Act
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PaperCut second emergency patch after initial fix bypassed in wild
- Engineer — Act: PaperCut NG and MF are actively exploited and the first fix was bypassed, meaning unpatched and initially-patched instances remain at risk; update to the latest emergency release immediately and verify the new version is applied end-to-end.
- SOC/IR — Plan: Active exploitation with a bypassed patch means print servers in the estate may already be compromised; build or tune detections for anomalous outbound connections and process spawning from PaperCut service accounts, and sweep logs back to the original disclosure date.
- Leader — Plan: If PaperCut is in the environment, confirm with engineering that the second emergency patch is deployed and request a status update — active exploitation plus a failed first fix is the kind of event that can escalate to a breach if patching is delayed.
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