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CVE-2023-44221 — SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 SSL-VPN management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, potentially leading to OS Command Injection Vulnerability.

CVSS
EPSS
22.34% (top 4.30%)
CWE
CWE-78
Published
2023-12-05T20:10:35.186Z
Last modified
2025-10-21T23:05:30.150Z
CVSS vector
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2025-05-01
BOD 22-01 due
2025-05-22
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 SSL-VPN management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker with administrative privilege to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, potentially leading to OS Command Injection Vulnerability.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SonicWallSMA10010.2.1.9-57sv and earlier versions

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2025-05-01. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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