CVE-2024-8256
Incorrect Permission Assignment in RutOS based routers and TSWOS based managed switches
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices running on versions 1.0 to 1.3 (excluding), due to incorrect permission handling a vulnerability exists which allows a lower privileged user with default permissions to access critical device resources via the API.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
Incorrect Permission Assignment in RutOS based routers and TSWOS based managed switches
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices running on versions 1.0 to 1.3 (excluding), due to incorrect permission handling a vulnerability exists which allows a lower privileged user with default permissions to access critical device resources via the API.
- Record
CVE-2024-8256- CVSS 4.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-49594
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices running on versions 1.0 to 1.3 (excluding), due to incorrect permission handling a vulnerability exists which allows a lower privileged user with default permissions to access critical device resources via the API.
- Record
EUVD-2024-49594- CVSS 4.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h933-4qv8-27xj
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices...
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices running on versions 1.0 to 1.3 (excluding), due to incorrect permission handling a vulnerability exists which allows a lower privileged user with default permissions to access critical device resources via the API.
- Record
GHSA-h933-4qv8-27xj- CVSS 4.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In Teltonika Networks RUTOS devices, running on versions 7.0 to 7.8 (excluding) and TSWOS devices running on versions 1.0 to 1.3 (excluding), due to incorrect permission handling a vulnerability exists which allows a lower privileged user with default permissions to access critical device resources via the API.
- Record
CVE-2024-8256- CVSS 4.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-732
- 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-2024-8256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Teltonika Networks Rutos, published December 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.