CVE-2025-40602

MEDIUM6.6Published on December 18, 2025

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

Actively exploited

  • In the CISA exploited-vulnerabilities catalogue since Dec 17, 2025
  • US federal agencies must remediate it by Dec 24, 2025 (BOD 22-01)
  • Attacked 1 day before the vulnerability was made public
  • Used in ransomware campaigns

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable

Source: CISA KEV · Jul 15, 2026 Apr 20, 2026 Apr 7, 2026 Mar 5, 2026 Feb 12, 2026 Jan 27, 2026

CVSS score6.6 / 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)CWE-250, CWE-862
Vendorssonicwall

Affected products

VendorsProdottoVersioni
sonicwallsma6200 firmware< 12.4.3-03245
sonicwallsma6200-
sonicwallsma6210 firmware< 12.4.3-03245
sonicwallsma6210-
sonicwallsma7200 firmware< 12.4.3-03245
sonicwallsma7200-
sonicwallsma7210 firmware< 12.4.3-03245
sonicwallsma7210-
sonicwallsma8200v< 12.4.3-03245

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