CVE-2024-40766
An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-40766- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-40766- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38613
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38613- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8736-pr6r-r9hr
An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8736-pr6r-r9hr- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-40766- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-40766 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Sonicwall Sonicos, published August 23, 2024. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since September 9, 2024. EUVD reports exploitation since September 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.4%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.