Exploited CVEs / SonicWall / CVE-2025-23006

CVE-2025-23006

SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted, and the vulnerability is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2025-02-14 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: SonicWall PSIRT Advisories, linked below.

CriticalCISA KEVRansomware

Actively exploited SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances vulnerability, Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2025-01-24.

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Risk summary

CVSS base
9.8
EPSS exploit probability
23%
Severity
Critical
Added to KEV
2025-01-24
CISA due date
2025-02-14 (past due)
Patch immediately
Exploited in the wild and used in ransomware campaigns.
The fix ships from the vendor: SonicWall PSIRT Advisories.
Do this now: Move this ahead of everything else in the queue, then verify the fix actually landed on every exposed device.

Updated July 25, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-23006

SonicWall SMA1000 management consoles, both AMC and CMC, deserialize untrusted data, enabling remote unauthenticated OS command execution, CVSS 9.8, with confirmed ransomware use. Remote access appliances have been the ransomware entry point of choice for years, and this January 2025 KEV entry kept SMA1000 fleets squarely on that list.

Do this: Patch SMA1000 appliances and confirm their management consoles are unreachable from the internet.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-23006

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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2025-23006

Published
2025-01-24
Last revised
2025-01-24
Changes tracked
1

Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.

What the press says about CVE-2025-23006

Trusted-source coverage, pulled live from their own feeds.

“CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410: SonicWall SMA 1000 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild” Tenable, 2026-07-15

CISA required action

Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2025-02-14 (past due).

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Official fix for CVE-2025-23006

The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the SMA1000 Appliances advisory on SonicWall PSIRT Advisories.

Common questions about CVE-2025-23006

Is CVE-2025-23006 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-23006 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2025-01-24, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 23%. CISA also reports it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2025-23006?

CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2025-02-14, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What fixes CVE-2025-23006?

The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see SonicWall PSIRT Advisories for the patched SMA1000 Appliances versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.

Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2025-23006?

Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2025-23006's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).

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Lexicon: the terms on this page
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. A unique ID for one publicly known vulnerability, such as CVE-2025-1234.
KB
Microsoft Knowledge Base article. The identifier for a specific Microsoft update.
KEV
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. CVEs confirmed exploited in the wild. Fix these first.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System. A standardized Severity score from 0 to 10.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System. The probability a CVE will be exploited in the next 30 days.
MSRC
Microsoft Security Response Center. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday advisories and KB-to-CVE mapping.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database (NIST). Authoritative CVE metadata and CVSS scores.
Ransomware
The vulnerability is linked to known ransomware activity.
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