CVE-2024-40766
SonicWall SonicOS: Improper Access Control
As of , CVE-2024-40766 in SonicWall SonicOS is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 9 September 2024
- US federal deadline
- 30 September 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.18Higher than 97% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 9 September 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: psirt.global.sonicwall.com and www.sonicwall.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
SonicWall SonicOS contains an improper access control vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized resource access and, under certain conditions, may cause the firewall to crash.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from sonicwall
- CVE published
- 23 August 2024
- Assigned by
- sonicwall
- CVSS
- 9.3 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-284
- Improper Access Control
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- CISA changed its entry. Edited: notes.
SonicOS: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-53704SSLVPN Improper Authentication | SonicWall SonicOS | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.95 | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2020-5135Buffer Overflow | SonicWall SonicOS | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.27 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org