Bleepingcomputer Ongoing BadCandy Infections Target Unpatched Cisco Devices in Australia
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The Australian government has issued a warning about ongoing cyberattacks exploiting CVE-2023-20198, a critical vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE devices. As of late October 2025, over 150 devices in Australia remain compromised with the BadCandy webshell, despite patches being available since October 2023. The flaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to create local admin users via the web interface, enabling full control of the devices.
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