# CVE-2024-29014: Code injection in NetExtender

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code on Windows clients via malicious EPC Client updates in SonicWall NetExtender.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gg23-w2rg-qj4q

## What is CVE-2024-29014?

CVE-2024-29014 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender, published on 18 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Vulnerability in SonicWall SMA100 NetExtender Windows (32 and 64-bit) client 10.2.339 and earlier versions allows an attacker to arbitrary code execution when processing an EPC Client update.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29014?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sonicwall Netextender.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29014 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29014 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SonicWall NetExtender

- [CVE-2023-44218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44218/): Privilege escalation in NetExtender (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-44217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44217/): Privilege escalation in NetExtender (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-22281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22281/): Memory corruption in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) Client (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-5131](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5131/): Path traversal in SonicWall NetExtender (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-44220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44220/): Other in NetExtender (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29014 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender, published on 18 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-29014 exists.

Affected product: SonicWall NetExtender. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29014/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29014

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29014/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.