Actively exploited · Published Jan 23, 2025 · Assigned by sonicwall

CVE-2025-23006

Critical 9.8 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in SMA1000 from SonicWall. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 24, 2025). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 26.6% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)26.6%top 2.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jan 24, 2025
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Federal agencies must remediate by Feb 14, 2025.

Official description

Pre-authentication deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability has been identified in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC), which in specific conditions could potentially enable a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
SonicWall SMA1000 12.4.3-02804 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions.

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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