Description
The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
Published: 2024-08-22
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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References

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mirai
Mirai botnet
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mirai:botnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mirai
Mirai botnet
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 22 Aug 2024 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-18T16:49:43.410Z

Reserved: 2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-45163

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-22T14:25:54.552Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-08-22T04:15:20.247

Modified: 2026-03-18T17:16:01.650

Link: CVE-2024-45163

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses