The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today issued an alert highlighting the risks behind the recently addressed CVE2020-16952 remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server.
NCSC, the cybersecurity arm of the UK's GCHQ intelligence service, urges organizations to make sure that all Microsoft SharePoint products in their environments are patched against CVE-2020-16952 to block takeover attempts.
"The NCSC strongly advises that organisations refer to the Microsoft guidance referenced in this alert and ensure the necessary updates are installed in affected SharePoint products," the alert says.
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