Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (VER1792067304)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Vercel breach identified under incident ID VER1792067304.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Vercel's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vercel, the number of followers: 261195, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 1013 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 460 and after the incident was 455 with a difference of -5 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on Vercel and their customers.

Vercel recently reported "Vercel Patches Critical RCE and DoS Flaws in Next.js", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Vercel has released an emergency security update for Next.js, addressing two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities and one high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) bug.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Next.js applications using Image Optimization API, Next.js applications using App Router with Cache Components and Next.js applications using Server Actions.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Patches released in Next.js v16.4.1 and v15.5.28, and began remediation that includes Update to Next.js v16.4.1 or v15.5.28, Verify sharp library is updated to v0.35.5 or later and Audit applications using Cache Components or Server Actions, and stakeholders are being briefed through Security advisories published via GitHub and React.

The case underscores how Patches released, no active exploitation reported, and recommending next steps like Update Next.js to patched versions, Verify sharp library versions and Audit applications for vulnerable components, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Security teams advised to verify sharp versions, audit applications, and monitor endpoints.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.