CVE-2024-45208
criticalpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Versa Director SD-WAN orchestration platform which makes use of Cisco NCS application service. Active and Standby Directors communicate over TCP ports 4566 and 4570 to exchange High Availability (HA) information using a shared password. Affected versions of Versa Director bound to these ports on all interfaces. An attacker that can access the Versa Director could access the NCS service on port 4566 and exploit it to perform unauthorized administrative actions and perform remote code execution. Customers are recommended to follow the hardening guide. Versa Networks is not aware of any reported instance where this vulnerability was exploited. Proof of concept for this vulnerability has been disclosed by third party security researchers.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedDirectorcisa_csaf_it
Fixed in 22.1.4 February 8, 2025, and later.
- WorkaroundDirectorcisa_csaf_it
Implement manual hardening, see https://docs.versa-networks.com/Solutions/System_Hardening/Perform_Manual_Hardening_for_Versa_Director#Harden_Ports_4566.2C_4570.2C_and_5432 and https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026724-versa-director-ha-port-exploit-discovery-remediation.
https://security-portal.versa-networks.com/emailbulletins/68526c3cdc94d6b9f2faf718
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (22)
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advisories (1)
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- VA-25-169-01Versa Networks Versa Director multiple vulnerabilities2025-07-02csaf · cisa_csaf_itUS
Versa Networks Versa Director contains a variety of vulnerabilities. In the most severe cases, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
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references (16)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45208cnnvd
- https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026724-versa-director-ha-port-exploit-discovery-remediationPatchcnnvd
- https://docs.versa-networks.com/Solutions/System_Hardening/Perform_Manual_Hardening_for_Versa_Director#Harden_Port_4566enisa_euvd
- https://security-portal.versa-networks.com/emailbulletins/68526c3cdc94d6b9f2faf718enisa_euvd
- https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000024323-release-21-2-3enisa_euvd
- https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000025680-release-22-1-2enisa_euvd
- https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026033-release-22-1-3enisa_euvd
- https://support.versa-networks.com/support/solutions/articles/23000026708-release-22-1-4enisa_euvd
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