# CHQ-ED-2026-013 - **Artifact ID:** CHQ-ED-2026-013 - **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/evidence/chq-ed-2026-013 - **Machine-record SHA-256:** `01917925f8e9e9e3fa0099fd91efa4c0a82389b45d5584921a0069ee4190d873` ## Complete structured record ```json { "id": "CHQ-ED-2026-013", "associated_position": "CHQ-P-2026-014 v1.0", "relationship": "original", "issuance_date": "2026-03-24", "evidence_freeze_time": "2026-03-24T00:00:00Z", "total_exhibits": 1, "docket_status": "LOCKED", "docket_version": "1.0", "artifact_class": "EVIDENCE_DOCKET", "authority_level": "SUPPORTING_RECORD", "reliance_status": "CONTEXT_ONLY", "temporal_scope": "CONTEMPORANEOUS", "update_policy": "APPEND_ONLY", "exhibits": [], "claims": [ { "claim_id": "C-01", "position_section": "Evidence Basis — Primary Signal", "claim_text": "Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS 10.0): unauthenticated RCE via insecure deserialization exploited as zero-day by Interlock ransomware for 36 days before public disclosure. Root access to centralized firewall management grants policy authority over all managed devices.", "evidence_exhibits": [ "CHQ-EX-2026-013" ], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "SN-2026-03-19-01: Interlock ransomware group exploited Cisco FMC CVE-2026-20131 from January 26, 2026 — 36 days before Cisco's March 3 public disclosure. Amazon MadPot telemetry confirmed exploitation timeline. CISA KEV added. BOD 22-01 remediation deadline March 22, 2026. Source: Cisco Security Advisory, Amazon MadPot, CISA. Source independence: INDEPENDENT (three distinct institutional sources).", "evidence_class": "E2" }, { "claim_id": "C-02", "position_section": "Evidence Basis — Primary Signal", "claim_text": "ConnectWise ScreenConnect CVE-2024-1709: authentication bypass in remote management platform grants full administrative access to managed endpoints. Identity layer circumvented, not compromised. Used by multiple threat actors as persistent fallback during active intrusions.", "evidence_exhibits": [], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "SN-2026-03-05-05: ConnectWise ScreenConnect authentication bypass. Authentication bypass grants full administrative access to managed endpoints. Widely exploited across multiple threat actor campaigns for persistent remote access as alternative pathway during active intrusions. Source: ConnectWise Advisory, CISA, multiple IR reports. Source class: VENDOR_DISCLOSURE + INCIDENT_REPORT.", "evidence_class": "E2" }, { "claim_id": "C-03", "position_section": "Evidence Basis — Primary Signal", "claim_text": "Handala threat group weaponized Microsoft Intune MDM to wipe approximately 80,000 devices at Stryker. Management tool designed to enforce endpoint policy was used to execute destructive attack at enterprise scale. Management plane access converted legitimate policy enforcement into attack delivery.", "evidence_exhibits": [], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "SN-2026-03-16-04 (amended): Iran-aligned threat group Handala weaponized Microsoft Intune MDM to wipe approximately 80,000 devices at medical technology manufacturer Stryker. FBI seized domains used in operation. Management tool designed to enforce endpoint policy was used to execute destructive attack at enterprise scale. Device management authority converted to device destruction authority. Recovery required rebuilding endpoint fleet. Source: Incident Report, Government Advisory.", "evidence_class": "E2" }, { "claim_id": "C-04", "position_section": "Evidence Basis — Primary Signal", "claim_text": "Oracle Identity Manager CVE-2026-21992 (CVSS 9.8): unauthenticated RCE in REST WebServices component. The identity governance system itself is a management plane. Exploitation allows account creation, role assignment, access policy modification, and audit trail manipulation — the identity authority becomes the attack surface.", "evidence_exhibits": [], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "SN-2026-03-19-02: Oracle Identity Manager CVE-2026-21992. Out-of-band emergency patch. Oracle issues approximately 31 Security Alerts since 2010. Second critical RCE in the same OIM REST WebServices component after CVE-2025-61757 was exploited in the wild and added to CISA KEV in November 2025. Full compromise of enterprise identity governance. Attacker can create accounts, assign roles, modify access policies, manipulate audit trails. Source: Oracle Security Alert, Tenable, BleepingComputer, Dark Reading. Source independence: SHARED_ROOT (same advisory, multiple analysts).", "evidence_class": "E2" }, { "claim_id": "C-05", "position_section": "Evidence Basis — Primary Signal", "claim_text": "Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance CVE-2025-41080 (CVSS 10.0): unauthenticated RCE in endpoint management infrastructure grants full administrative control of systems inventory, software deployment, patch management, scripting, and configuration. Single appliance manages hundreds to thousands of endpoints.", "evidence_exhibits": [], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "SN-2026-03-24-01: Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance CVE-2025-41080 (CVSS 10.0). Unauthenticated RCE. Full administrative control of endpoint management infrastructure. Systems inventory, software deployment, patch management, scripting and configuration all under attacker control. Single appliance manages hundreds to thousands of endpoints. Source: Quest Security Advisory, M-Trends 2026. Source class: VENDOR_DISCLOSURE.", "evidence_class": "E2" }, { "claim_id": "C-06", "position_section": "Evidence Pattern — Failure Mode Independence", "claim_text": "Two distinct failure modes are present across the evidence set: (1) unauthenticated exploitation of management infrastructure — 4 of 5 primary signals; (2) weaponization of legitimate management authority for destructive action — Intune/Stryker. Both produce deterministic, system-wide effects. Both operate outside or override identity enforcement.", "evidence_exhibits": [], "relevant_sections": "", "verification_type": "", "source_text": "CHQ convergence constraint applied: the dominant failure mode (unauthenticated RCE in management plane infrastructure) is one structural failure mode expressing across multiple products. The Intune/Stryker signal represents a distinct failure mode: authenticated management authority weaponized for destructive action. Per CHQ scaling constraint, two independent failure modes present. Deliberate Stress Memo executed March 24, 2026: competing model (identity-layer dominance) downgraded to entry-layer description. Full stress test record in CHQ-P-2026-014.", "evidence_class": "E2" } ], "signals": [], "linked_exhibits": [ { "id": "CHQ-EX-2026-013", "title": "Interlock Ransomware: Cisco FMC Zero-Day Exploitation Campaign", "temporal_tag": "OPERATIONAL (JANUARY–MARCH 2026)" } ], "notice": [ "This docket compiles evidence supporting CHQ-P-2026-014 v1.0.", "Primary assumption under pressure: A-032 (Management plane authority is bounded by identity enforcement at the point of execution). The dominant vulnerability class in the evidence set — unauthenticated RCE in Cisco FMC, Oracle OIM, and Quest KACE — directly invalidates this assumption. Management plane authority executes without identity mediation in all three cases.", "Additionally pressured: A-020 (Control plane integrity can be verified independently of data plane activity), A-016 (Governance authority boundaries align with execution authority boundaries), A-004 (Verification failures can be remediated locally).", "Primary signals: SN-2026-03-19-01 (Cisco FMC), SN-2026-03-05-05 (ConnectWise), SN-2026-03-16-04 (Stryker/Intune), SN-2026-03-19-02 (Oracle OIM), SN-2026-03-24-01 (Quest KACE).", "Reinforcing signals: SN-2026-03-17-02 (Langflow CVE-2026-33017), SN-2026-03-17-03 (AWS Bedrock AgentCore DNS exfiltration), SN-2026-03-20-01 (Trivy supply chain cascade — covered by GlassWorm Wave 3 signal).", "No signals in this docket carry CCD_INTEGRITY = DEGRADED. No signals in this docket carry CONFIDENCE = CLAIM_ONLY.", "Docket issued under CHQ-D-2026-ESG v1.0. Pattern register entry: CHQ-PB-014." ], "integrity_statement": [ "This docket records claim-to-source mappings for CHQ-P-2026-014 v1.0.", "Primary assumption under pressure: A-032 (Management plane authority is bounded by identity enforcement at the point of execution). Directly invalidated by unauthenticated RCE in Cisco FMC (CVE-2026-20131), Oracle OIM (CVE-2026-21992), and Quest KACE (CVE-2025-41080). Additionally pressured: A-020, A-016, A-004.", "Evidence classification: E2 throughout. Five primary signals across four vendors. Two independent failure modes: unauthenticated management plane RCE and weaponization of legitimate management authority.", "Primary signals compiled from CHQ Classification Log (CL_LOG_2026_MASTER). All signals passed TSEM evaluation. Source independence assessed per CCD enforcement protocol.", "Docket issued under CHQ-D-2026-ESG v1.0. Reliance recognized only when registered under CHQ-R-2026-001." ], "docket_hash": "", "immutability_layers": [ { "layer": "Layer 1", "protects": "CHQ-ED-2026-013 Docket Hash", "scope": "the evidence record (claim-to-source mapping)" }, { "layer": "Layer 2", "protects": "CHQ-P-2026-014 v1.0 Position Hash", "scope": "the position text" } ] } ```