CISA Warns of Data-Theft Vulnerability in Legacy NSA Tool GrassMarlin

Published: 2026-04-29
Category: technology
Source: The Register
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CISA has issued an alert regarding CVE-2026-6807, a data-theft vulnerability in the NSA's discontinued GrassMarlin tool. The flaw, related to insufficient XML parsing, could allow attackers to intercept sensitive information. Since GrassMarlin reached end-of-life in 2017, no official patches are available, prompting CISA to recommend network isolation and secure remote access for affected systems.

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