CVEs / CVE-2025-23006

CVE-2025-23006: SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 24 Jan 2025
critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 26.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 24 Sep 2026

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Summary

SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC) contain a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, which can enable a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

Pre-authentication deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability has been identified in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC), which in specific conditions could potentially enable a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 23 Jan 2025 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
SonicWall SMA1000	12.4.3-02804 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions.	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	24 Jan 2025
Due date for US federal agencies	14 Feb 2025
Used in ransomware campaigns	Known
Required action	Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.8 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-502

References

CVE-2025-23006 on NVD
CVE-2025-23006 in the CISA KEV catalog
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0002 (cited by CISA)
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0002 Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-23006 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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