Critical Vulnerability in Websense Triton 15 December 2011 Ben Williams of NGS Secure has discovered a Critical vulnerability in Websense Impact: Unauthenticated remote command execution as SYSTEM Versions affected include: Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere v7.6 Websense Web Security Gateway v7.6 Websense Web Security v7.6 Websense Web Filter v7.6 Windows and Linux v7.6 prior to Hotfix 24 This issue is addressed in Hotfix 24, which can be downloaded at: https://www.websense.com/content/mywebsense-hotfixes.aspx NGS Secure is going to withhold details of this flaw for three months. This three month window will allow users the time needed to apply the patch before the details are released to the general public. This reflects the NGS Secure approach to responsible disclosure. NGS Secure Research http://www.ngssecure.com