# CVE-2025-40602

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

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-40602
- CVSS: 6.6
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-12-17; CISA due date 2025-12-24
- EPSS: 2.76%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 2 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2025-12-18)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-12-18)
- Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-250
- Published: 2025-12-18

## Affected versions

- SonicWall SMA1000: affected 12.4.3-03093 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions; 12.5.0-02002 (platform-hotfix) and earlier versions

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

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

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