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SonicWall Confirms Patched Vulnerability Behind Recent VPN Attacks, Not a Zero

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2024-40766
Improper Access Control in SonicWall SonicOS Management (Gen 5/6/7 Firewalls)
9.818%KEVRansomware
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Aug 07, 2025 Network Security / Vulnerability SonicWall has revealed that the recent spike in activity targeting its Gen 7 and newer firewalls with SSL VPN enabled is related to an older, now-patched bug and password reuse. "We now have high confidence that the recent SSL VPN activity is not connected to a zero-day vulnerability," the company said .

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