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.

Risk summary

CriticalCISA KEVRansomware

9.8

CVSS base

23%

EPSS exploit probability

Critical

Severity

2025-01-24

Added to KEV

2025-02-14 (past due)

CISA due date

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

Senserva AI read on CVE-2025-23006 CISA required action Official fix for CVE-2025-23006 Admin questions

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

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I run IT security. Facts for CVE-2025-23006, an actively exploited vulnerability (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-23006.html, data from CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-23006: SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances Deserialization Vulnerability
- Affected: SonicWall SMA1000 Appliances
- Severity: Critical, CVSS 9.8; EPSS 30-day exploitation probability 23%
- Added to CISA KEV: 2025-01-24; federal remediation due 2025-02-14
- Ransomware-linked: YES
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) The fastest safe path to remediation. 4) How to check whether my environment is exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

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 August 14, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

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.

Senserva Watchevery change we have recorded for this one

What changed, and when

2025-01-24 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
2026-07-17 CVSS 0.0 to 9.8; EPSS first scored at 23.4%

Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.

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.

SonicWall PSIRT Advisories CISA KEV entry

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).

Scope and sources

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