CVE-2024-45163
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
53.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-400
Published 2024-08-22 · modified 2026-09-16
Description
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.