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SonicWall SMA1000 appliance: SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

SonicWall SMA1000 appliance

SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-17.

Why this severity: CVSS 6.6 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Dec 17, 2025
Closed: Dec 17, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-40602

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Updated Dec 17, 2025

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Dec 17, 2025
CISA added CVE-2025-40602 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-12-24).

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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