Vulnerability in Versa Director

CVE-2024-45208

The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform which makes use of Cisco NCS application service. Active and Standby Directors communicate over TCP ports 4566 and 4570 to exchange High Availability (HA) information using a shared password. Affected versions of Versa Director bound to these ports on all interfaces. An attacker that can access the Versa Director could access the NCS service on port 4566 and exploit it to perform unauthorized administrative actions and perform remote code execution. Customers are recommended to follow the hardening guide. Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-45208: held from 0.007 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45208?
CVE-2024-45208 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Versa Director, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-45208?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.