CVE•Published 2024-08-22•Modified 2026-09-16•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2024-45163
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
54
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 46% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2024-08-22
Modified 2026-09-16
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2024-45163Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2024-45163Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2024-45163Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2024-45163GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2024-45163" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (2)
CVE-2024-451632 repos
TrazTech-Inc/cloud-security-audit-scriptsPython
Python scripts for pre-audit cloud security evidence collection across AWS, GCP, and Azure. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 control mappings. Read-only, open-source
TrazTech-Inc/awesome-compliance-automationunknown
270+ compliance automation tools: GRC platforms, access review, vendor risk, CSPM, endpoint, trust centers. SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST CSF