CVE-2025-40602: SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.

Required action (CISA)

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

Notes

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

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-250, CWE-862. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40602
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog