A flaw within the SonicWall NetExtender Pre-Logon feature enables an unauthorized user to…
Priority LOW 39CWE-267Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A flaw within the SonicWall NetExtender Pre-Logon feature enables an unauthorized user to gain access to the host Windows operating system with 'SYSTEM' level privileges, leading to a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00215 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-44218
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhwm-gx2m-c396
References
More SonicWall Netextender vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-19198 Code injection in SonicWall NetExtender CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-23748 Improper privilege management in SonicWall NetExtender CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-06611 Stack-based buffer overflow in SonicWall NetExtender Windows Client CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-23751 Uncontrolled search path in SonicWall NetExtender CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2020-04225 Improper input validation in SonicWall NetExtender CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2015-03496 Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the autorun value in Dell SonicWall… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-44218 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-44218 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rhwm-gx2m-c396 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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