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CVE-2024-40766

Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed active exploitation.

Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.

CISA KEV
Name
SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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.

Affected products

sonicwall: sonicos; sonicwall: soho; sonicwall: nssp 12400; sonicwall: nssp 12800; sonicwall: sm9800; sonicwall: nsa 2650; sonicwall: nsa 3600; sonicwall: nsa 3650; sonicwall: nsa 4600; sonicwall: nsa 4650; sonicwall: nsa 5600; sonicwall: nsa 5650; sonicwall: nsa 6600; sonicwall: nsa 6650; sonicwall: sm 9200

References2

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICAL Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
18% percentile: 97 · as of 3 November 2026
CWE
CWE-284

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