CVE-2018-9867 Missing authorization in SonicOS

What is CVE-2018-9867?

CVE-2018-9867 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, published on 19 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In SonicWall SonicOS, administrators without full permissions can download imported certificates. Occurs when administrators who are not in the SonicWall Administrators user group attempt to download imported certificates. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.10 and earlier, Gen 6 version 6.2.7.3, 6.5.1.3, 6.5.2.2, 6.5.3.1, 6.2.7.8, 6.4.0.0, 6.5.1.8, 6.0.5.3-86o and SonicOSv 6.5.0.2-8v_RC363 (VMWARE), 6.5.0.2.8v_RC367 (AZURE), SonicOSv 6.5.0.2.8v_RC368 (AWS), SonicOSv 6.5.0.2.8v_RC366 (HYPER_V).

Weakness: CWE-732, CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9867?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sonicwall Sonicos, Sonicwall Sonicosv.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9867?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-9867 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-9867 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9867 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sonicwall Sonicos

• CVE-2020-5135 SonicWall SonicOS Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-40766 SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2024-53704 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Exploited High 8.2
• CVE-2025-40600 Denial of service in SonicOS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-22394 Auth bypass in SonicOS Critical 9.8

All Sonicwall Sonicos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-49vw-7j46-x482.