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CVE-2025-40602· NVD / CVE Program· CNA sonicwall

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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 57/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Dec 17, 2025). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Dec 24, 2025.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 86.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

MediumCVSS 6.6 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded
Published
Dec 18, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
2.7% · 86th percentile

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Action score

57

Plan

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CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.6 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Dec 17, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Dec 24, 2025.

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  • In CISA KEV: exploitation in the wild confirmed
  • Weaponized exploit exists
  • No fixed version yet

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  • when exploit code appears or is weaponized
  • when the record is updated (including a fixed version)
  • when EPSS rises 20 points in a week

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
sonicwallsma6200 firmware
sonicwallsma6200
sonicwallsma6210 firmware
sonicwallsma6210
sonicwallsma7200 firmware
sonicwallsma7200
sonicwallsma7210 firmware
sonicwallsma7210
sonicwallsma8200v

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sonicwall sma6200 firmwarebefore 12.4.3-03245
  • sonicwall sma6200 firmware12.5.0 and later · before 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma6210 firmwarebefore 12.4.3-03245
  • sonicwall sma6210 firmware12.5.0 and later · before 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma7200 firmwarebefore 12.4.3-03245
  • sonicwall sma7200 firmware12.5.0 and later · before 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma7210 firmwarebefore 12.4.3-03245
  • sonicwall sma7210 firmware12.5.0 and later · before 12.5.0-02283
  • sonicwall sma8200vbefore 12.4.3-03245
  • sonicwall sma8200v12.5.0 and later · before 12.5.0-02283

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (sonicwall). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • SonicWall SMA1000

    • 12.4.3-03093 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions, 12.5.0-02002 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versionsaffected

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-12-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-12-18

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. CISA KEV-1 d
  2. First PoCsame day
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 25, 2026+311 d
EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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