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CVSS
Critical

CVE-2024-40766

PUBLISHED

An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management access, potentially leading to unauthorized...

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
SonicWall
Product
SonicOS
Published
Aug 23, 2024
EPSS
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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.

cisa malware ransomware edge nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2024-09-09 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
partial

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Sep 09, 2024

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/206801 Jun 02, 2025

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nessus