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CVE-2024-40766

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2024-08-23
Updated: 2025-10-31
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SONICWALL
Published
8/23/2024
Last Modified
10/31/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

sonicwall : sonicossonicwall : sonicossonicwall : sonicossonicwall : sonicos

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