CVE-2024-45163
CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 0.8%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 53th percentile
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- Updated
- 2026-03-18