Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto up to WSA8845H missing authentication

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9.5$0-$5k1.28+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Small Cell, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. It has been declared as very critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-24079. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Small Cell, Snapdragon WBC and Snapdragon Wearables. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cryptographic Issue while processing registration requests with malformed or missing authentication parameters.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.qualcomm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-24079 since 01/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/04/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/21/2026 CVE reserved
08/04/2026 +194 days Advisory disclosed
08/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/04/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: qualcomm.com

Advisory: docs.qualcomm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-24079 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-24079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-385860

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2026 17:55
Changes: 08/04/2026 17:55 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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