# CVE-2025-40602: SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization

> A local attacker can escalate privileges on SonicWall SMA1000 appliances due to insufficient authorization in the management console.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 17 Dec 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p9f8-2p87-2pq5

## What is CVE-2025-40602?

CVE-2025-40602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000, published on 18 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40602?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Sonicwall Sma6200 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma6210 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma7200 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma7210 Firmware, Sonicwall Sma8200v.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-40602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Dec 2025.

## Is CVE-2025-40602 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-40602 in the wild since at least 17 Dec 2025.

Public exploit code:

- Detection for CVE-2025-40602 (github_poc): https://github.com/rxerium/CVE-2025-40602
- CVE-2025-40602 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the appliance management console (AMC) of SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances. (github_poc): https://github.com/cyberleelawat/CVE-2025-40602

## Other vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA1000

- [CVE-2025-23006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23006/): SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization (critical 9.8, 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-2025-40602 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SonicWall SMA1000, published on 18 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-40602 in the wild since at least 17 Dec 2025.

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-2025-40602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40602/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40602
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40602
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40602

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