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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Sierra Wireless and Chrome Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog

Federal agencies must remediate affected systems by January 2, 2026 under BOD 22-01.

Overview

  • Google confirmed an exploit in the wild for CVE-2025-14174, an ANGLE out-of-bounds flaw affecting Chrome on macOS prior to version 143.0.7499.110, and released fixes.
  • CVE-2018-4063 in Sierra Wireless AirLink ES450 enables authenticated unrestricted file uploads via upload.cgi that can overwrite executables and execute as root through ACEManager.
  • Cisco Talos reported the Sierra Wireless weakness in December 2018 and publicly disclosed it in April 2019, and the affected ES450 firmware is a legacy, end-of-support product.
  • Forescout’s recent honeypot analysis found industrial routers heavily targeted in OT environments and documented a 2024 Chaya_005 campaign that weaponized CVE-2018-4063 with limited subsequent activity.
  • CISA’s KEV listing imposes mandatory remediation for FCEB agencies and advises upgrading to supported releases or decommissioning unsupported Sierra Wireless devices.