Vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Mx Firmware
CVE-2024-20509
A vulnerability in the Cisco AnyConnect VPN server of Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Meraki Z Series Teleworker Gateway devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack an AnyConnect VPN session or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for individual users of the AnyConnect VPN service on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to weak entropy for handlers that are used during the VPN authentication process as well as a race condition that exists in the same process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by correctly guessing an authentication handler and then sending crafted HTTPS requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to take over the AnyConnect VPN session from a target user or prevent the target user from establishing an AnyConnect VPN session with the affected device.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-20509?
- CVE-2024-20509 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Mx Firmware, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-10-02.
- How severe is CVE-2024-20509?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.