What is CVE-2024-45692?

CVE-2024-45692 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virtualmin, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-45692?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-45692 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Virtualmin

CVE-2024-45692

Webmin before 2.202 and Virtualmin before 7.20.2 allow a network traffic loop via spoofed UDP packets on port 10000.

Published 2024-09-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cispa.de/en/loop-dos (Technical Description)
webmin.com (Product)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/04/1 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45692?: CVE-2024-45692 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virtualmin, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-45692?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45692 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.