CVE-2024-45163 (GCVE-0-2024-45163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2026-03-18 16:49
VLAI
Summary
The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mirai botnet Affected: 0 , ≤ 2024-08-19 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:mirai:botnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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