Improper privilege management in SonicWall SonicOS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
A vulnerability in the Gen7 SonicOS Cloud platform NSv, allows a remote authenticated local low-privileged attacker to elevate privileges to `root` and potentially lead to code execution.
Why it matters now
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.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
SonicWall SonicOS — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0003
4 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-35902 Improper authentication in SonicWall SonicOSPriority CRITICAL 99
- TI-2024-27148 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in the SonicOS SSLVPN…Priority MEDIUM 51
- TI-2024-35903 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SonicOSPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-53706
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2cp-qxjw-69v8
References
More SonicWall vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-57684 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-12965 Server-side request forgery in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-16819 Deserialization of untrusted data in SonicWall SMA1000 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-03356 Stack-based buffer overflow in SonicWall SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-03349 SQL injection in SonicWall SRA/SMA100 KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-53706 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-53706 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2cp-qxjw-69v8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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