Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall SMA 1000 - CVE-2025-23006
Published: January 23, 2025 / Updated: December 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103262
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23006
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC). A remote non-authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild along with #VU120180 (CVE-2025-40602).
Affected software
SonicWall SMA 1000
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23006
Install updates from vendor's website.
SonicWall SMA 1000 - update to 12.4.3-02854