CVE-2002-0896: The throttle capability in Swatch may fail to report certain events if (1) the same type of event occurs af...

Security readout for executives and security teams

Swatch's alert throttling could miss some events after a throttle window or across multiple matching rules. The business risk is reduced visibility: activity that should trigger alerts may not be reported, which can delay investigation or incident response. Exposure is limited to environments using Swatch with throttle-based alert suppression. The source bundle does not identify affected versions, operating systems, packages, or supported distributions. Treat this as a monitoring reliability issue, not a confirmed system compromise path. Prioritize review where Swatch is still used for security-critical alerting. Mitigation focus: Inventory any Swatch deployments and identify throttle usage.; Check vendor or maintainer guidance for affected versions and fixes.; Do not rely solely on throttled Swatch alerts for critical detections..

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Jul 1, 2026, 06:17 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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