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SonicWall has patched a critical vulnerability in itsfirewallservice which could have allowed crooks to reach the underlying machine.

The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-40766, and carries a severity score of 9.3, which makes it critical.

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Gen 7 devices are also vulnerable, albeit those running SonicOS 7.0.1-5035 and older.

However, installing the latest firmware is recommended.

Alternatively, they can disable firewall WAN management access from all internet sources, too.

So far, there were no reports of in-the-wild abuse.

ViaThe Hacker News

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