Latest SonicWall vulnerability: (CVE-2024-40766) #
SonicWall disclosed a vulnerability that affects SonicOS management access and SSLVPN software on SonicWall Gen 5, Gen 6, in addition to Gen 7 devices running SonicOS version 7.0.1-5035 or earlier.
CVE-2024-40766 is rated critical with CVSS score of 9.3, and potentially allows for unauthorized resource access by an attacker. There is limited evidence that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
What is the impact? #
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability potentially results in unauthorized resource access and in some cases could lead to a DoS after causing vulnerable devices to crash.
Are updates or workarounds available? #
SonicWall recommends restricting management access to trusted sources or disabling WAN management from the public Internet. Additionally, SonicWall has released updated firmware and is available for download from mysonicwall.com.
How to find potentially vulnerable systems with runZero #
From the Asset Inventory, use the following query to locate systems running potentially vulnerable software:
hw:"SonicWall" type:"Firewall"
