# CVE-2023-41715: Privilege escalation in SonicOS

> Authenticated users can elevate privileges within the SonicOS SSL VPN Tunnel, requiring administrators to apply vendor patches.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5572-2439-pvwc

## What is CVE-2023-41715?

CVE-2023-41715 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, published on 17 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SonicOS post-authentication Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN Tunnel allows users to elevate their privileges inside the tunnel.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41715?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sonicwall Sonicos.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41715?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sonicwall Sonicos

- [CVE-2020-5135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5135/): SonicWall SonicOS Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-40766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40766/): SonicWall SonicOS Improper Access Control (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-53704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53704/): SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-40600](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40600/): Denial of service in SonicOS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-22394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22394/): Auth bypass in SonicOS (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41715 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41715 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sonicwall Sonicos, published on 17 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sonicwall Sonicos. 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-2023-41715/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41715/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41715
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41715
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41715

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41715/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.