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Exploited. On CISA's list since 2025-12-17.
CVE-2025-40602 · SonicWall SMA1000 appliance · Published 2025-12-18
6.6 out of 10
CVSS rates it medium.
2.8%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 310 days ago (2025-12-24).
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable
SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.
A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).
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The application fails to check whether this user may access a resource or perform an action.
CWE-862 · CISA KEV; NVD record: PSIRT@sonicwall.com
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CWE-250 · CISA KEV; NVD record: PSIRT@sonicwall.com. We have not selected a close learning match for this label.
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