Exploited· due 2025-12-24

CVE-2025-40602

SonicWall SMA1000 appliance

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

Exploitation status

  • CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
  • US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2025-12-24. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.

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

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS
Not yet scored

Dates

Published
2025-12-17
Added to KEV
2025-12-17
Remediation due
2025-12-24
Sources
CISA KEV