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Is CVE-2023-34362 being exploited?

Ransomware crews are using this

CISA has linked this vulnerability to known ransomware campaigns. Treat any exposed instance as an active incident, not a patching ticket.

Progress MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection Vulnerability

Progress · MOVEit Transfer

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 100% no public exploit indexed ransomware Fix deadline passed 23 June 2023

What it is

Progress MOVEit Transfer contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to MOVEit Transfer's database. Depending on the database engine being used (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Azure SQL), an attacker may be able to infer information about the structure and contents of the database in addition to executing SQL statements that alter or delete database elements.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 100%
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2023-06-23) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

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What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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