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GHSA-8736-PR6R-R9HR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-23 09:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:33

Details

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.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

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  "id": "GHSA-8736-pr6r-r9hr",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:33:05Z",
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CVE-2024-40766 (GCVE-0-2024-40766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-23 06:19 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

sonicwall

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SN…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
SonicWall	SonicOS	Affected: 5.9.2.14-12o and older versions Affected: 6.5.4.14-109n and older versions Affected: 7.0.1-5035 and older versions

Date Public

2024-08-23 06:13

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8736-PR6R-R9HR

CVE-2024-40766 (GCVE-0-2024-40766)

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