CVE-2025-40602 (GCVE-0-2025-40602)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-18 10:58 – Updated: 2025-12-18 11:32Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-18 11:31 UTC
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SN… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-12-18 04:51
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 28258185-2d4d-4828-8156-30e098fa8118
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-12-17
Asserted: 2025-12-17
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability | Affected: SonicWall / SMA1000 appliance | Description: SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices. | 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 | Due date: 2025-12-24 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): Check for signs of potential compromise on all internet accessible SonicWall SMA1000 instances after applying mitigations. For more information please see: https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0019 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40602
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-862 CWE-250 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | SMA1000 appliance |
| Due Date | 2025-12-24 |
| Date Added | 2025-12-17 |
| Vendorproject | SonicWall |
| Vulnerabilityname | SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:25 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: cff6da7c-0d5f-4a46-bc1f-b75a4f532915
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-06-01
Asserted: 2026-06-01
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC). | Affected: SonicWall / SMA1000 | CVSS: 6.6 (MEDIUM) | EPSS: 0.0191 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC). |
| Vendor | SonicWall |
| Product | SMA1000 |
| Added Date | 2026-06-01T10:46:36.396Z |
| Cvss Score | 6.6 |
| Epss Score | 0.0191 |
| Cvss Severity | MEDIUM |
| Epss Percentile | 0.77104 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev |
|
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:03 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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