CISA KEV entry
CVE-2025-40602SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability
SonicWall SMA1000 appliance. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 17 December 2025.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2025-12-17
- Federal due date
- 2025-12-24 7 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 6.6 Medium CVSS 3.1, scored by CISA ADP
- EPSS
- 2.75% percentile 86.2, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2025-12-18, -1 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) S06. The catalogue due date, 7 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short 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
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
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-862, CWE-250
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0019 Vendor Advisory
Links in CISA's notes
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-250 by PSIRT@sonicwall.com, CWE-862 by PSIRT@sonicwall.com
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS versions in NVD
- V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T09:21:49.277
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (CISA ADP) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2025-12-18 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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