SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization Vulnerability (CVE-2025-23006)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2025-01-24 · CVE-2025-23006
SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC) contain a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, which can enable a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. CISA added CVE-2025-23006 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 24, 2025, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild. CISA reports known use in ransomware campaigns.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Feb 14, 2025 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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