom note demanding 100 Bitcoin, keep right on doing fuck-all.

The bottom line? Patch your goddamn systems. Or don’t. I’m not your mother. But when you’re crying into your keyboard because someone’s turned your ERP system into a digital smoking crater, remember: I told you so. In writing. Three times. You deleted the emails because they “sounded too technical.” Enjoy the unemployment line.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/cisa-flags-four-security-flaws-under.html

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Had a user ping me last week asking if he could “just ignore this patch stuff until after quarter-end.” I explained the situation using his language—i.e., I told him his bonus would be paid directly to a Russian ransomware gang if he didn’t update. He stalled. So I “accidentally” enrolled his laptop in the Windows Insider Fast Ring and pushed the experimental build that blue-screens every 17 minutes. He’s now on day four of watching progress bars. He gets it now. Or he’s broken. Either way, my ticket queue is quieter. Problem solved.

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