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SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization Vulnerability

SonicWall · SMA1000 Appliances

CVSS 9.8 EPSS 23% no public exploit indexed ransomware Fix deadline passed 14 February 2025

What it is

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.

Why we say that

  • Linked by CISA to known ransomware campaigns
  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2025-02-14) has passed
  • CVSS 9.8 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. This vulnerability is used in ransomware campaigns; here is what ransomware has cost UK organisations at the regulator.

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