CVE-2024-53704
SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 11 March 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 95.31% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 18 February 2025 · due 11 March 2025 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- sonicwall/sonicos
- Source
- PSIRT@sonicwall.com
EPSS 95.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53704
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53704US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.