SonicWall SMA1000 series firmware 12.4.0, 12.4.1-02965 and earlier versions uses a shared and hard-coded encryption key to store data.

published 2022-05-13 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24986

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.8%; EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits: 0; none known

Exploit prediction

4.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

SonicWall SonicWall SMA1000

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

psirt.global.sonicwall.com /vuln-detail/SNWLID-2022-0009
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-1701
NVD CVE-2022-1701

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Summary