SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2023-44221

CVE-2023-44221 on CISA KEV

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.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

SonicWall SMA100 Appliances OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / SonicWall / SMA100 Appliances
Added to KEV
2025-05-01
BOD 22-01 due
2025-05-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 22.34%

01What CISA says about 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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
SonicWallSMA10010.2.1.9-57sv and earlier versions

06Detection

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