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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2025-40602 kev in the critical feed json

A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).

published 2025-12-18 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-204255

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2025-12-17
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).

Patch / fix

cisa required action 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 sma8200v 12.4.3-03245, 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma6200_firmware 12.4.3-03245, 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma6210_firmware 12.4.3-03245, 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma7200_firmware 12.4.3-03245, 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma7210_firmware 12.4.3-03245, 12.5.0-02283

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV
  2. Published
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
10 mo ago
Patch by
2025-12-24 (10 mo ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable
Vendor, product
SonicWall, SMA1000 appliance
CISA name
SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
10 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • SonicWall SMA1000

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization
  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.