CVE-2024-40766

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-40766
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersonicwall
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-08-23 07:15:03 UTC
Updated2026-09-21 21:17:02 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.183790000 probability, percentile 0.971530000 (date 2026-10-03)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-09-09; due 2024-09-30; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-284 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-284 CWE-284 Improper Access Control

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED9.3CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.3CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorSonicWall
ProductSonicOS
NameSonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0015; https://www.sonicwall.com/support/notices/gen-7-and-newer-sonicwall-firewalls-sslvpn-recent-threat-activity/kA1VN0000000RDG0A2 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40766

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Sonicwall Soho - All All All
Operating System Sonicwall Sonicos All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SonicWall SonicOS affected 5.9.2.14-12o and older versions Gen5, Gen6, Gen7
CNA SonicWall SonicOS affected 6.5.4.14-109n and older versions Gen5, Gen6, Gen7
CNA SonicWall SonicOS affected 7.0.1-5035 and older versions Gen5, Gen6, Gen7

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2024-0015 [email protected] psirt.global.sonicwall.com Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

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