Who is affected
Organizations using GitLab Community Edition, GitLab Enterprise Edition, or vulnerable Cisco firewall appliances are at risk.
How to mitigate it
- 1Audit your environment to identify any exposed Cisco firewall devices and GitLab installations.
- 2Apply the latest vendor security updates for GitLab and Cisco equipment immediately.
- 3Monitor network and application logs for unusual connection requests or unauthorized configuration changes.
- 4Restrict administrative management interfaces so they are not directly reachable from the public internet.
How Outsource IT solves this
Outsource IT's Managed IT Services provides proactive monitoring and rapid patch deployment to ensure critical vulnerabilities are resolved before attackers can exploit them.
Managed IT ServicesTags
VulnerabilityGitLabCiscoPatching
Source advisory: the-hacker-news
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