CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog

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Summary

CISA added GitLab and Cisco Secure Firewall vulnerabilities to its KEV Catalog based on evidence of active exploitation and urged organizations to prioritize risk-based remediation.

Key points

  • CISA added CVE-2026-97229, an integer overflow or wraparound vulnerability in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.
  • CISA added CVE-2026-76418, an unchecked return value to NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD Software.
  • CISA says the additions are based on evidence of active exploitation.
  • BOD 26-04 requires FCEB agencies to prioritize certain KEV vulnerabilities on publicly exposed assets and sets expectations for checking whether systems were compromised before patching.
  • CISA encourages all organizations to use risk-based vulnerability management and prioritize KEV vulnerabilities.

Article Details

Vulnerability Types
  • Integer overflow or wraparound
  • Unchecked return value leading to NULL pointer dereference
Exploitation Status
active
Exploit Availability
unknown
Patch Status
unknown

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