# CVE-2022-22279: Path traversal in SonicWall SRA/SMA100

> Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary files on end-of-life SonicWall SRA and older SMA 100 series appliances.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v364-rr92-9x6x

## What is CVE-2022-22279?

CVE-2022-22279 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SonicWall SRA/SMA100, published on 13 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A post-authentication arbitrary file read vulnerability impacting end-of-life Secure Remote Access (SRA) products and older firmware versions of Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products, specifically the SRA appliances running all 8.x, 9.0.0.5-19sv and earlier versions and Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series products running older firmware 9.0.0.9-26sv and earlier versions

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-23 (Relative Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22279?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Sonicwall Sma 210 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma 410 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma 500v Firmware, Sonicwall Sra 1200 Firmware, Sonicwall Sra 4200 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22279?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22279 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22279 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SonicWall SRA/SMA100

- [CVE-2021-20028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20028/): SonicWall Secure Remote Access (SRA) SQL Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-40599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40599/): File upload in SMA 100 Series (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-1703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1703/): Command injection in SMA100 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-40597](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40597/): Memory corruption in SMA 100 Series (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-40596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40596/): Memory corruption in SMA 100 Series (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22279 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22279 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SonicWall SRA/SMA100, published on 13 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22279 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SonicWall SRA/SMA100. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22279/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22279
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22279
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22279

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22279/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.