What is CVE-2024-53706?

CVE-2024-53706 is a high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Sonicos, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-53706?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in SonicWall Sonicos

CVE-2024-53706

A vulnerability in the Gen7 SonicOS Cloud platform NSv, allows a remote authenticated local low-privileged attacker to elevate privileges to `root` and potentially lead to code execution.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2025-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SonicWall Sonicos — versions 7.1.1-7058 and older versions, 7.1.2-7019

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53706?: CVE-2024-53706 is a high-severity vulnerability in SonicWall Sonicos, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-53706?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.