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CVE-2024-40766
SonicWall SonicOS
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U H H H 9.8 .1838 97.2 YES
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
SonicOS 5.9.2.14-12o and older versions – —
TIMELINE
Jul 10 Reserved by sonicwall
Aug 23 Published (CNA: sonicwall)
Sep 9 Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-09-30
Sep 21 RESCORED — CVE-2024-40766 (SonicWall SonicOS). CVSS 9.3 → 9.8 (NVD).
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| July 10, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by sonicwall |
| August 23, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: sonicwall) |
| September 9, 2024 | KEV ADDED | Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-09-30 |
| September 21, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-40766 (SonicWall SonicOS). CVSS 9.3 → 9.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| SonicWall | SonicOS | — | 5.9.2.14-12o and older versions | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-40766 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 5, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.