An improper privilege management vulnerability in the SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- 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-250.
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64 bit) client allows a low privileged attacker to modify configurations.
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 NetExtender — psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0006
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-16823 Link following in SonicWall NetExtenderPriority LOW 34
- TI-2025-16822 A local privilege escalation vulnerability in SonicWall NetExtender Windows (32 and 64…Priority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23008
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9f82-pr9c-9f3x
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-2025-23008 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-23008 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9f82-pr9c-9f3x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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