MFA bypass via alternate Active Directory name
Published Jan 9, 2025 · Updated May 22, 2026
Authentication bypass in SonicWall SonicOS SSL-VPN allows remote authenticated users to access the VPN without completing MFA. The SSL-VPN authentication path treats an Active Directory account's UPN and SAM name as separate identities, so MFA can cover one login form but not the other. Exposure requires valid account credentials, Active Directory integration with an additional UPN suffix, and an SSLVPN User Domain configuration that leaves the alternate login form outside MFA.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in SonicWall SonicOS SSL-VPN allows remote authenticated users to access the VPN without completing MFA. The SSL-VPN authentication path treats an Active Directory account's UPN and SAM name as separate identities, so MFA can cover one login form but not the other. Exposure requires valid account credentials, Active Directory integration with an additional UPN suffix, and an SSLVPN User Domain configuration that leaves the alternate login form outside MFA.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-12802
- Published
- Jan 9, 2025
- Updated
- May 22, 2026
- Vendor
- SonicWall
- Product
- SonicOS
- Classifications
- CWE-305, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.5.4.15-117n and older versions
- Affected versionversion=6.5.4.4-44v-21-2457 and older versions
- Affected versionversion=7.0.1-5161 and older versions
- Affected versionversion=7.1.1-7058 and older versions
- Affected versionversion=7.1.2-7019
- Affected versionversion=8.0.0-8035
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