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SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control

SonicWall SonicOS

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. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-09. CISA lists known use in ransomware campaigns.

Why this severity: CVSS 9.3 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV); known ransomware use

Started
Aug 23, 2024
Closed
Sep 9, 2024

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Affected

  • See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

  • See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

  1. CISA added CVE-2024-40766 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-09-30)

    Source
  2. CVE-2024-40766 published

    Source

Advisories4

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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