Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-40602

CISA KEV Active

Title: Local Privilege Escalation in SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-40602.

CWE Category CWE-250

Published Date Dec 18, 2025

Modified Date Dec 19, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.6 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-40602: A local privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization in the SonicWall SMA1000 appliance management console (AMC).

Impacted Vendors

sonicwall 5

Reference Links

https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0019 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40602

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Severity MEDIUM

6.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-40602 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

December 19, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 19, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

December 18, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.