CVE-2024-40766

high-risk
Published 2024-08-23

An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management access, potentially leading to unauthorized resource access and in specific conditions, causing the firewall to crash. This issue affects SonicWall Firewall Gen 5 and Gen 6 devices, as well as Gen 7 devices running SonicOS 7.0.1-5035 and older versions.

Do I need to act?

~
3.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Sonicwall

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0015
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-...
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal