CVE-2024-6978
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.
- Record
CVE-2024-6978- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-47960
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.
- Record
EUVD-2024-47960- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q22c-j54j-x955
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Cato Networks SDP Client on Windows allows Command...
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Cato Networks SDP Client on Windows allows Command Injection.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.
- Record
GHSA-q22c-j54j-x955- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.
- Record
CVE-2024-6978- CVSS 3.1
- 5.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-6978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.6) in Cato Networks Sdp Client, published July 31, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.