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CVE-2025-40602: SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-40602
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.

CSIRTS triage

What
This vulnerability could allow for privilege escalation in the appliance management console.
Who is affected
Users of SonicWall SMA1000 devices.
Urgency
Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
Action
Patch affected devices as per SonicWall's advisory.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-12-17
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40602

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-40602coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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