What is CVE-2024-6978?

CVE-2024-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cato Networks Sdp Client, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2024-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-6978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6978 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Cato Networks Sdp Client

CVE-2024-6978

Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local root certificates can be installed by low-privileged users.This issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.28.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2024-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cato Networks Sdp Client — versions 0
Catonetworks Cato Client

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

2505284f-8ffb-486c-bf60-e19c1097a90b (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6978?: CVE-2024-6978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cato Networks Sdp Client, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2024-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-6978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.