Red Heron Exploits Gitea RCE to Compromise 13 Organizations Across Six Countries
A Chinese threat actor tracked as Red Heron has been attributed to the rapid exploitation of a recently disclosed security vulnerability in Gitea to compromise internet-facing instances as part of a multi-national campaign. "Red Heron sc…
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