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Type Vulnerability

SonicWall

SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

1 sourceCVE-2025-40602

At a glance

High
Suggested 24-hour window, counted from the last update
ActiveConfirmed in-the-wild exploitation
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Signal

Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.

Why High

High rather than Critical: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on SonicWall, treat it as Critical.

Briefing

  • Do not treat uncorroborated claims as confirmed breaches.

Questions to ask IT

  • Do we run SonicWall, and which versions?
  • Is any of it reachable from the internet?
  • Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
  • If it is still not patched, what mitigation is in place, and what is holding the fix up?

Next steps

  1. Confirm exposure and remediation status for affected products

Summary

  • SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorisation vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.
  • CVE-2025-40602 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
  • CVE-2025-40602 has an estimated ~1.9% chance of attack in 30 days (78.2th percentile) as of 2026-08-04 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
  • Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Why this matters in the UK

  • Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild

Products and services involved

  • SonicWall93% match confidence · CVE-2025-40602

Pulse

Last checked 4d ago · Recheck overdue since 5 Nov 2026, 14:09 UK time

Signal
4 Nov 2026, 14:09 UK time · 4d ago

in the next 30 days rose from 1.9% to 2.8%.

Listed on the — prioritise confirming exposure and patching.

EscalationDe-escalationCritical / liveWhat these mean
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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence

    SonicWall SMA1000 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

  • ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence

    SonicWall SMA1000 contains a missing authorisation vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation appliance management console (AMC) of affected devices.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2025-40602

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2025-40602 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)

  • ConfirmedEstimated attack likelihood95% confidence

    CVE-2025-40602 has an estimated ~1.9% chance of attack in 30 days (78.2th percentile) as of 2026-08-04 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation