The 2017 military shooter Call of Duty: WWII from Activision and Sledgehammer Games had barely made it onto the Game Pass subscription list before the game was urgently taken offline.
As reported by the official Call of Duty Updates microblog, Activision has disabled multiplayer in the PC version of Call of Duty: WWII from the Microsoft Store while it “investigates reports of an issue.”
The exploits in question are RCE exploits — remote code execution vulnerabilities that allow attackers to control the victim’s system. Reports of such attacks have become particularly widespread since the 2017 shooter was added to the Game Pass catalog. However, according to players, these holes have existed for several years.
Despite the seriousness of the situation, the official Call of Duty account simply called the situation a “problem,” which caused a wave of criticism.
Users in the comments section of the Call of Duty Updates post criticized Activision for hiding information about the dangerous vulnerability and called on the company to warn customers about the threat to their PC security.