{"id":"CVE-2024-45163","title":"The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server","summary":"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 usern…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-400"],"published":"2024-08-22","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T21:17:06.310","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45163","references":[{"url":"https://cypressthatkid.medium.com/remote-dos-exploit-found-in-mirai-botnet-source-code-27a1aad284f1","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://flowtriq.com/blog/cve-2024-45163-mirai-botnet-kill-switch","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://pastebin.com/6tqHnCva","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://traztech.ca/research","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://youtu.be/aJkvSr85ML8","label":"cve@mitre.org"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00768,"epssPercentile":0.54096,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-08-22T14:21:06.829854Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-16T21:05:36.899Z","slug":"CVE-2024-45163","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":62,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.1,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}