CVE-2023-44221
High 7.2 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 SSL-VPN management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, potentially leading to OS Command Injection Vulnerability.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.2 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 76% (percentile: 100) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
Affected products
sonicwall: sma 200 firmware; sonicwall: sma 200; sonicwall: sma 210 firmware; sonicwall: sma 210; sonicwall: sma 400 firmware; sonicwall: sma 400; sonicwall: sma 410 firmware; sonicwall: sma 410; sonicwall: sma 500v firmware; sonicwall: sma 500v
References
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0018 Vendor Advisory
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0018 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… US Government Resource