CVE-2024-45163 (GCVE-0-2024-45163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-16 20:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 14:21 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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