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September 14, 2026 at 16:56 UTC
Red Heron Exploits Gitea RCE to Compromise 13 Organizations Across Six Countries
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
Chinese threat actor Red Heron exploited a recently disclosed Gitea RCE vulnerability to scan 1,386 Gitea instances across seven countries, successfully compromising 13 organizations across six countries, with a separate dataset of 477 Taiwan-based systems maintained. Acronis Threat Research Unit attributed the multi-national campaign, underscoring the rapid weaponization of self-hosted Git platform vulnerabilities by state-aligned actors.
Relevance score: 85.0/100
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