Research

August 21, 2025 - CrowdStrike disclosed ongoing activity by MURKY PANDA, a state-aligned Chinese espionage group purpose-built for the cloud. Unlike many threat actors who adapt legacy tactics, MURKY PANDA designs operations around cloud-native infrastructure from the ground up. Their latest campaign combines a Linux malware strain, a Commvault zero-day exploit, and identity abuse in Microsoft…

On September 8, 2025, one of the largest npm supply chain incidents in recent history unfolded. Popular libraries like debug and chalk along with 16 other utilities were hijacked and pushed to npm with malicious code targeting cryptocurrency wallets and blockchain transactions. These packages collectively have billions of weekly downloads, making this compromise both widespread…

A critical vulnerability was disclosed in Argo CD, a popular GitOps continuous delivery tool. This flaw allows project-level API tokens to retrieve sensitive repository credentials such as usernames and passwords, even when those tokens do not have explicit permissions to access secrets. Overview Argo CD uses project-level tokens to automate deployment workflows and manage applications.Due…

On August 26, 2025, the popular Nx build system package was compromised in a sophisticated supply-chain attack. Malicious versions of Nx and related packages were published to npm, embedding malware that scanned developer environments for sensitive credentials and exfiltrated them. This attack stands out not only because of its impact with thousands of developers who…

Gartner has released the 2025 CNAPP Market Guide. According to Gartner: “​​while numerous providers exist, only a handful offer a comprehensive platform with the required breadth and depth of functionality, particularly emphasizing seamless integration through the development and operations processes.” We believe that Upwind’s inclusion in this group of vendors is a significant milestone. To…

Overview: CVE-2025-23266 is a container‑escape vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) affecting the NVIDIA Container Toolkit and GPU Operator. While this vulnerability requires multiple specific conditions, it has the potential to allow a malicious container image to escape its sandbox and execute code as root on the host. NVIDIA has released patched versions of both components. Upgrading to Toolkit v1.17.8  and  GPU Operator 25.3.1…

A critical vulnerability in sudo (Changelog v1.9.14–1.9.17) allows local users to gain root access via the --chroot (-R) option. This flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.3 (Critical). Affected Versions Platform Coverage Why This Matters This flaw originates from a change introduced in sudo 1.9.14. Path resolution began occurring within the chroot environment before the…

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Python’s standard library, CVE-2024-12718, allows attackers to modify file metadata or file permissions outside the intended extraction directory. This issue affects systems running Python 3.12 and above when using tarfile.extract() or tarfile.extractall() with the filter parameter set to "data" or "tar". Though the vulnerability does not allow direct code execution,…

For the first time, a zero-day vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been discovered using a large language model, OpenAI’s o3. Discovered by security researcher Sean Heelan and assigned CVE-2025-37899, this vulnerability marks a milestone not just in cybersecurity but in the integration of AI into vulnerability research. It also raises serious questions about the…

The Linux kernel is constantly evolving, and one of the significant additions in recent years is io_uring. Introduced in kernel 5.1 (2019), it's designed to dramatically speed up input/output (I/O) operations. But as with many powerful tools, it brings new security considerations. Let's break down what io_uring is, the risks it presents, and how to…

Modern AI systems, especially large language models (LLMs), are no longer isolated engines responding to static inputs. They’re evolving into intelligent agents, copilots, and autonomous systems that interact with their environment, reason over external data, and adapt in real time. But there’s a fundamental problem: LLMs are powerful, but they don’t know anything outside of…

On April 16, 2025, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Erlang's SSH library was publicly disclosed. Tracked as CVE-2025-32433, this vulnerability received the maximum possible CVSS score of 10.0, signaling how severe and exploitable it is, especially in environments relying on Erlang/OTP for SSH access. Overview What is CVE-2025-32433? Discovered by researchers at…