Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-45163

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.

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Affected products

Mirai/Mirai Botnetllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

cypressthatkid.medium.com/remote-dos-exploit-found-in-mirai-botnet-source-code-27a1aad284f1nvd
flowtriq.com/blog/cve-2024-45163-mirai-botnet-kill-switchnvd
pastebin.com/6tqHnCvanvd
youtu.be/aJkvSr85ML8nvd

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