CVE-2023-44221
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-44221 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-05-01) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
SonicWall SMA100 appliances contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the SSL-VPN management interface that allows a remote, authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows a remote, authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary commands.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users with administrative privileges on SonicWall SMA100 appliances are affected.
- Urgency
- Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches provided by SonicWall.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 99% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-44221: SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-05-01
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