CISA orders agencies to mitigate Microsoft Exchange flaw by Monday

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal government agencies to take mitigation steps to deal with a Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability that the agency warned about on Wednesday night, and to finish that work by 9 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 11.

CISA’s initial alert issued on Wednesday warned of a “high-severity vulnerability we are actively monitoring and mitigating with on-premise Microsoft Exchange server” that came to light earlier in the day.

“As with all high-severity threats and vulnerabilities, we immediately began working with Microsoft and our government and industry partners to assess the scope and impact,” CISA said.

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