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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2024-09-09
Remediation due
2024-09-30
Ransomware
Known use

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://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

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableyes
Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
SonicWallSonicOS
5.9.2.14-12o and older versions
6.5.4.14-109n and older versions
7.0.1-5035 and older versions

References

1 Links

Record Details

Published
2024-08-23
Last updated
2026-09-21
Assigner (CNA)
sonicwall
Credited to
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