# CVE-2025-23006: SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands via pre-authentication deserialization in SonicWall SMA1000 consoles.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 24 Jan 2025 (CISA KEV), used in ransomware
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57r3-2prp-v2xh

## What is CVE-2025-23006?

CVE-2025-23006 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000, published on 23 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pre-authentication deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability has been identified in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC), which in specific conditions could potentially enable a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23006?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Sonicwall Sma6200 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma6210 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma7200 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma7210 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma8200v, Sonicwall Sra Ex6000 Firmware, Sonicwall Sra Ex7000 Firmware, Sonicwall Sra Ex9000 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 14 Feb 2025.

## Is CVE-2025-23006 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-23006 in the wild since at least 24 Jan 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.

## Other vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA1000

- [CVE-2025-40602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40602/): SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization (medium 6.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-4112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4112/): SQL injection in SMA1000 (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2026-4113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4113/): Information disclosure in SMA1000 (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2026-4116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4116/): Auth bypass in SMA1000 (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2026-4114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4114/): Auth bypass in SMA1000 (medium 6.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23006 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23006 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000, published on 23 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-23006 in the wild since at least 24 Jan 2025, including in ransomware campaigns.

Affected product: SonicWall SMA1000. 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-2025-23006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23006/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23006
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23006
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23006

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23006/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.