Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-40602 affects SonicWall SMA1000 appliances. It is a privilege escalation issue in the appliance management console caused by insufficient authorization. An attacker would need significant existing access, but successful exploitation could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the appliance.
Executive priority
Treat as a near-term maintenance and access-control priority for environments using SMA1000. It is not currently evidenced as exploited, but compromise could be high impact if privileged access is abused.
Technical view
The issue is described as local privilege escalation in SonicWall SMA1000 AMC, mapped to CWE-250 and CWE-862. Affected versions are 12.4.3-03093 platform-hotfix and earlier, and 12.5.0-02002 platform-hotfix and earlier. CVSS 3.1 is 6.6: AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Likely exposure
Organizations running SonicWall SMA1000 appliances on the listed platform-hotfix versions or earlier are potentially exposed. Risk is most relevant where AMC access is available to administrators or privileged accounts. This is not described as unauthenticated remote compromise in the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates high privileges and high attack complexity are required, with no user interaction. Business impact could still be serious if an attacker already has privileged access to AMC.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record, SonicWall advisory reference, and CISA KEV check. No exploit details, proof-of-concept, or independent exploitation reporting are provided in the bundle. Focus validation on version exposure, AMC access paths, and vendor advisory updates.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all SonicWall SMA1000 appliances and their platform-hotfix versions.
- Review SonicWall advisory SNWLID-2025-0019 for vendor-approved update guidance.
- Apply SonicWall-recommended fixes or hotfixes when available for your branch.
- Restrict AMC access to trusted administrative networks and accounts.
- Review privileged AMC accounts for necessity and least-privilege alignment.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether deployed versions match the affected version ranges.
- Verify SonicWall advisory status and any updated remediation instructions.
- Check CISA KEV for future exploitation status changes.
- Review AMC authentication and administrative activity logs for anomalies.
- Document compensating controls if immediate updating is not possible.
Public sources used
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-250: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupPrivilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CISA KEV status
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H0.75.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.6MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0019CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40602CVE reference · government-resource
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CWE details
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Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.