SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2023-44221)
Severity: high · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-05-01 · CVE-2023-44221
SonicWall SMA100 appliances contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the SSL-VPN management interface that allows a remote, authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user. CISA added CVE-2023-44221 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 1, 2025, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 22, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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