# CVE-2024-41720: Missing authorization in ZWX-2000CSW2-HN

> An authenticated network-adjacent attacker can alter device configuration due to incorrect permission assignments in Zexelon switch firmware.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q2mq-qmgr-3266

## What is CVE-2024-41720?

CVE-2024-41720 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ZEXELON CO., LTD. ZWX-2000CSW2-HN, published on 5 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource issue exists in ZWX-2000CSW2-HN firmware versions prior to Ver.0.3.15, which may allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to alter the configuration of the device.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41720?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zexelon Zwx-2000csw2-Hn Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41720 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ZEXELON CO., LTD. ZWX-2000CSW2-HN

- [CVE-2024-39838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39838/): Hardcoded credentials in ZWX-2000CSW2-HN (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41720 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ZEXELON CO., LTD. ZWX-2000CSW2-HN, published on 5 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41720 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ZEXELON CO., LTD. ZWX-2000CSW2-HN. 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-2024-41720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41720/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41720

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41720/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.