CVE-2024-9949 Denial of Service in Forescout SecureConnector
An unprivileged user can corrupt the configuration file to cause a denial of service in the Forescout SecureConnector application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-9949?
CVE-2024-9949 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Forescout SecureConnector, published on 23 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Denial of Service in Forescout SecureConnector 11.1.02.1019 on Windows allows Unprivileged user to corrupt the configuration file and cause Denial of Service in the application.
Weakness: CWE-1188
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9949?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Forescout Secureconnector.
How do I fix CVE-2024-9949?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-9949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9949 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Forescout SecureConnector
- CVE-2025-4660 Remote Code Execution in Windows Secure Connector/ HPS Inspection Engine via Insecure Named Pipe Access
- CVE-2024-9950 Abuse of Unauthenticated Compliance Recheck in SecureConnector
- CVE-2023-39374 ForeScout NAC SecureConnector – CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
- CVE-2016-9485 Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent
- CVE-2016-9486 Privilege escalation in Windows SecureConnector agent
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qc5r-vqgv-fc5p.