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CVE-2026-24088: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Boot

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.09% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Cryptographic Issue while processing a specific partition which allows unauthorized write access to load a customized bootloader.

HighCVSS 8.2 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Auth bypass

BDU:2026-16244

Published: Jun 1, 2026
Updated: Jul 22, 2026
EPSS: 0.0% · 0th percentile
CWE: CWE-306

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · qualcomm: 8.2; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
qualcomm	ar9380 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:ar9380_firmware
qualcomm	ar9380	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:ar9380
qualcomm	csr8811 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:csr8811_firmware
qualcomm	csr8811	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:csr8811
qualcomm	fastconnect 6200 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6200_firmware
qualcomm	fastconnect 6200	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:fastconnect_6200
qualcomm	fastconnect 6700 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6700_firmware
qualcomm	fastconnect 6700	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:fastconnect_6700
qualcomm	fastconnect 6900 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_6900_firmware
qualcomm	fastconnect 6900	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:fastconnect_6900
qualcomm	fastconnect 7800 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:fastconnect_7800_firmware
qualcomm	fastconnect 7800	cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:fastconnect_7800

and 188 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

qualcomm ar9380 firmwareall versions
qualcomm csr8811 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 6200 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 6700 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 6900 firmwareall versions
qualcomm fastconnect 7800 firmwareall versions
qualcomm g1 gen 1 firmwareall versions
qualcomm g2 gen 1 firmwareall versions
qualcomm g3x gen 2 firmwareall versions
qualcomm immersive home 214 platform firmwareall versions
qualcomm immersive home 216 platform firmwareall versions
qualcomm immersive home 316 platform firmwareall versions
qualcomm immersive home 318 platform firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq4018 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq4019 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq4028 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq4029 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq5010 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq6010 firmwareall versions
qualcomm ipq6018 firmwareall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (qualcomm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Qualcomm, Inc. Snapdragon
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaffected

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:4	2026-09-29

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedJun 1, 2026
First PoCSep 29, 2026+119 d
TodayNov 1, 2026+153 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”

The bug in code

The whole CWE-306 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1// Added for the support team
2app.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);

Fixed

1if (config.maintenanceEnabled) {
2  app.post(
3    "/maintenance/reset",
4    requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice
5  );
6}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Exploit maturitynone → pocSep 30, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC

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References

docs.qualcomm.com/product/publicresources/securitybulletin/june-2026-bulletin.html

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