CVE-2019-7479 Privilege escalation in SonicOS

What is CVE-2019-7479?

CVE-2019-7479 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, published on 31 Dec 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in SonicOS allow authenticated read-only admin can elevate permissions to configuration mode. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.12-4o and earlier, Gen 6 version 6.2.7.4-32n, 6.5.1.4-4n, 6.5.2.3-4n, 6.5.3.3-3n, 6.2.7.10-3n, 6.4.1.0-3n, 6.5.3.3-3n, 6.5.1.9-4n 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-269, CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7479?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sonicwall Sonicos, Sonicwall Sonicosv.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7479?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-7479 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-7479 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7479 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-cvjc-gjqm-w2cq.